The adaptive capacity of public space under COVID‐19: Exploring urban design interventions through a sociotechnical systems approach
COVID‐19 had a dramatic impact on public spaces. New approaches to urban design are needed and in this work we provide insights to reestablish access to public spaces while ensuring they remain available under all conditions.
Read more…Healthy, happy and tropical – world’s fastest-growing cities demand our attention
Karine Dupré, Griffith University; Jane Coulon, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Montpellier, and Silvia Tavares, James Cook University
What does it take to be a happy and healthy city? In any city, myriad factors go into the mix – and of course we are not dealing with just one kind of city. But, due to the world history of colonisation, models are still too often European-centric. In particular, we need to adjust how we think about cities in the tropics. Read more…
Happy Healthy Cities in Tropical Environments
What does it take to be a happy and healthy city under the beautiful sun of tropical places? Read more…
Thinkers in the Tropical Shade: Empowering Lessons for Livable Places
Last June, Chuck Wolfe, David Sellars and I published an article on Planetizen about the fundamental relationships at the heart of urban public health and livability, particularly in tropical Australia. In this article we discuss the importance of context, the relevance of the UN-Habitat New Urban Agenda, the Urban Thinkers Campuses recently hosted by JCU (Understanding Cairns and Townsville through the urban diary tool), place-based urban planning and design and the lessons learned so far.
Queensland Strategy on Climate, Health, and Well-being Workshop
“The Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science (DES) has engaged the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) and the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) to facilitate the development of a Human Health and Wellbeing Climate Adaptation Plan for Queensland (H-CAP).” Read more…
SILVIA TAVARES 