Environment
| Special Report
Changing the way we think about ecocities
The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realising the earth was round
Humanity has entered its urban age, with a rapidly growing majority of the population now living in cities. The ‘urban globe’ faces unprecedented social and environmental challenges. One principal solution is apparent: our cities must become ecological cities if we want a sustainable world.
As Melbourne hosts the EcoCity World Summit, join us on an interactive journey building ecocities of the future.
Environment
| Special Report
The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realising the earth was round
Environment
| Special Report
We hear from global voices about our future in the urban age: how can cities and citizens rebuild our human habitat in relation to living natural systems?
Environment
| Special Report
Creating ecocities must now be a human priority. Australia, a nation of cities, is well-placed to contribute to this urgent global project.
Environment
| Special Report
Urban design, planning, building and maintenance must respond creatively, appropriately and effectively to the relationship between the social and the natural at both the local and global level. But how do the needs of countries differ?
Environment
| Special Report
As cities continue their relentless sprawl, how do we retrofit existing suburbs to move toward a sustainable future?
Environment
| Special Report
The towers crowding out the centre of Australian cities are a symptom of failed governance and planning, and it’s threatening any transition to ecocities