Time

Topic

Speaker

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THURSDAY 25th May 2006 -

Day 1 of conference

HISTORICAL INSIGHTS AND THE SYSTEMS (ECOLOGICAL) PERSPECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENT

9.00

Historical phases of public-policy interest in urban environment and health; will sustainability reinvigorate the link?

Tony McMichael

9.20

An environmental perspective on human health and wellbeing in urban environments.

Allen Kearns

9.40

Within the urbanism framework, what significance is accorded to health?

Lawrence Frank

POLICY, PLANNING AND PRACTICE I – PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE/SIGNIFICANCE OF HEALTH

10.45

The case for reuniting planning and health in the era of the risk society

Health, anti-urbanism and public policy (pdf)

Brendan Gleeson,

Peter Newman

17.5 mb

11.25

Sustainable development and urban planning

Wendy Morris

8.9mb

11.45

Urban development and health impact assessment

Sue Robinson,
Colin Berryman

12.10

Community Perspectives

Jeff Angel

METABOLISM, METAPHOR AND SYSTEMS APPROACHES

13.30

Multi-perspectival and interactive session

Robert Dyball and panel

LINKING URBAN AND INDIVIDUAL METABOLISMS

15.30

Ecological footprints: reducing personal and urban impacts (pdf)

Barney Foran

1 mb

16.00

Rising obesity, as embodiment of urban environment:
the ‘obesogenic’ urban environment

Cities, consumption and health

Jane Dixon

Rising obesityand the urban environment: causes and solutions

Boyd Swinburn

Monitoring the impact of urban design on obesity levels: the RESIDential Environments Project

Billie Giles-Corti

16.45

Discussion

All

FRIDAY 26th May 2006 -

Day 2 of conference

Time

Topic

Speaker

File Size

POLICY, PLANNING AND PRACTICE II - CONNECTING HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY

9.00

Re-cap of main themes and principles from Day 1
(8:03) (mp3 sound file)

Ian Lowe

7.5mb

9.15

Panel: Sectoral perspectives (mp3 sound files)
Simon Corbell (12:01)
Tony Capon (5:49)
Paul O'Brien (9:10)
Ed Blakeley (8:12)
Allen Kearns (7:13)
Q & A Session (19:50)

11.3mb
5.5mb
8.6mb
7.7mb
6.7mb
18.6mb

10.10

Healthy by design

Stephanie Knox

4.5mb

DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR CITIES AS 'HUMAN HABITAT'

11.00

Designs of the time: work, families and sustainable cities (pdf)

Lyndall Strazdins

5.8 mb

11.20

Improving health through sustainable urban design

Billie Giles-Corti

3.2 mb

11.40

Re-building social capital: engaging enterprising human capital and the role of higher education

Steve Garlick

12.00

Designing out crime in Western Australia (pdf)

Paul Cozens

1.4 mb

12.20

Can healthy cities be scaled up globally?

Susan P. Mercado

IN REVAMPING AUSTRALIAN CITIES, CAN WE ESCAPE THE 'STICKINESS' OF HISTORY?

13.30

Impediments to change: what makes the situation really 'sticky'?

Lawrence Frank,
Peter Newman

OK: SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS?

14.00

Doing research differently: what is the role of research in integrated approaches to urban landscapes? (pdf)

Lorrae van Kerkhoff

1.1 mb

14.15

Re-branding Wollongong - does its history matte?

Glenn Mitchell

14.30

Public policy, private finance and urban 'ecology' (pdf)

Howard Pender

0.2 mb

14.45

Delivery (pdf)

Tom Snow,
Geoff Lawler

1.2 mb

AND CAN WE ACTUALLY GET THERE?

15.50

Mobilising political will; advancing ecological literacy; workforce and other capacity constraints; and overcomine the research/policy divide.

Panel

16.50

Question, answer, reflection (mp3 sound files)
Tony McMichael (1:34)
Mal Washer (8:03)
Ruth Durack (9:01)
Dennis O'Neill (10:32)
Renate Howe (9:09)
Discussion (13:00)

Ppt to accompany Mal Washer's panel section

1.5mb
7.5mb
8.5mb
9.9mb
8.6mb
13mb

0.6 mb

17.00

Wrap up overview (pdf)