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The note describes a new procedure for Land Resource Assessment (LRA). It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) ...
Lend Lease's approach to addressing sustainability in new Greenfields urban communities
Published: 30 November 2005Lend Lease is the largest developer of urban communities in Australia, operating in nine major population centres, with over twenty projects ranging ...
While continual change and evolution has been an enduring characteristic of the Australian city, the magnitude, speed and complexity of the emerging ...
This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. While architects and planners don’t seek to disadvantage communities, the ...
'Sustainable Urbanism' encompasses Australian urban design and transportation practices that seek to create vibrant, liveable communities. This ...
As Australia faces a number of challenges, including water shortages, rising fuel costs, expanding population and insufficient land, resources and ...
Permaculture - Part A - Introduction and urban farming
Published: 28 February 2010 | Edited: 28 November 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This paper is the first of a two part paper intended to introduce the concept of ...
Living walls – a way to green the built environment
Published: 31 August 2008 | Edited: 17 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in September 2018. Green or living walls is an emerging technology that integrates vegetation into ...
Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is required for the health of the natural environment and the continuation of the human species. Though ...
Design for eco-services – Part A environmental services
Published: 30 November 2009 | Edited: 5 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency by the Author in September 2018. Without the virtually free services of nature like clean air and ...