Warwick Keates and Corey Brown of WAX recently
attended the Green infrastructure: life support for human habitats conference.
The conference was an initiative from the Department of Environment, Water and
Natural Resources through the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. The rolling
conference consisted of a number of site visits consisting of the Bowden Urban
development, Tonsley Park redevelopment, Port Noarlunga foreshore, Pt Willunga
foreshore, Aldinga Arts Eco Village, Beyond development Victor Harbor and the
Bluestone Development in Mt Barker. Several key speakers including Greg Moore,
Graeme Hopkins and Paul Sutton discussed the benefits of quality open space
provision, treescapes and placing an algorithmic value on open space in urban
areas which sought to highlight the associated benefits through financial analysis.
Other speakers focused on health and well being benefits and the need to
seriously integrate natural systems into our cities.
The day allowed for the development and
refinement of ideas through discussion with a wide range of individuals.