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Healthy Spaces and Places

  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
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The Healthy Spaces and Places project is a unique collaboration between the Australian Local Government Association, the National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia with funding assistance from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Healthy Spaces and Places identifies key design principles and processes to assist in the design and development of places that support active living and establishes the relationship between the built environment and physical and mental health and wellbeing.
 

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Healthy places

  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
  • Access and Transport
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    • 4 stars
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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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Adaptation to Climate Change - Heat and Fire

  • Energy Management
  • Climate Change Adaption
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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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Adaptation to Climate Change - Sea level rise & flooding

  • Climate Change Adaption
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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.
 
 

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Innovative transport modes

  • Access and Transport
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    • 2 stars
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Although conventional road transport is an essential element in any new development, supplementary transport options can be considered to achieve the full potential of planned developments.   

 
 

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Public transport infrastructure planning, design, provision

  • Access and Transport
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    • 2 stars
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Public transport plays an important role in our society although Australia is a car dependent society.  Public transport is far more efficient than cars in transporting large numbers of people and a high percentage of commuters in large cities in Australia travel to work by public transport.  Indeed, about 50% of school trips are performed using public transport in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.
 

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Wastewater Planning

  • Materials and Recycling
  • Water Management
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    • 3 stars
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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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Density

  • Estate Design
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    • 4 stars

Density is a key variable in urban design and planning. Different residential densities generate different urban forms, characteristics, housing types and ecological footprints. There are a number of ways to measure density – although, not all are useful for making meaningful comparisons between different developments. This factsheet highlights the density measures that are most useful to policy makers, planners, designers and others involved in the development process.

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Tools and rating systems for land developers

  • Site Ecology
  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
  • Access and Transport
  • Materials and Recycling
  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
  • Sustainablity Management
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This factsheet showcases some of the existing tools that are available to guide land developers in achieving more sustainable subdivision or precinct-scale development. It is likely that we will see more emphasis on tools and rating systems for this scale of development in Australia in the near future.

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Flexible Design for Deconstruction and Reuse

  • Materials and Recycling
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    • 3 stars
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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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