Sustainable Cities Collaboratory

The Sustainable Cities Collaboratory comprises a group of Metropolis cities, together with a small number of global advisors and a selection of relevant research centres from around the world who pursuits common goals towards developments in urban sustainability, both at a city-level and globally, taking the lead in the agenda-setting for positive social change. The project has several purposes. Firstly, it aims to develop a set of principles, policies, and guidelines for sustainable urban development – building upon Metropolis’s ‘Principles for Better Cities’, in line with the Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, sharing knowledge, experiences and ideas among the cities involved. Secondly, it aims to create a powerful voice for successful practical implementation of principles of sustainable urban development and - most importantly - to develop and support the use of a set of coherent urban sustainability tools — finally, it pursuits to maintain a database of exemplary sustainability projects.

Researchers: Professor Paul James (ICS), Associate Professor Liam Magee (ICS)

Funding: The Federate State of Berlin, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection

Period: May 2018 – December 2020

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The Institute for Culture and Society is located in Parramatta, “the place where the eel sets down” in Dharug language,
along the north bank of the Parramatta River. It sits on the traditional lands and waters of the Burramattagal people of the Dharug Nation,
who have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial, in what today is referred to as Greater Western Sydney,
one of the most diverse cultural communities in the world and home to the largest number of Indigenous Australians in the country.
The Institute for Culture and Society acknowledges the Dharug, Eora, Dharawal (also referred to as Tharawal)
and Wiradjuri peoples as traditional custodians and Indigenous knowledge-holders, whose storytelling serve
as historical record, a form of teaching and learning, a way to care for Country,
and an expression of Indigenous culture and identity.