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The University of Canberra and The Australian National University have joined forces to address the pressing sustainability issues facing Canberra and the surrounding region. Through research, education, seminars and information-sharing Canberra Urban and Regional Futures (CURF) will build a vision for more sustainable cities and regions. CURF was launched on Friday at the University of Canberra. CURF co-founder and foundation chair of urban and regional planning at the University of Canberra Professor Barbara Norman said the initiative would help cities respond to climate change. 'The overall objective of the research is to find new pathways for more sustainable cities and regions,' Professor Norman said. 'Urbanisation, population pressures, the potential impacts of climate change and an awareness of the environmental and social impacts of urban growth are driving an increasing interest in research to support evidence-based decision-making on cities.' As a planned national capital largely developed since the 1950s, she said Canberra provided an excellent example of many of the issues facing post Second World War urban settlements. 'As a city-region on our doorstep, Canberra presents an immediate opportunity to undertake original interdisciplinary research on urban and regional futures,' she said. Professor Will Steffen, executive director of the ANU Climate Change Institute and co-founder of CURF, said the initiative would help bring together much of the knowledge necessary to plan and build sustainable cities. ?The climate change challenge will be won or lost in the world's cities,?
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