Sustainable Neighbourhoods in Australia, 2015 City of Sydney Urban Planning
Auteurs : Rauscher Raymond Charles, Momtaz Salim
This book examines the planning and implementation of policies to create sustainable neighborhoods, using as a case study the City of Sydney. The authors ask whether many past planning and development practices were appropriate to the ways that communities then functioned, and what lessons we have learned. The aim is to illustrate the many variations within a city and from neighborhood to neighborhood regarding renewal (rehabilitation), redevelopment (replacement) and new development.
Case study examples of nine City of Sydney neighborhoods note the different histories of planning and development in each. Features of the studies include literature searches, field work (with photography), and analysis. The authors propose a set of sustainability principles which incorporate elements of the twenty seven principles of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Part One explores sustainable urban planning, and the importance of planning tools that enable best planning outcomes for communities and investors. Common factors in the nine case study neighborhoods are renewal, redevelopment and development pressures affecting Sydney from the 1970s to 2014. Also discussed are the differing circumstances of planning faced by authorities, developers and communities in each of the study areas.
Part Two of the book is focused on the case study areas in City of Sydney East area: Woolloomooloo and Kings Cross. Part Three covers case study areas in Sydney's
Inner South area: Chippendale, Redfern and Waterloo District. Part Four surveys the Inner West suburb of Erskineville. Part Five looks at the City West area, including the Haymarket District and the Pyrmont and Ultimo District. Part Six concentrates on the North West area suburb of Glebe. Part Seven of the book looks at the growth area of South Sydney District, which includes the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Zetland and the new localities of Victoria Park and Green Square. The authors recount lessons learned and outline directions of planning for sustainable neighborhoods. Finally, the authors challenge readers to apply the lessons of these case studies to further advances in sustainable urban planning.Part One: Sustainable Urban Planning and City of Sydney Neighbourhood Planning.- Chapter 1: Sustainable Urban Planning.-Chapter 2: City of Sydney Neighbourhood Planning.- Part Two: City of Sydney - City East Case Studies.- Chapter 3: Woolloomooloo - Redevelopment and Green Bans.-Chapter 4: Kings Cross - Neighbourhood Preservation in Tourist Precinct.- Part Three: City of Sydney - Inner South Case Studies.- Chapter 5: Chippendale - Village Revival in Face of Development.-Chapter 6: Redfern and Waterloo District - Public and Private Housing Balance.- Part Four: City of Sydney - Inner West Case Study.-Chapter 7: Erskineville - Redevelopment vs. Rehabilitation.- Part Five: City of Sydney - City West Case Studies.- Chapter 8: Haymarket District - Neighbourhood and Precincts Expansion.- Chapter 9: Pyrmont and Ultimo District - Government Sponsored Redevelopment.- Part Six: City of Sydney - North West Case Study.- Chapter 10: Glebe - Building on Traditional Neighbourhoods.- Part Seven: City of Sydney - City South Case Study and Book Conclusions and Directions.- Chapter 11: South Sydney - City South Growth Centre.-Chapter 12: Conclusions and Directions for Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning.
Raymond Charles Rauscher
I have always been interested in town planning, being born in Brooklyn, New York City (1943) and graduating from the City College of New York (Bachelor of Engineering, Civil 1966). I later completed a first part of a masters degree at the Univ of Michigan (research submission on Detroit entitled A Solution to the Urban Crisis: Proposal for the Creation of Region Serving New Cities (unpublished 1969). The Masters of Town and Country Planning was completed at Sydney University (1971) with a thesis Community Response to a Redevelopment Proposal (University of Sydney Library Microfilm Dept). The thesis covered planning conflicts in Erskineville and measures to resolving these. Chapter 7 of this book refers back to the planning of Erskineville in 1971, and lessons learned. Delving into the subject of sustainable urban planning, I completed a PhD (2009) at the University of Newcastle, including the thesis Sustainable Area Planning Framework for Ecologically Sustainable Development: Case Study Wyong Shire, NSW, Australia.
Wanting to research further the subject of sustainable urban planning, I published (with co-author Salim Momtaz) Sustainable Communities: A Framework for Planning - Case Study of an Australian Outer Sydney Growth Area (Springer 2014). Over the years I continued to study urban change in my birth place Brooklyn (New York). My interest was drawn to Bushwick (my old neighborhood), an area of Brooklyn that met its low point of ur
ban slide in the 1977 arson fires. I did field work over several years, from 1979 onwards, to better understand reasons for USA style urban decline and renewal. This culminated in the book (with co-author Salim Momtaz) Brooklyn's Bushwick - Urban Renewal in New York, USA (Springer 2014).Still wanting to understand the urban changes in inner city neighbourhoods (beyond Erskineville of 1971), I continued (over a number of years) to monitor planning and development of the City of Sydne
Date de parution : 10-2016
Ouvrage de 223 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 05-2015
Ouvrage de 223 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
