Case Study: Sustainable Urban Development in Brisbane and Gold Coast

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1. Green building practices
In these practices, they have focused on all the practice which helps to make
environment sustainable.
The building environment has a lot of emissions which is harmful to
environments such as greenhouse gas emissions.
So, they have switched to sustainability practices that can defend the
environment from harmful gas emissions.
The construction of building would be done in a sustainable manner.
The adopted practices were low energy consumption practices, solar energy,
and passive energy designing.
These methods provide use of all-natural resources effectively.
2 shifts commented to move towards greener environment are as decreasing
the loads for lighting, cooling and heating appliances used in making buildings
and using all equipment’s effectively.
The renewable energy components should be used (Fastenrath, 2018).
Increased population and economic expansion because of increased proliferation and
urbanization
Because of urbanization, people are using natural resources extensively.
A new approach was proposed based on sustainability and was approved in a pilot study. The
proposed approach was ASSURE.
It generated the indices based on sustainability but at micro level.
It helps in assessment and controlling the communication between urban ecosystems and
activities of human beings.
This assessment can help in making the strategies and actions towards sustainability (Yigitcanlar,
Tan & Kamruzzaman, 2015).
2. Ensuring sustainability in Brisbane airport corporation
The airport of Brisbane has owned 600 hectares of land for the purpose of
development and it is clarified that greenhouse emissions in building produce
8.8% harmful emissions.
It also includes the land for different habitats for wildlife from which feeding is
done for migratory birds and shelter is also provided to then and taking step
towards habitat preservation.
Actions for climatic changes are also adopted by them.
The energy reduction program was established to reduce harmful emissions.
They invested huge amounts on solar panels, electrical vehicles, and buses.
The other policies were also adapted for water management and waste
management (Yang et al. 2015).
Measures were taken against water pollution in gold coast
The water is polluted day by day.
Various measures are taken as rainwater tank is installed to conserve water.
The chosen appliances for water are chosen as of A quality.
Water efficient gardens are made in gold coast.
The consumption is considered in gold coast by monitoring the water inside houses (Cook et al.
2014).
Eco-friendly construction practices
For utilizing energy, lightweight materials are used.
Recycled materials are used for construction.
Eco-friendly paints are considered.
Less energy consuming techniques and appliances are used in construction.

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