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Healthy places
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 14 Aug 2008
Our environment affects our health in many ways. It can promote our health (e.g. by encouraging us to be active or to connect with other people), or it can damage our health (e.g. by exposing us to pollutants or to increased risks of motor vehicle injury).
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Lot Creation, Completion,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport,
- Developer,
Successful Public Spaces
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 26 May 2008
The purpose of this factsheet is to describe the basic principles and qualities of successful public places. The principles and dimensions are covered in this introduction whilst the qualities are discussed in the contexts of key issues and best practice processes within the project development phases.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction, Completion,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer, Designer,
Microclimate
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 16 Jun 2008
Sustainable development achieves potentially greater levels of energy efficiency through the principles of design for climate and through utilising or influencing local microclimate conditions. It is possible to create a development environment which maintains conditions within human comfort zones without reliance on additional energy for heating and cooling.
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- Feasability, Planning,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Estate Design, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
Adaptation to Climate Change - Sea level rise & flooding
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 13 Aug 2008
Adapting spatial developments in local government areas to climate change means each site needs to be assessed for its suitability now as well as its appropriateness and vulnerability over its expected lifetime. This fact sheet provides guidance on how to incorporate projected changes in extreme weather events, water supply and implications for energy and insurance cost and availability for your development.
Adaptation to Climate Change - Heat and Fire
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 13 Aug 2008
Adapting spatial developments in local government areas to climate change means each site needs to be assessed for its suitability now as well as its appropriateness and vulnerability over its expected lifetime. This fact sheet provides guidance on how to incorporate projected changes in extreme weather events, fire risk and implications for energy and insurance cost and availability for your development.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Developer, State Government, Local Government,
- Temperate,
Safety
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 14 Aug 2008
This fact sheet outlines the principles and strategies that promote the creation of safer communities. The concept of Safer Design (also known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – CPTED) forms the basis of this fact sheet.
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- Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Developer,
Mix of Transport Modes for Different Tasks
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 23 Jul 2008
Travel patterns in cities are complex, varying with space, time and travel purpose. But all travel uses energy, utilises space and time (often in short supply in cities) and creates environmental and other externalities such as pollution, noise, accidents and congestion.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Access and Transport,
- State Government, Local Government,
Wastewater Planning
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 08 Aug 2008
This fact sheet outlines some options in wastewater design and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these systems. The discussion will provide an overview of these systems and direct the reader to further information.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Greenfield Development,
- Materials and Recycling, Water Management,
- Developer, State Government, Local Government,
Possible effects on buildings through climate change
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 13 Aug 2008
Many buildings erected today will still be in use in 40 – 60 years. It is therefore important to consider the likely effect of climate changes expected over this period on the structure and functionality of buildings being built now.
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- Design, Construction,
- Estate Design, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,
- Designer, Builder,
Flexible Design for Deconstruction and Reuse
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- Fact Sheet
- posted 23 Jul 2008
Flexible Design for Deconstruction and Reuse is about reducing environmental impacts by lengthening the life cycle of the building and the materials and products used in the building. In this way there are two aspects, a flexible design of the building itself; allowing for changing use over time, and secondly a design that enables optimal resource recovery at the end of life.
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- Feasability, Planning, Design,
- Materials and Recycling,
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