The city can save the planet. So we've built a model ecocity.
Urban Ecology Australia exists to demonstrate and promote a more sustainable approach to the way we live.
In 2008, for the first time, more people lived in cities than in rural areas. And so, if we are are to address major issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, resource scarcity and social equity, we need to focus on the urban form and look for ways in which we can improve it.
‘Ecocities’ can provide answers to many of these challenges and at Urban Ecology Australia we promote ‘Ecocities’ as a model for vastly improved urban design and planning.
Incorporated in December 1991, UEA is a United Nations accredited, non-profit, non-government, educational association, based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Urban Ecology’s flagship ‘Ecocity’ development, Christie Walk, provides visitors with a tangible example of what is possible when good urban design is applied to the challenge of housing people in medium density near the city centre.
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UEA believes that as cities are increasingly at the heart of the world’s environmental challenges so must they be part of the solutions. Our vision is the transformation of human settlements into Ecological Cities – vibrant, equitable, socially supportive, ecologically sustaining and economically viable communities We are CBD based, we have 27 residences, only 11 car parks. … Read more
