An action research program that co-designs practices and infrastructures for accessible cool living in an age of urban heating.
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Living with Urban Heat:
Becoming Climate Ready in Social Housing
Generating innovative new knowledge about climate-adaptive solutions with culturally diverse social housing residents in western Sydney, one of the hottest urban environments in the world.
A co-design project in collaboration with Community Housing Providers Link-Wentworth, Bridge and St George Community Housing, and housing advocacy organisations Bidwill Uniting and Faith Housing Alliance.
Project
Living with Urban Heat:
Becoming Climate Ready in Social Housing
Generating innovative new knowledge about climate-adaptive solutions with culturally diverse social housing residents in western Sydney, one of the hottest urban environments in the world.
A co-design project in collaboration with Community Housing Providers Link-Wentworth, Bridge and St George Community Housing, and housing advocacy organisations Bidwill Uniting and Faith Housing Alliance.
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Cooling Common Spaces in Densifying Urban Environments
Landcom’s mission is to create more affordable and sustainable communities that demonstrate global standards of liveability, resilience, inclusion, affordability and environmental quality, including in Western Sydney, where the urban heat island effect is adversely affecting liveability.
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Climate Risk, Climate Ready!
Summer in Australia is getting hotter. Extreme heat events, with daytime temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, are becoming more common and we are getting more of these days in a row.