Learning from arid planning and design history and practice : from Woomera to creating the new Roxby Downs communities Iwanicki, Iris and Jones, David 2012, Learning from arid planning and design history and practice : from Woomera to creating the new Roxby Downs communities, in PIA 2012 : Planning for a Sunburnt Country : Building resilient communities through planning : Proceedings of the Planning Institute of Australia 2012 National Congress, [PIA], [Adelaide, S. Aust.], pp. 1-19. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Learning from arid planning and design history and practice : from Woomera to creating the new Roxby Downs communities Author(s) Iwanicki, Iris Jones, David Conference name Planning Institute of Australia National Congress (2012 : Adelaide, S. Aust.) Conference location Adelaide, S. Aust. Conference dates 29 Apr.-2 May. 2012 Title of proceedings PIA 2012 : Planning for a Sunburnt Country : Building resilient communities through planning : Proceedings of the Planning Institute of Australia 2012 National Congress Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2012 Conference series Planning Institute of Australia National Congress Start page 1 End page 19 Total pages 19 Publisher [PIA] Place of publication [Adelaide, S. Aust.] Keyword(s) arid settlements arid planning Australia Woomera Shay Gap Roxby Downs Summary The principles and knowledge about arid planning and design have much applicability to contemporary Australian planning discourses because of climate change evidence and policy shifts that sketch a hotter and more unreliable future climate with an emphasis upon a semi-arid environment for Australia. Despite this merit and intent, we appear to have learnt little from the past and are failing to draw upon the pioneering planning and design knowledge that underpinned community development and scaffolding in numerous Australian arid and semi-arid communities, and to bring this knowledge into our future planning processes and strategies. This paper considers the essential attributes and variables of three Australian arid planning and design, drawing upon historical practice and research that have been explored in the planning of semi-arid and arid places including Port Pirie, Whyalla, Monarto, Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Leigh Creek, Andamooka, Olympic Dam Village and Roxby Downs. It specifically reviews Woomera Village (1940s) Shay Gap (1970s) and the proposed extensions to Roxby Downs (2010s) as models of how to better plan and design communities in arid environments. Instrumental in these innovations is the use of landscape-responsive urban design strategies, water harvesting and irregular rainfall capture, arid horticulture, building design, colour and materiality, orientation and shading strategies, and social community construction under difficult isolationist circumstances. The paper points to key strategies that need to be incorporated in future climate change responsive community developments and policy making. ISBN 9780646577043 Language eng Field of Research 120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 960910 Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048240 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Architecture and Built Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Sep 2012, 09:07:38 EST Mon, 22 Oct 2012, 08:39:45 EST Mon, 22 Oct 2012, 08:43:35 EST Thu, 01 Nov 2012, 11:42:32 EST Thu, 01 Nov 2012, 12:15:11 EST Mon, 22 Apr 2013, 15:08:21 EST Mon, 22 Apr 2013, 15:10:26 EST Tue, 23 Apr 2013, 08:59:09 EST Mon, 03 Jun 2013, 17:12:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 246 Abstract Views, 16 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 04 Sep 2012, 09:07:38 EST

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