By Susan Thompson, Professor of Planning and Associate Director (City Wellbeing), City Futures Research Centre, UNSW, and Peter McCue, Executive Officer, NSW Premier’s Council for Active Living (PCAL). A version of this post was published in New Planner, the journal of the Planning Institute of Australia (NSW Division). Planners have a key role in creating meaningful and […]
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URMO: principles for public space-making to support human health
October 19th, 2015 · No Comments · Planning reform, Public space, Wellbeing
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Precincts and sustainable built environments
September 22nd, 2015 · No Comments · Planning reform, Wellbeing
By Greg Paine, Research Officer, City Futures Research Centre, City Wellbeing Program. Professor Susan Thompson and I were invited to attend a recent “Surround Sound” forum hosted by The Fifth Estate (TFE), the weekly e-newsletter on sustainable building. The forum focused on how precincts can be key to achieving sustainable built environments, and thus a sustainable […]
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A New Metropolitan Consciousness: Towards a Resilient Sydney
July 9th, 2015 · 1 Comment · Wellbeing
By Greg Paine, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre City Futures attended the recent workshop held by the City of Sydney as the first stage in establishing a program for a “resilient Sydney” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s $100 million 100 Resilient Cities program – which is to assist 100 cities world-wide to […]
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