This week I commenced work with Lisa Law from James Cook University in Cairns to develop a new block course for JCU's Tropical Urban and Regional Planning degree. We will be researching a raft of literature on Tropical Urban Design, as well as having a look at any other centres of tropical expertise in the built environment and seeking to build linkages and co-operation across the tropics. One of the project objectives is to develop a blog or website to assist in information dissemination, so hopefully this blog will be able to assist that process.
Otherwise, the link list grows longer and the updates on new information will continue. The aim of this blog is to become a rich source of information for tropical planners, and to help keep people abreast of new and upcoming research as it comes to light. This will hopefully be done as a combined effort as the blog becomes more useful.
Thursday 23 June 2011
Friday 15 April 2011
Link List taking shape
The Planning in the Tropics Blog is starting to take shape - on a number of fronts.
Firstly, I have started creating a list of links (on the right of this text) useful to the Tropical Planner. So far, I have just looked within Australia and managed to create links to the planning regulations and provisions in the two tropical states and tropical territory of the north: Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. I have also started looking at standard links that can be useful in planning generally: Australian Government Health Initiatives and planning guidelines such as Healthy Spaces and Places, as well as the very popular Enquiry by Design manual pioneered in Western Australia. Any suggestions are good ones to add to this list, it will continue to grow and take shape with the Blog.
Also, there is the possibility in the pipeline to make this blog a part of a wider project focusing on developing Tropical Expertise, especially in the Cairns Region, in northern Australia. I am quite excited at the potential here for information sharing and co-operation, an essential element of best practice planning. Watch this space!
Firstly, I have started creating a list of links (on the right of this text) useful to the Tropical Planner. So far, I have just looked within Australia and managed to create links to the planning regulations and provisions in the two tropical states and tropical territory of the north: Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. I have also started looking at standard links that can be useful in planning generally: Australian Government Health Initiatives and planning guidelines such as Healthy Spaces and Places, as well as the very popular Enquiry by Design manual pioneered in Western Australia. Any suggestions are good ones to add to this list, it will continue to grow and take shape with the Blog.
Also, there is the possibility in the pipeline to make this blog a part of a wider project focusing on developing Tropical Expertise, especially in the Cairns Region, in northern Australia. I am quite excited at the potential here for information sharing and co-operation, an essential element of best practice planning. Watch this space!
Monday 21 March 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to the Planning in the Tropics blog. I have started this just to get an idea on how blogs work, but also thought it might be interesting to start sharing resources for planners working in the tropics. So many of the resources planners currently use are focused on experiences in the temperate areas of the world, and as Cairns is starting to position itself as a centre for tropical expertise, what better place to start a blog on Planning in the Tropics!
I hope to use this blog as a place to share links to websites, journal articles, and discuss various initiatives in the world of tropical planning. I already have quite a few, so watch this space!
Your friendly Tropical Planner
I hope to use this blog as a place to share links to websites, journal articles, and discuss various initiatives in the world of tropical planning. I already have quite a few, so watch this space!
Your friendly Tropical Planner
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