SESSION IX: Redesigning Space – Urban Design for Health
Water-Sensitive Revitalisation of Urban Informal Settlements in Fiji and Indonesia: Presentation of Progress from the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) Program

Thursday, May 31st

Diego’s research examines the contributory role that architecture and urbanism can play in addressing the significant challenges facing contemporary urban environments -climate change, resource limitations and rapid population growth with a key focus on the Global South. Diego is the founder of the Monash Informal Cities Lab (ICL). TheICL undertakes design-based research within conditions of informality in developing cities in the Global South. With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the unit works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams and international development stakeholders at the intersection of academic research and international development.