An analysis of walkability in a late 20th century masterplanned suburb on Australia's Gold Coast

Nigel Cartlidge; Daniel O'Hare

An analysis of walkability in a late 20th century masterplanned suburb on Australia's Gold Coast

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Abstract

Introduction
This paper presents some of the findings of a case study carried out on the suburb of Robina Woods in the Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia (Fig 1).

The study examined the barriers to pedestrian connectivity that were built into the design of the town to meet a market urbanist and car focused development ethic. Car focused design produces an urban form that causes unnecessary pollution, CO2 emissions, and fuel consumption. It also contributes to lower economic, environmental, health and social outcomes for residents associated with sprawl development (Corti et al., 2008; Ewing & Kreutzer, 2006; Frumkin H, Frank L, & Jackson R, 2004).

Original language	English
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	2nd International Urban Design Conference: Survival: Implementing tomorrow's city - Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 2 Sept 2009 → 4 Sept 2009 Conference number: 2nd

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Conference	2nd International Urban Design Conference
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Gold Coast
Period	2/09/09 → 4/09/09

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Lines in the Sand: Urban Design Attributes, Characteristics and Values of Selected Gold Coast Beach Precincts
Author: Cartlidge, N., 10 Oct 2015
Supervisor: Armitage, L. (Supervisor) & O'Hare, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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Lines in the Sand: Urban Design Attributes, Characteristics and Values of Selected Gold Coast Beach Precincts

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