Neighbourhood sustainability
Improving sustainability at a neighbourhood level has positive knock-on effects in the wider community, and Beacon Pathway research has developed some practical tools to assist in this process.
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Improving sustainability at a neighbourhood level has positive knock-on effects in the wider community, and Beacon Pathway research has developed some practical tools to assist in this process.
The Christchurch rebuild was promoted as a chance to reshape the Garden City into a vibrant green-tinged utopia. Three years on, does the reality live up to the ambition?
Melbourne City Council’s new office building, Council House 2 (CH2), has raised the benchmark for high-rise buildings.
Continuing the series on the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and their importance to the construction industry, this Build looks at SDG 11 – Making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Resident involvement was valuable in making the Talbot Park community renewal project a success, but more could have been done to ensure people understood the implications of low-impact design.
Sue Evans, Urban Design Manager for Housing New Zealand, says density done well can make towns and cities enviable and help communities thrive.
Urban living is a fact of life. It could be the reflection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or climate change, but there’s a growing understanding that we need to green our cities. One development in Sydney has taken this idea and reached for the sky with it.