The fact that culture and creativity are often instrumentalised in urban regeneration and/or development points to a pragmatic relationship between culture and the city. Hong Kong, like many post-colonial and post-industrial ...

A radical shift from a high- to a low-carbon energy system is not occurring at the speed required to address climate change. One reason for this, is that conventional energy firms are locked into producing shareholder ...

This thesis interrogates and develops an urban environmental history of a network of urban watercourses. It achieves this by using the main rivers and tributaries of the city and suburban regions of Melbourne, Australia ...

The social and built environments at the neighbourhood level have been linked to older adults´ neighbourhood social interaction which, in turn, contributes towards ageing-in-place, wellbeing, and quality of life (QoL). ...

Design can be broadly defined as an activity aimed at transforming an existing condition into a desired one (Simon, 1969), via the generation of things—artefacts—that display new physical order (Alexander, 1964). Design ...

This thesis argues that, when reconsidered strategically, construction in remote Indigenous Northeast Arnhem Land can better meet identified needs, contribute to socio-economic networks and support territorially widespread ...

Despite an emerging interest in integrating climate policy and development goals, little is known about the potential synergies and trade-offs in resource extraction regions, particularly for Indigenous and rural communities ...

Urban cultural ecosystem service flows are the values and benefits perceived by visitors from using urban green spaces. Usage and real experience become critical because physical interaction with nature can bring numerous ...

Korea is facing challenges related to the rapid increase in the aging population combined with minus population growth, and the country is projected to be an aged society within a few years. Further, there has been remarkable ...

The evolution of design and construction methods for lightweight structures historically feature patterns and similarities; elastic gridshells make no exception. Gridshells make efficient use of small sections of material ...