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Planning And Design Of Master-Planned Communities For Healthy Living, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too
Planning And Design Of Master-Planned Communities For Healthy Living, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too
Linda Too
Due to growing health concerns linked to inactive living, a number of new master-planned communities in South East Queensland are creating supportive environments for physical activities. Varsity Lakes in Gold Coast is an example of such community which provides both infrastructures and programs to encourage active living. The objective of the paper is to examine the relationship between built environment and healthy communities through a review of current literature. Synthesising these findings, a conceptual framework is developed for supporting active and healthy living in master-planned communities. The three key factors are 1) place; 2) program and 3) partnership. This framework …
A Governance Framework For Eco-Centric Behaviour In Communities, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
A Governance Framework For Eco-Centric Behaviour In Communities, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Linda Too
Climate change and its impacts have taken centre-stage in the media as well as academic research in recent years. This has led to better awareness of the sustainability issue among the general public. However, knowledge about sustainability is not necessarily matched by actual sustainable practices. The community plays an important role to effect lasting changes towards a more eco-centric behaviour. While various disciples such as marketing, psychology and urban design have undertaken research on this topic, these have often been done in isolation. The purpose of this paper is to draw together the knowledge from these well-established disciplines and develop …
Green Buildings: A Framework For Social Sustainability, Linda Too, Eric Too
Green Buildings: A Framework For Social Sustainability, Linda Too, Eric Too
Linda Too
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