Author: admin

13 May

Posted at 00:53h in Climate resilience, social science

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07 Aug

Posted at 04:55h in urban tree canopy

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17 Feb

Posted at 13:59h in Uncategorized

Omeo sits at the gateway to Victoria's ski slopes deep in Victoria’s alpine country, providing valuable tourism services for the East Gippsland Shire. Like many of Australia’s regional towns, Omeo experiences “resource dependency” - meaning this small community depends on a narrow range of natural...

21 Jan

Posted at 14:49h in Design, Health, Urban

Isn’t it time we rethink Maslow’s? It has been said that the greatest need in the modern world is the need for greater mobile coverage and bigger data plans – even before the “physiological” needs such as shelter. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory that focuses on describing...

25 Sep

Posted at 15:40h in Climate, Urban

Cynthia Rosenzweig, the head of the Climate Impacts Group for the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has proposed that a crucial foundation for effective urban adaptation planning is to co-develop plans with stakeholders and scientists so that urban resilience can be improved. A significant...

10 Sep

Posted at 14:14h in Art, Government

The borough of Manhattan in NYC has a population of 1.7 million people increasing to over 3.9 million people on a work day and is the densest population centre in the USA. The people of Manhattan are lucky to benefit from Central Park covering 3.1km2...