ABSTRACT

At a design level, we need to be able to test and interrogate alternative scenarios. What is it like to live in a climate change resilient city? What does that mean for urban places, other than simply engineering solutions? How much will we want to live by the water if it’s cut off from us by levy walls? And if higher housing densities around public transport aren’t going to be our sole solution to reducing emissions, what will be? And what would a retrofitted suburb be like to live in? And how do you negotiate all of this with communities, and make it happen?