Designing Liveable Cities CPD Learning Course

Designing Livable Cities: Where Shade Hits the Pavement Conference 2025 Speaker Series

This course shares best practice examples for designing greener, cooler, more livable cities - drawn from the speaker presentations at Where Shade Hits the Pavement Conference, held in Melbourne, February 2025.

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Course curriculum

1. How to use these modules
2. Before we begin...
1. Opening Address: Cr Deirdre Diamante, Mayor & Councillor of Tullamore Ward, Manningham Council
1. Presenter: Krista Milne "Which Plant Where - a practical tool for future proofing urban landscape projects with climate appropriate plant species"
1. Presenter: Roy Brooke "Going Beyond Urban Forest Strategies"
1. Presenter: Chris Champion "Simplifying GUI asset management to deliver ROI"
1. Presenter: Dr Thami Croeser "7 key reform priorities - clearing the roadblocks to large scale canopy expansion"
1. Q&A Panel Discussion. Featuring Krista Milne, Chris Champion and Thami Croeser, moderated by Gail Hall
1. Presenter: Naomi Barun "The living city: designing for collective action"
1. Presenter: Simon Leake "Best practice guide for offsetting the urban heat island effect"
1. Presenters: Dr Buyani Thomy and Erin Saunders "A cost-benefit analysis framework for valuing urban greening and stormwater infrastructure"
1. Presenters: Sally Boer and Dr Dale Browne "Design Considerations - How Tree Pits Can be Used for Stormwater Management"
1. Q&A Panel Discussion featuring Naomi Barun, Simon Leake, Dr Buyani Thomy and Sally Boer, moderated by Gail Hall
1. Presenter: Warwick Savvas "Case studies for establishing trees in containerised situations"
1. Presenter: Scott Adams "Case study: transformative design - a 10 year retrospective of green infrastructure design decisions and lessons learned from the revitalization of Lonsdale Street, Dandenong"
1. Presenter: Matthew Watson "Case study: designing city precincts for green infrastructure - lessons learned from the Melbourne Metro project"
1. Presenter: Justin King "Case study: Harpley Estate - the story of a partnership for positive change "
1. Q&A Panel Discussion. Featuring Warwick Savvas, Scott Adams, Matthew Watson and Justin King, moderated by Gail Hall
1. So, what did you think?

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Designing Livable Cities: Where Shade Hits the Pavement Conference 2025 Speaker Series

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

Module 1: Opening Address

Module 2: Green Infrastructure Policy, Net Zero and Progress. Are We On Track for 2050?

Module 3: Natural Asset Strategies - Going Beyond Urban Forest Strategies

Module 4: Simplifying GUI Asset Management to Deliver ROI

Module 5: Seven Key Reform Priorities - Clearing the Roadblocks to Large Scale Canopy Expansion

Module 6: Q&A Panel Discussion 1 - Policy

Module 7: The Living City: Designing for Collective Action

Module 8: Best Practice Guide for Offsetting the Urban Heat Island Effect

Module 9: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework for Valuing Urban Greening and Stormwater Infrastructure

Module 10: Design Considerations - How Tree Pits Can be Used for Stormwater Management

Module 11: Q&A Panel Discussion 2 - Practice

Module 12: Case studies: Establishing Trees in Containerized Situations

Module 13: Case studies: Transformative Design - A 10 Year Retrospective of Green Infrastructure Design Decisions

Module 14: Case Studies: The Melbourne Metro Project

Module 15: Case study: Harpley Estate - The Story of a Partnership for Positive Change

Module 16: Q&A Panel Discussion 3 - Proof

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About this course

Access expertise from 11 industry thought leaders