CONFLICT ON THE PERIPHERY AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE URBAN RENEWAL OF BUSHFIRE RAVAGED AREAS

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"Quite often, when you're in an area that's been hit by natural disaster, post conflict, or is amidst a blight of systemic poverty, people see despair... but when architects go there, they see an opportunity to change, they see an opportunity to resurrect a community. This is the value that we [architects] have that can truly transform a nation and transform a profession." Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity. The act of architecture is in its essence an act of optimism. The architect envisions a new future with every project; one that is full of new possibilities. This is in stark contrast to the climate scientist who studies the past to determine the future. One such climate scientist, James Lovelock warns that if predictions are realised, the future may be a place where an act of optimism becomes an increasingly rare occurrence. In his books, The Ages of Gaia and more recently The Revenge of Gaia, Lovelock developed a theory that the Earth is a complete living system that self-regulates in order to keep life on the planet viable. Lovelock urges immediate action to build resilience into our existing infrastructures in preparedness for the extremes of climate change.