1st Edition
The EcoEdge Urgent Design Challenges in Building Sustainable Cities
Biography
Esther Charlesworth is the founding Director of Architects without Frontiers (Australia), a design non-profit organisation committed to working with communities in need. She is currently Senior Research Fellow in Architecture at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Rob Adams is Director of City Design at the City of Melbourne. In 2007 Rob was awarded an Order of Australia in recognition for services to urban design, town planning and architecture, and in 2008 named as the Australian Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year at the Banksia Awards.
"Readers of a certain age will appreciate the resonance with ‘newspeak’, George Orwell’s inventive portrayal of the role language plays in shaping thought and behaviour." – Construction Management and Economics
"This book would appeal to professionals in the disciplines of planning, urban design, infrastructure, architecture, sustainability, land use management and sociology who require a concise introduction to contemporary land use challenges in building and planning sustainable cities. Certainly the case studies could provide stimulating material to supplement university teaching in these disciplines." - Caroline Osborne, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
