Why isn't Australia building cities in the desert and only on the coasts?

 https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-Australia-building-cities-in-the-desert-and-only-on-the-coasts-To-my-knowledge-the-USA-has-plenty-of-desert-cities-so-why-not-here

Such a vast land area with not that many big cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Demographics

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/demographer-calls-on-australians-to-embrace-desert-change/7384346

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/jjh2id/why_doesnt_australia_make_cities_in_deserts_like

https://indaily.com.au/opinion/2019/05/02/why-isnt-australia-planning-new-cities/

https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-value-capture-and-what-does-it-mean-for-cities-58776

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2019/jul/09/cities-from-scratch-100-and-counting-new-cities-rise-from-the-desert-jungle-and-sea

Deserts and Oceans... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad-Dahna_Desert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_al-Jinz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Desert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula#Cities

Area	3,237,500 km2 (1,250,000 sq mi)
Population	86,222,000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula Like Australia, there are deserts and seawater. The Arabian Peninsula has 60 million more people than Australia and there is still plenty of room.

Cities can flourish in the desert, if properly planned or upgraded.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/02/fast-growth-in-desert-southwest-continues.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_United_States#Cities_and_urban_areas

https://ryderwalker.com/blog/destinations/western-u-s-desert-southwest

Of course some parts of the world just don't have enough fresh water.

https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertsouthwest/

In a way, Australia has a wall of seawater around it.

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/australia-population

So does Canada, except for the US Border.

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/canada-population

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+desert

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australia

The World’s Most Amazing Cities in the Desert

 https://foundtheworld.com/desert-cities

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

As long as the basic essentials are provided, people will live just about anywhere even in the+desert.  

https://daily.jstor.org/what-desert-cities-can-teach-us-about-water

https://sand-boarding.com/desert-cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

Black Rock City and Burning Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbC3GPW1HI

This has been going on for so many years, it's not about to fade away any time soon.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man_2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbyhDBFEZEU 2022

While the Burning+Man+festival becomes a temporary city every year, the world has its fare share of cities in the desert. 

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

https://foundtheworld.com/desert-cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/burning-man-festival-exodus-set-start-through-drying-mud-2023-09-04

Perhaps this will be a rougher and tougher festival in the desert than in other years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/burning-man-exodus-festival-death-b2404772.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2023/09/04/burning-man-diaries-an-insider-report-from-the-muddy-chaos-of-2023/?sh=54d8c8b42314

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man#Theme_camps

There are always some people that would like to impose their NO FUN AGENDA, because they can't stand the idea that a bunch of young people and people young at heart, would want to have a very good time. Of course there should always be a good level of respect for people and pets and safety in general.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Burning+Man+festival

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

Dubai’s Danube Properties announces $680mn Oceanz tower ‘sold out’

 https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/real-estate/dubais-danube-properties-announces-680mn-oceanz-tower-sold-out

It's very impressive for a city on the edge of the desert and the ocean to keep building on such a grand scale.

https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/danube-properties-launch-rs-5600-crore-project-oceanz-in-dubai-maritime-city

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai

It's not that there can't be any significant sea level rise in the distant future. However, any such long term sea level increase would likely be in feet, rather than meters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Maritime_City

Consider all the approved building permits and then all the required insurance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands

Such permits and insurance wouldn't be granted if there was going to be any significant sea level increase in the near future.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+desert