Abstract
Sustainable development, defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as 'development that meets the needs of the person without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs', has become a global policy objective with particular resonance for planners (WCED, 1987: p. 43). Many international, national, state and regional policy frameworks emphasise the need to improve the environmental performance of cities and regions and to conserve and renew biodiversity. The increasing prospect of global climatic volatility - hotter temperatures, sea level rise, intense storm events, flooding and bushfires, have added a new urgency for planning and design regulations that build community resilience to withstand impacts of climate change (Hennessy et al., 2007).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Dialogues in Urban Planning : Towards Sustainable Regions |
| Place of Publication | Sydney, N.S.W |
| Publisher | University of Sydney Press |
| Pages | 129-152 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781920899127 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keywords
- climatic changes
- city planning
- environmental aspects
- sustainable development
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