Green Space – How Much Is Enough, And What’s The Best Way to Deliver It?

Half of the world’s people now live in urban areas. This creates competition for resources and increases pressure on already limited green space. Many urban areas are still experiencing active degradation or removal of green space. To reverse this trend and ensure the multiple benefits of green space are realised, we urgently need to move toward on-ground action. However, there is no clear guidance on how to translate the evidence base on green space into action. There is limited information to guide green-space practitioners on how much is “green enough”, or on how to manage and maintain green space. There …

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Land of opportunity – accommodating population and social diversity from the ashes of manufacturing

Preston is a typical Melbourne working class suburb characterised by industrial properties along key routes with surrounding ¼ acre worker housing. The recent decline in Australian manufacturing has resulted in many sites becoming vacant and jobs going out of these areas.  In many cases these vacated sites are large enough to accommodate significant residential, commercial and civic infrastructure and therefore generate local employment. They also present a great opportunity for exemplary urban design outcomes due to the sheer scale. Oakover Square is such a property.  This proposal is an example of industrial land being successfully knitted back into its suburban …

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Australia’s First Automated Underground Waste Collection System

The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017. Mr Tom Jamieson, Manager, Project Delivery at Sunshine Coast Council joins us to discuss ‘The Sunshine Coast Leads the Waste Revolution with Australia’s First Automated Underground Waste Collection System in the New Maroochydore City Centre’. This project, a first for Australia, is part of Sunshine Coast Council’s $253 million capital works program for 2016/2017. This significant and innovative infrastructure investment demonstrates why the Sunshine Coast is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading city regions for the 21st century and delivering its core strategy of becoming a …

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