Healthy Cities: 4th Making Cities Liveable Conference

Healthy Cities

4th Making Cities Liveable Conference

The conference will be a platform for Government and Industry sector professionals to discuss causes, effects and solutions that relate to population health, sustainability, natural resource management, transport, climate change and urban design and more.  Delegates will examine the impact of urban and transport planning on the health and well-being of the population and the planet.

This year’s conference will be held over two days, with optional study tours on Wednesday 27th of July 2010.

1. Managing population and economic growth in Healthy Cities

• + Intensification of Regional Cities and Places
• + Impacts of buying local on Community Sustainability
• + Green Principles Green Design - The Future for Viable Healthy Cities
  
  2. Coastal Urbanisation - Rapid Development Affecting Sense of Place
  
  3. Climate Change Adaptation
• + Renewable Energy
• + Community Engagement
• + Natural Resource Management
• + Waste Reuse Technologies
  
  4. Links between Environmental Sustainability and Human Health: the Co-benefits Framework
• + Population Health Management - immunisation, bio security, food safety and epidemic control
• + Managing Communicable Disease Outbreaks - Health Security
• + Child-friendly Cities - Physical Environments in our Cities and Neighbourhoods
• + Disaster Management - public welfare -  recovery and rebuild
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• 5. Technology and its Place in Healthy Cities
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  6. Managing Legislation and Policy to achieve Healthy Cities

http://www.healthycities.com.au/