Societies collapse because of a number of environmental, social and economic conditions, so says environmental historian Jared Diamond. His recent enquiry into how societies determine their existence was the spark that finally woke me from a disillusioned hiatus.
Urban Design is not just about the physical change of the built form, it also incorporates incredible dynamics of social demography, economics, and resource management. In essence urban design is built upon the fundamentals of sustainability, and in this blog we look at all of this from an Australian perspective.
Showing posts with label local agenda 21. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local agenda 21. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Sunday, 18 July 2010
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Urban Design in the United States
A Case Study worth visiting
Sustainability as a philosophy, that is to sustain growth within our limited existing knowledge and resources, is expressed as that – a theory worthy of pursuit but impossible to actually deliver.
Saturday, 10 July 2010
‘Place’ in the shrinking cultural space
(first published in 2004 - but still a timely debate)
The rediscovery and popular debate of our local communities being ‘places’ of diverse and powerful sources of economic, social and environmental solutions is a welcome change. However, in the production of designing ‘places’, are we failing to recognise these embedded resources and commonly deliver a built environment devoid of cultural presence?
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