Sustainability or Sustainable Infrastructure? Using sustainability discourse to construct a motorway
Access status:
Open Access
Type
ArticleAbstract
WestConnex is a 33km, A$16.8bn motorway under construction in Sydney. It is promoted by the state government as an example of excellent ‘sustainable infrastructure’. We explore the use of sustainability discourse to explain how a motorway corporation, established by a state government committed to building infrastructure that could later be privatized, engaged with an organization that redefined the notion of sustainability and then presented this definition and approach to justify their motorway construction practices as sustainable.WestConnex is a 33km, A$16.8bn motorway under construction in Sydney. It is promoted by the state government as an example of excellent ‘sustainable infrastructure’. We explore the use of sustainability discourse to explain how a motorway corporation, established by a state government committed to building infrastructure that could later be privatized, engaged with an organization that redefined the notion of sustainability and then presented this definition and approach to justify their motorway construction practices as sustainable.
See less
See less
Date
2020-11-02Source title
Local EnvironmentFunding information
self funded
Licence
Copyright All Rights ReservedFaculty/School
Faculty of ScienceDepartment, Discipline or Centre
School of GeosciencesShare