TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustaining suburbia - The importance of the public private interface in the case of Canberra, Australia
AU - Muminovic, Milica
AU - Caton, Holly
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Among existing and anticipated changes in global urbanisation and population growth, the challenge of retrofitting suburbia within sustainable cities needs to be considered. However, given the opposing nature of sustainability and suburbia, this task is not easy. Different approaches have tried to define the theory for achieving sustainable cities, but the nature of suburbia presents issues in densification, as density is perceived to limit the liveability and importantly the private sphere that makes suburbia desirable. To begin addressing sustainability in suburbia, the question of how to densify suburbs while maintaining their liveable quality, needs to be addressed. Focusing on the case of Canberra the paper builds a framework for discussing these questions within analysis of suburb density, behavioural studies and the public private interface. In doing so, it is evident that sustaining suburbia through densification, within the context of sustainable cities, cannot be considered without recognising morphology and the need for, and integration of, the public private interface.
AB - Among existing and anticipated changes in global urbanisation and population growth, the challenge of retrofitting suburbia within sustainable cities needs to be considered. However, given the opposing nature of sustainability and suburbia, this task is not easy. Different approaches have tried to define the theory for achieving sustainable cities, but the nature of suburbia presents issues in densification, as density is perceived to limit the liveability and importantly the private sphere that makes suburbia desirable. To begin addressing sustainability in suburbia, the question of how to densify suburbs while maintaining their liveable quality, needs to be addressed. Focusing on the case of Canberra the paper builds a framework for discussing these questions within analysis of suburb density, behavioural studies and the public private interface. In doing so, it is evident that sustaining suburbia through densification, within the context of sustainable cities, cannot be considered without recognising morphology and the need for, and integration of, the public private interface.
KW - Green space
KW - Public-private interface
KW - Sustainable city
KW - Sustainable suburbia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058954864&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.26687/archnet-ijar.v12i3.1793
DO - 10.26687/archnet-ijar.v12i3.1793
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058954864
SN - 1938-7806
VL - 12
SP - 11
EP - 26
JO - Archnet-IJAR
JF - Archnet-IJAR
IS - 3
ER -