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Transitions: Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia
Formidable problems confront Australia and its human the mega-metro regions, major and provincial cities, coastal, rural and remote towns. The key drivers of change and major urban vulnerabilities have been clearly identified in the 2006 State of Environment Human Settlements as well as several other national-level reports. They involve the critical domains water, energy, waste streams and transport.
Urban development will be an explicit focus for the book. 2006/07 marks the year in which most of the world’s population will live in urban compared to rural environments—one of the key global transitions. Australia was among the first countries to make this transition. As Newton has “Human Settlements are where all Australians live, where 95% work, and where over 90% of the nations GDP is generated. Their design, planning, construction and operation are fundamental to the productivity and competitiveness of the economy, the quality of life of all citizens, and the ecological sustainability of the continent.”
Urban development will be an explicit focus for the book. 2006/07 marks the year in which most of the world’s population will live in urban compared to rural environments—one of the key global transitions. Australia was among the first countries to make this transition. As Newton has “Human Settlements are where all Australians live, where 95% work, and where over 90% of the nations GDP is generated. Their design, planning, construction and operation are fundamental to the productivity and competitiveness of the economy, the quality of life of all citizens, and the ecological sustainability of the continent.”
706 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2008
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