Registrations are now open for the 2011 Queensland Landcare Conference. The conference includes a keynote presentation from Dr. Linda Selvey, CEO Greenpeace Australia Pacific which will address the threats to Australia’s food security, including climate change, water shortages, changes in …
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The theme for the 4th International Urban Design Conference is Resilience in Urban Design. Resilient Cities will need to endorse density and diversity in building types, and public spaces. They will be walkable communities that also support the innovative use …
4th International Urban Design Conference, 22-23 September 2011, Gold Coast Read more »
The Pew Charitable Trusts report Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? documents the dawning of a new worldwide industry – clean energy – which has experienced investment growth of 230 percent since 2005. Accounting for more than 90 percent of …
The Griffith University Urban Research Program (URP) paper Climate change adaptation in urban systems: Strategies for planning regimes investigates how urban planning regimes can use professional tools to develop climate change adaptation strategies in plan-making, development management, urban design and …
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The Annual Climate Summary 2010 report is the Bureau of Meteorology’s official summary of the Australian climate in 2010. It contains descriptions of Australia’s rainfall and temperature patterns during the year, and documents significant weather and climate events. The report …
Cosmos Magazine reports that a new study suggests global wind speeds and ocean wave heights have been steadily rising over the past two decades, with the biggest increases noticed in extreme weather events. In these extreme conditions wind speeds are …
The Queensland Government is creating an online record of the devastation caused by the floods and Cyclone Yasi with aerial images from across Queensland. The first series of maps covered over 100 communities (suburbs and towns), including Brisbane and Ipswich …
“Source to Sea” is an ABC Landline story about balancing urban sprawl with food production in some of the nation’s most fertile farming areas. Much of the debate in the Sydney basin focuses on the demand for new residential developments. …
Source to Sea: the river and farms on the fringe of Australia’s biggest city Read more »
The National Water Commission has developed a new Integrated Resource Planning model for water planners around Australia. This web-based tool can be applied to any urban water supply in Australia. A series of manuals is also available to guide practitioners, …
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An innovative web tool to help Adelaide gardeners conserve water has been launched. The WaterRight Gardens web tool uses factors including the season, hours of sunlight, soil type and watering system to help households calculate how much water they should …