Sydney Science Park

Better Placed is an integrated design policy for the built environment of NSW. It seeks to capture our collective aspiration and expectations for the places where we work, live and play. It creates a clear approach to ensure we get the good design that will deliver the architecture, public places and environments we want to inhabit now and those we make for the future.

This chapter considers the contribution of community infrastructure to the economic and social development of communities, including incorporating demographic change—the ageing of the population—in the development of cities. It will also examine the importance of urban services—energy, water and waste—to socially and environmentally sustainable communities. Lastly, it will touch on the impacts of climate change and the need to manage them in the urban environment.