Climate proofing Australian cities

Wednesday 23 September
6.00pm - 7.00pm

Mutual Community Lecture Theatre
Basil Hetzel building
City East campus

The physical impacts of climate change on cities such as Adelaide include changing rainfall patterns, coastal changes and lengthy periods of high temperatures.

All of these have an impact on the way we live and our quality of life. We can respond in two ways; adapt or attempt to reduce the rate of change. The lecture looks at the nature of Australian cities, identifying their particular characteristics, taking a broad overview of the issues raised by climate change.

Importantly, it outlines potential solutions to further deterioration. It focuses particularly on research which seeks to identify how we might move towards the carbon neutral city.

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Science & Engineering for a Sustainable Future.
Division of Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment

Associate Professor Jon Kellett

Associate Professor Kellett is an urban and regional planner with a world of experience, including 20 years teaching at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom.

In 2006 he joined UniSA as Program Director of the Bachelor of Arts (Urban and Regional Planning); he was later appointed Head of the Planning Discipline.

His interests in energy and techniques of environmental management have led to his research into natural resources planning and findings about how cities can cope with climate change.

He is currently Chief Investigator on three Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage funded projects researching, among other things, the transition of communities to carbon neutrality and the affordability of housing in Australia.