| This component of the UDC's mission is focused on developing a stronger urban design culture in Western Australia, creating a shared sense of responsibility for the quality of the urban environment and encouraging wider community participation in a productive debate about the future of our cities and neighbourhoods.
Advocacy programs include a variety
of structured and informal
activities designed to
promote awareness of the
importance of good design
in city building and to
stimulate a rich and provocative
dialogue about significant
urban development issues
of Perth and the regional
communities of WA.
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In
2005 the UDC participated
in various design and
planning workshops and
forums and supported public
presentations by visiting
guests such as Rob Adams,
Director of Design and
Culture at the City of
Melbourne and Jan Gael,
architect and urban designer
from Copenhagen.
Local events included
Curtin University of Technology's
Innovation Festival, Watercorp's
lecture series on sustainable
design, the HURIWA symposium
on "Baby Boomers
in Retirement", a
Continuing Professional
Development seminar for
the Planning Institute
of Australia's WA Chapter
and a workshop on reducing
community violence sponsored
by the Office of Crime
Prevention.
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