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Pacific Rim SustainABILITY Conference
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Pacific Rim Sustain ABILITY Conference Sustainable and accessible - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pacific Rim Sustain ABILITY Conference Sustainable and accessible - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pacific Rim Sustain ABILITY Conference Sustainable and accessible communities Creating / recreating sustainable accessible and affordable communities Michael Fox Access Australia / Rights & Inclusion Australia Hawaii October 2017
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Target Audience
Community Advocates
Community Members
General Public
Professionals
Self-Advocate
Learning outcomes include
Increasing awareness of the UN CRPD Political and legal processes involved in creating accessible communities Housing standards and legislation procedures Links between sustainability, accessibility and affordability
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What is a sustainable community ? What is an accessible community ? What is an affordable community ? How do we create sustainable, accessible & affordable communities ? Pacific Rim opportunities Discussion
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Sustainability communities
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Middle East – before and after WW1 Sykes Picot India – before and after the Raj Inglorious Empire North America – before and after 1492 Manifest Destiny Australia – before and after 1770 Treading Lightly 60,000 years 10,000 years 10,000 years 10,000 years
Industrial revolution to 21st C
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The Middle East – 5000BC to Sykes-Picot 1916
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The Middle East 1914 to 21st C
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India – 1500 Mughal Empire to 21stC
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India – 1500 to East India Company and 21st C
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Mughal Empire 1500 to 1700 British Empire – East India Company 1600 to 1947 India share of world economy ~ 25% in 18th C India under British rule ~ 4% by 1947 British imperialism provided rule of law, railways etc in Britain’s interests alone Britain’s Industrial Revolution founded on India’s deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry, religious division and community impact
Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India Shashi Tharoor
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The Americas to Manifest Destiny
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Americas 1000BC Western expansion 1848 Native American cultures via Bering Straight over 10,000 years ago
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North America
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Native America 18thC 21stC North America
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What is a sustainable community ?
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Australia’s Indigenous First People treading lightly for over 60,000 years Sustainability land and river management, information sharing, totems – custodians Respect for land, fauna / flora and people Extended families, communities, accessible environments, young and old integrated and respected, elders, no word for disability – sustainable agriculture, fish farms, wildlife traps, river systems – art, stories and song lines – link spirituality and sustainability INTANGIBLES V TANGIBLES
KARL-ERIK SVEIBY Professor of Knowledge Management Hanken Business School, Finland TEX SKUTHORPE is a Nhunggabarra man from Nhunggal country in northwestern New South Wales
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Women gathering Chookala (gum leaf) bushtucker dreaming Kitty Cockatoo Napperby 1990s
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Defying Empire
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Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional landowner Vincent Lingiari, Northern Territory 1975 Jason WING (Biripi people) Captain James Crook 2013
Defying Empire 2017 exhibition NGA Canberra – commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum recognising Indigenous people as Australians. Explores ongoing Indigenous resilience since European ‘first contact / invasion’. The Referendum ‘tore away the myth of extinction’.
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Australia
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Indigenous Australia 21st C Australia
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Sustainability lessons ?
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Communities sustainable before European colonisation Middle East – Arab, Christian, Jewish coexistence, cradle of civilisation India – Muslim and Hindu coexistence – industrious North America – Native American coexistence – hunter gatherers Australia – Indigenous land management and community structure Value intangibles – knowledge, friendship, respect, natural systems Common characteristics Traditional extended families – compared to nuclear families Respect for wisdom of elders – exploit or sustain ? Respect and understanding of environment and natural processes Shared community assets and communal land ownership
DISCUSSION
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Accessible communities
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Process of Access – information to built environment and services Community involvement – Access Awards – Access Committees Current programs – legislate accessible housing Harmonising standards Political issues Benefits of ageing in place and in local communities
Learning outcomes include
Increasing awareness of the UN CRPD Political and legal processes involved in creating accessible communities Housing standards and legislation procedures Links between sustainability, accessibility and affordability
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Accessibility framework – UN CRPD 2006
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RI Global and DPO involvement since 2000 includes involving people with disabilities and governments at all stages The CRPD provides a rights based model for sustainable and accessible communities UN CRPD adopted in 2006 – 10 years ago – and ratified in 2008 174 UN CRPD ratifications – September 2017 PacRim ratifications – USA has signed but not ratified
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CRPD – Access is a human right
174 UN CRPD ratifications – September 2017
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Accessible Australia
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Australia adopted the DDA in 1992 and ratified the UN CRPD in 2008 Accessible information, transport, public buildings and services UN CRPD Article 9 – requires access on an equal basis to the physical environment, housing, transportation, information and communications – in both urban and rural areas. 2010 to 2020 National Disability Strategy – clear response to CRPD
- bligations. Policy Area 1 is Inclusive and Accessible Communities
Non-accessible housing – impact on everyone / ageing in place / neighbourhoods Indigenous and remote communities / aged care etc 2017 government reforms and inquiry of retirement village standards
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2017 Housing Forum – accessible housing is the missing link Political / legal processes – creating accessible communities Harmonising housing standards Ageing in place and in neighbourhoods Australians over 65 will more than double in the next 40 years Over 75% want to age in own homes – with assistance Nearly 20% – go to aged care facilities against their wishes
Journal of Housing for the Elderly 2017
August 2017 Sydney
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Accessibility lessons ?
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Government ratification of the CRPD Participation of all stakeholders Regulars reviews and progressive change Process of Access Access to and within public and private environments Ageing in place and in neighbourhoods
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What is an affordable community ?
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Donnybrook London affordable urban renewal social streets
Subsidised, part subsidised and private housing Western, Eastern and Indigenous housing models Housing mix and design reflect investors rather than users Private and rental market – tax concessions etc Alternatives – shared equity, affordable rental, social housing Urban renewal and regeneration – community consultations
AIA Architecture Bulletin 2017
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What is an affordable community ?
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Affordable rental housing Sydney
Urban renewal and regeneration – community consultations Public / private partnerships – renewal of social housing sites Target 30% social / affordable housing – NSW Community Plus C+ Not for profit social housing – missing middle / Nightingale Community Land Trusts – US & UK affordable housing Boarding houses, rental homes, ‘granny flats’, cooperatives Sustainable & energy efficient – Baugruppen / building block WA Key – genuine community consultation
AIA Architecture Bulletin 2017
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How do we create / recreate sustainable accessible and affordable communities ?
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Key sustainability, accessibility and affordability lessons Include and respect younger and older generations Ageing in place and in neighbourhoods More cost effective & environmentally friendly housing DISCUSSION
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Pacific Rim opportunities
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The 2006 CRPD is now ratified by over 170 countries, including all Pacific Rim countries except the USA RI Global President Haidi Zhang in Beijing, Belt and Road Initiative and RI Asia Pacific network provide PacRim opportunities for collaborative community access programs Pacific Rim countries can work together to create and maintain more sustainable, accessible and affordable housing and communities
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