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Victoria’s bushfires: time to reflect new urban strategies
BEA TRIZ C.MA TURANA |
AR CHI TEC TSFOR PEACE
| PHD CANDIDA TE,UNI VERSIT YOFMELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP4 May 09
Victoria’s Bushfires:isn’t it time to reflect new urban strategies
?1. initial responses2. the logic of reconstructing the same3. “a sombre opportunity” that we have not yet grasped4. a collection of scattered buildings don’t make a town5. some suggestions
Victoria’s bushfires: time to reflect new urban strategies
BEA TRIZ C.MA TURANA |
AR CHI TEC TSFOR PEACE
| PHD CANDIDA TE,UNI VERSIT YOFMELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP4 May 09
First reactions…
T h e r e d o e s s e e m t o b e a h u m a n e l e m e n t t o b u s h f i r e r i s k . I n t e r m s o f h u m a n c o n t r i b u t i o n i t i s c l e a r t h a t
m o s t o f t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s i n c e
a b o u t 1 9 5 0 i s
l i k e l y d u e t o i n c r e a s e s i n g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s
. H i g h e r t e m p e r a t u r e s c l e a r l y i n c r e a s e t h e r i s k o f b u s h f i r e s.
K e v i n H e n n e s s y f r o m t h e C S I R O i n J o n a t h a n P e a r l m a n, " I t w i l l o n l y g e t w o r s e a s c l i m a t e c h a n g e s, "
T h e S y d n e y M o r n i n g H e r a l d
9 F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 9.
Premier John Brumby
"Brumby Warns of Worse to Come."
Kerry O'Brien,
ABC News
, 7:30 Report (9 February 2009).
Dr . N ic hols on t he ot he r ha nd w a r ns of t he “ r e a l c ha nc e t ha t some c ommunit ie s ma y ne v e r be r e built ” , w hile a lso not ing t ha t “ t he de v a st a t ion in V ic t or ia pr e se nt s
a sombr e o p por tunity
” .
O sc a r M c L a r e n, " Bushf ir e T r a g e d y R e w r it e s R ule s f or A r c hit e c t s,"
A B C N e w s
( 11 F e br ua r y 20 0 9 ).
Larger pieces of land in the outer suburbs or “suburbs in the bush” are more affordable. AsGeorge Megalogenis notes,
the population in the worst affected areas lived in an extensionof “Mortgageville
: communities with more children, and parents with less education, thanthe national average”.
George Megalogenis, "On the Edge,"
The Australian
14 February 2009.
V ict or ia n P r e mie r J ohn Br umb y r e comme nds t ha t
buildin g codes
ne e d r e v ision. A r chit e ct L indsa y J ohnst on discusse s f ir e r e sist a nt house s a nd t he const r uct ion of
under g r ound bunker s
in a r e a s pr one t o bushf ir e s, w hile a lso a dding t ha t
ur ban spr aw l ex acer bates the dan g er
f or t he se communit ie s.
Osca r M cL a r e n, " Bushf ir e T r a g e d y R e w r it e s R ule s f or A r chit e ct s,"
A B C N e w s
( 11 F e br ua r y 20 0 9).
Victoria’s bushfires: time to reflect new urban strategies
BEA TRIZ C.MA TURANA |
AR CHI TEC TSFOR PEACE
| PHD CANDIDA TE,UNI VERSIT YOFMELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP4 May 09
Reconstructing the same “brick by brick”, said some defiant politicians.
“Together we will rebuild each of these communities — brick by brick, school by school,community hall by community hall”.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in, B. Nicholson and D.Rood. “We'll Rebuild Brick by Brick.”
The Age
11 February 2009.
Contextual:GlobalwarmingEmotional:compassion
more of thesame:
butlet’s make ittougher
Comprehensiveshort-termtechnical solution
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