December 10th 2015
Population growth, increasing urbanization and climate change will change Australian cities and impact wellbeing. Key challenges stemming from these changes include: improving community wellbeing by enhancing urban green and blue spaces and improving urban design, encouraging community members to support sustainable management of natural resources, and increasing community resilience to extreme weather events. This forum brings together researchers from the University of Queensland with industry and policy-makers to discuss these issues. The goal is to showcase the research that is already available to guide policy decisions and identify key knowledge gaps which must be filled so that policy-makers can increase the sustainability and livability of our cities.
Speakers: Stuart White (UTS), Anne Cleary (Griffith University), Andrew Davidson (Bulimba Catchment Committee, SEQC), Kelly Fielding (UQ), Paola Leardini (UQ), Lisa McDonald (Ergon Energy), Vanessa Mooney (UQ), Johnathan Rhodes (UQ), Danielle Shanahan (UQ), Mardi Townsend (Deakin University/Healthy Parks Healthy People, Victoria), Sarah Bishop (Brisbane City Council)
Links to some of our talks:
Anne Cleary – Nature and health
Danielle Shanahan – Towards better health an wellbeing outcomes from green spaces
Helen Ross – Social and cultural values towards waterways
Kelly Fielding – Engaging communities with sustainability
Mardie Townsend -Planning for Healthy Parks Health People
Paula Leardini – Building Smart Liveable Cities
Stuart White – Sustainable Futures: Livable Cities
Sarah Bishop – Creating a Clean, Green, Livable Brisbane
Vanessa Mooney – Livable cities
Lisa McDonald – Designing and planning cities for sustainability
Paola Leardini – Building Smart Livable Cities
Jonathan Rhodes – What does the Structure of Urban Liveability Look Like?
