SEMINARS
2010 Seminar Series
"Fear in Public Policy and Urban Decision-Making"
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
4-7pm
The Sun Room, Ivy, 320 George Street (also via Ash Street)
Life in Western society has been permeated by uncertainty and fear: of change, of others, of lawlessness, of liability, of legal action, even of being wrong. Many administrative decisions are now influenced and warped by the desire to avoid risk. This is particularly prevalent in urban areas, where parents protect children from imagined dangers, Councils apply numerous health and safety constraints to public projects, and government generally plays it safe, all at odds with the statistical record. In our society, this occurs in the almost complete absence of terrorism.
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS
AIUS City Briefing 30
When: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Time: 5.00 - 6.15pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, Mitchell Theatre, 280 Pitt Street (between Park and Bathurst)
Topic: Sydney over the next 20 years - a commentary on the discussion paper
Presenter: Norma Shankie-Williams,
Director Metropolitan and Regional Strategies
Department of Planning and Infrastructure
Quoting the desire to take a new approach focussed on real delivery, Planning Minister Brad Hazzard has set sail for a new strategy. In the discussion paper released in early May, the State Government is looking for input into the big questions facing Sydney. Unlike previous plan making, the Metro Strategy is to be calibrated with other 20 year horizon plans to bring a whole of government approach.
More Download FlyerDorte Ekelund, Executive Director, Major Cities Unit, Infrastructure Australia spoke at AIUS City Briefing 20
Click here to see her presentation on Australia's major cities
PRESS RELEASE
The Australian Institute of Urban Studies, NSW Division, welcomes the Prime Minister's assumption of Federal responsibility for the planning of Australia's cities...