Vortex Cities to Sustainable Cities: Australia's Urban ChallengeUNSW Press, 2005 - 231 pages This book examines how Australian cities are becoming unsustainable and suggests possibilities for future actions that move us towards sustainability. Chapters on population and demography, air quality, water quality, water availability, transport and biodiversity include many new ideas to make our cities more sustainable. |
Contents
AUSTRALIAN CITIES AND PLANNING | 25 |
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CITIES | 70 |
SECTION 2 | 88 |
WATER | 109 |
TRANSPORT | 124 |
SECTION 3 | 187 |
CONCLUSION | 200 |
Common terms and phrases
actions Adelaide Agenda 21 air quality approach Australia's largest cities Australia's major cities Australian Bureau automobile biodiversity bioregionalism Brisbane Brisbane City Council Bureau of Statistics Canberra catchment cent challenges chapter cities in Australia City Beautiful Movement climate change Committee concept conservation considered consumption Council Department of Environment ecological footprint ecological modernisation ecological sustainability economic energy environmental example focus garden city green belt greenhouse gas greenhouse gas emissions highlights housing ideas impacts implementation important increase industrial ecology infrastructure kilometres land landfill locations McManus Melbourne ment metropolitan planning million move towards sustainability Newcastle Park passenger Perth planners pollution population growth potential processes programs projects public transport rail rates reduce resource settlement significant smart growth social South-East Queensland Strategy suburbs sustainable cities sustainable development Sydney Sydney's tion unsustainable urban planning Vortex City waste Western Australia WSUD Yencken and Wilkinson