Barangaroo fieldwork

Question 1

Gentrification

Answer 1

the transformation of a neighbourhood of low income into a more upscale one.

Question 2

connectivity in Barrangaroo

Answer 2

• promotes public transport through limiting the amount of parking sports, encourages a walkable and sustainable city
• building of a metro
• cultural arts and performance centres which promote social sustainability(exhibition space)
• economic sustainability from the restaurants and businesses
• pathways reusing materials from the cutoff of the cliff- using materials that link to the history of the site.

Question 3

social sustainability

Answer 3

• the ability of a social system to achieve a good social wellbeing.

Question 4

economic sustainability

Answer 4

• a country uses resources efficiently and responsibly to consistently produce an operational profit.

Question 5

environmental sustainability

Answer 5

• the responsibility to conserve and protect ecosystems to support health and wellbeing continually.

Question 6

millers point and gentrification

Answer 6

-transition from shipping industries to business industries
- displacements of the working class peoples
- they are ‘priced out’ of the area
- gentrification causes the breaking up of communities in millers point, decreasing social sustainability
- connected (elderly residents) leaving = affecting health and wellbeing