9 June 2008
Sustainable cities
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According to the statistics, cities consume 75 per cent of the world's energy and produce 80 per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions. For the first time in history more than half of the world's population lives in towns and cities. And they can be exhilarating, energetic places to be centres of culture and history. Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world - four out of five of us live in urban environments. So how do we inhabit those communities now, what might they become if we're serious about making them more sustainable and what might they become if we're not?
Guests
Juris Greste
Urban designer
Peter Newman
Professor of sustainability, Curtin University
Caroline Stalker
Architect, urban designer, Architectus Brisbane
Julie-Anne Carroll
PhD student, Humanities Research Program, Queensland University of Technology
Tim Redway
Chief marketing officer, AV Jennings
Suzie Barnett
Executive director, Green Building Council of Australia
Further Information
Green Building Council of Australia
Publications
Title: Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
Author: Peter Newman, Isabella Jennings
Publisher: Island Press
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Debra McCoy
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