Sustainable Cities

Environment - City Futures

Urban environmental research is undertaken within an extended urban metabolism context where goals relate to:

• using fewer resources more efficiently
• using wastes as resources
• restoring and maintaining urban environmental ecosystem quality
• enhancing human well-being
• implementing highly efficient and effective urban and industrial
• planning, design and management systems, and
• not confusing liveability with sustainability

Major areas of research focus relate to:

• understanding the determinants of urban resource consumption ; behaviour change
• transitioning from state of environment reporting to sustainability reporting
• overcoming the barriers to urban technological innovation in 21st century cities.
• delivering sustainable and affordable housing

Publications

Enquiries:

Professor Peter Newton
Phone (+61) 3 9214 4769
email: pnewton swin.edu.au