Future Cities: Meeting the Brundtland Challenge
Start Date
2-10-2013 9:05 AM
End Date
2-10-2013 9:40 AM
Description
Abstract: Brundtland famously said that sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. This seems reasonable enough, but what will be the ‘future generations’ needs? The search for that outcome means a complete rethink of how we think about the infrastructure that supports a city – including the social, as well as the ‘hard’, infrastructure that enables a city to survive. Unsurprisingly many countries and cities are thinking about this problem but the increase in future wellbeing will need new thinking, new approaches and new substance.
Citation:
Tyler, N. (2014). Future Cities: Meeting the Bruntland Challenge. In: Campbell P. and Perez P. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium of Next Generation Infrastructure, 1-4 October 2013, SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Australia.
Future Cities: Meeting the Brundtland Challenge
Abstract: Brundtland famously said that sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. This seems reasonable enough, but what will be the ‘future generations’ needs? The search for that outcome means a complete rethink of how we think about the infrastructure that supports a city – including the social, as well as the ‘hard’, infrastructure that enables a city to survive. Unsurprisingly many countries and cities are thinking about this problem but the increase in future wellbeing will need new thinking, new approaches and new substance.
Citation:
Tyler, N. (2014). Future Cities: Meeting the Bruntland Challenge. In: Campbell P. and Perez P. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium of Next Generation Infrastructure, 1-4 October 2013, SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Australia.