Large cities produce large amounts of trash and create a lot more to transport it to landfills. Looking at New York City as the site, local practice Present Architecture posits the ‘Green Loop’ as a solution to large scale waste management.
Intended to be used as a network along the city’s waterfront, the floating energy production oasis has a street-level composting facility, elevated park, and barges and railways to efficiently transport the compost to other locations. Trash is then transported only a short distance to the borough’s Green Loop which offers more public space as it responsibly processes waste, tackling two pertinent urban issues simultaneously.
The master plan proposes the construction of 10 hubs around the 520 miles of coast in the city effectively alleviating congestion issues and dramatically lowers unnecessary energy waste while contributing 125 acres of public park land.
..."laço verde" como uma solução para a gestão de resíduos em larga escala. destina a ser usado como uma rede ao longo da orla da cidade, o circuito verde é um oásis de produção de energia flutuante com uma facilidade ao nível da rua de compostagem, parque elevado, e barcaças e ferrovias para o transporte"......................
We’re greening Brisbane’s suburbs by increasing tree planting in suburban parks, create tree-lined boulevards and provide households with a free green waste bin.
If you’re watching newsreel footage of an eruption, and don’t live near a volcano yourself, you may find yourself wondering, “Why would anyone choose to live there?”
Air conditioning changed both building design and people's active management of home temperatures. A return to houses designed for our climate can keep us comfortable and cut energy use and emissions.
What makes a place a community is far more than bricks-and-mortar and services; a University of Melbourne special explores the future of Australian cities.
If you think about it, the human story is a story of climate migration. 60,000 years ago, changes in the climate allowed modern humans from Eastern Africa to migrate, creating the different civilizations and nations we know today. In 2017, storms, floods, and droughts displaced 18 million people from their homes worldwide, with some estimates …
Insurance premiums for thousands of Australians are likely to double or even triple within decades. New data reveals the suburbs facing the biggest jumps.
Three times as many people die from heat-related deaths in Sydney’s west than its east during extreme temperature events, according to new research from the University of NSW and Sydney Water.
Much of the growth in our cities is in the outer suburbs, now home to around 5 million people. And that creates problems like traffic that detract from the advantages residents see in living there.
For nearly two decades, our user-generated Great Public Spaces database has served as an inspiration to these local placemakers and as a repository of their work, and this month, we added five stunning new entries that have a little something for everyone.
St Leonards "breathing wall" is a doubled-walled structure filled with nearly 6000 plants that filter out vehicle exhaust and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) to produce cleaner air, while its structure can also absorbing the sounds of our busiest roads. Dr Fraser Torpy is the Program Director Environmental Biology UTS who met roving reporter Sam Emery there to talk you throug
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..."laço verde" como uma solução para a gestão de resíduos em larga escala. destina a ser usado como uma rede ao longo da orla da cidade, o circuito verde é um oásis de produção de energia flutuante com uma facilidade ao nível da rua de compostagem, parque elevado, e barcaças e ferrovias para o transporte"......................