Durack

In foretelling the "landscape" vs. "new" urbanist debates of the past year, Australian urban designer Ruth Durack suggested early in the last decade with a passing reference to the Venetian Ghetto that the urban village is dictated by a rigid form and function which clashes with fundamental principles of sustainability.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

Durack's emphasis was a careful undressing of "new urbanism": without an awareness of urban ecology and a strategic input, the urban village may be little more than a dangerous "chimera" -- a code word for impossible fantasy.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

Durack argued for a more free form of planning which recognizes multiple, interactive systems which cannot be dictated by static physical models, premised on the "cultures" of green e.g., agri-, perma- and aqua-.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

The body of a 24-year-old man who died after being sucked into a drain in Durack, was found in Brisbane this morning, and police said this afternoon that a man's body had been found in Myall Creek, which runs through the town of Dalby.

Australian floods: Queensland has rebuilding task of 'post-war proportions' 2011

Durack argued for a more free form of planning which recognizes multiple, interactive systems which cannot be dictated by static physical models, premised on the "cultures" of green e.g., agri-, perma- and aqua-.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

In foretelling the "landscape" vs. "new" urbanist debates of the past year, Australian urban designer Ruth Durack suggested early in the last decade with a passing reference to the Venetian Ghetto that the urban village is dictated by a rigid form and function which clashes with fundamental principles of sustainability.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

Durack's emphasis was a careful undressing of "new urbanism": without an awareness of urban ecology and a strategic input, the urban village may be little more than a dangerous "chimera" -- a code word for impossible fantasy.

Charles R. Wolfe: Urbanism, Placemaking and the Venetian Ghetto Charles R. Wolfe 2011

The body of a 24-year-old man who died after being sucked into a drain in Durack, was found in Brisbane this morning, and grave fears remained for the areas of the Lockyear valley and

The Guardian World News Lee Glendinning 2011

Flood death has risen again to 14, while number of missing is now at 74 BRISBANE has suffered its first flood fatality after a Durack man was killed overnight when he was sucked into a storm water drain.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

Brisbane recorded its first death from the crisis when a 24-year-old man was sucked into a stormwater drain while checking his father's property at Durack.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011