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UHPH 14 Landscapes and Ecologies of Urban and Planning History
The first subtheme is Hard and soft infrastructures, which envisages examination of the relationships between systems designed to enable transportation, waste disposal and water management with ecological systems at different scales. Design, construction and management of hard infrastructures have traditionally been driven by their potential to enhance the lives of humans, but at what cost to other ecological systems? Are there ways of managing
production and use of hard infrastructures that not only limit potentially negative effects but
actually lead to positive outcomes?
Twelve authors responded to the second subtheme, Conservation and regeneration in response to
external or internal pressures. Contemporary pressures on built heritage in New Zealand include
those linked to life safety during and after a seismic event. Increasing knowledge of other natural forces leads to similar concerns the world over. Social pressures are also exerted, whether because of concerns about ongoing wasteful practices or in response to changing fashions. Tensions can arise between public expectations for heritage protection and safety with the real costs of improving the performance of older buildings and structures. This subtheme presents research looking at why and how existing urban areas can be repurposed and regenerated in response to pressures such as these.
The third theme is Experimental or utopian cities, looking at communities and landscapes that
respond innovatively to social and political imperatives, that implement new theories for building and managing the built environment or that adopt new ways of practice. What can we learn from the ways such environments are created and used? How have planning and urban design practices changed over time? The Disaster management and urban resilience subtheme links closely with the earlier theme of Conservation and regeneration. Responses to and failures arising from natural disasters, climate change and extreme weather are considered by authors addressing this theme.
12 th Australasian Urban History Planning History
9780475124135
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CD-ROM
English
the Australasian Urban History / Planning History Group and Victoria University
2014
Australia
864p
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