Liane is a town planner and has worked as a consultant and writer on the broad area of urban sustainability for over twenty years. She is a recognised thought leader on creating socially sustainable and inclusive cities and building positive social outcomes from the built environment. Her focus is on the social future of cities and how we live in and experience urban space.
She writes about the emergence of the social city and is founder of Considerate Urbanism as a movement, mindset and method for more considerate urban experiences futures, and behaviours to emerge for people and planet. Considerate Urbanism is about centring care, empathy, affinity, emotion, and human experience to move us from car-based urbanism to care-based urbanism. The Seven C’s Framework explores how to embed consideration at all levels of a project from its conception to its future impact. It seeks to address the challenges of social justice, economic inclusion and environmental resilience.