Dialogues in Urban Planning: Towards Sustainable Regions: Recent submissions
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Metrics of environmental sustainability, social equity and economic efficiency for employment location & commuting
Published 2008-01-01The scope of this chapter is employment location and commuting for the journey-to-work travel from origins in the outer western suburbs of Sydney to all other destinations, and journey to home from major employment centres ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Introduction: towards sustainable regions
Published 2008-01-01This book highlights how the notion of sustainability has permeated all the research and teaching activities of the Planning Research Centre and the Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Sydney. In line ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Recovery of the soul: sustainable rebuilding in post-Katrina New Orleans
Published 2008-01-01Although the notion of sustainable development is usually associated with the design and building of new settlements, this chapter illustrates how this notion can also be used to undergird the recovery strategies to rebuild ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Sustainable transport planning: assessing transit oriented development in north-west Sydney
Published 2008-01-01The main aim of this chapter is to design a generic planning and assessment framework in economic perspectives to gauge the sustainability of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) around bus corridors in North West sector ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Public health and the sustainability of cities: Sydney airport's noise pollution and community wellbeing
Published 2008-01-01The development of international airports is a driving force behind globalisation. But growth in air traffic is also a threat to sustainable community health in the vicinity of airports. Airports are an increasingly important ...Open AccessBook chapter