While political parties squirm over the way voters in Australia determined their future there is no denying that lack of planning, resource allocation and services for suburban communities has lead to the current situation.
If there was any moment in Australia’s history that clearly demonstrates the need for a progressive approach for housing, community and infrastructure than last weekend’s election was it!
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 communities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communities. Show all posts
Sunday, 22 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
How the built form creates culture
(this was published in urban design forum 2005 - would be interested in further comments)
When endeavouring to pursue urban design, most proponents today deal with the human scale and the experience to be obtained. Urban researcher Amos Rappoport was one of the first to provide evidence that the mnemonic connection to the built environment helped to define its use or the culture created by this interaction.
When endeavouring to pursue urban design, most proponents today deal with the human scale and the experience to be obtained. Urban researcher Amos Rappoport was one of the first to provide evidence that the mnemonic connection to the built environment helped to define its use or the culture created by this interaction.
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