25 August 2015
Of all the little thought that I have written down in a paper which only myself can read my writing, I was thinking maybe I can study about what people think that want when they buy a new home, what they actually want when you break requirements down in details and what the government thinks people want. But I don't seems to be related to CRCWSC.
At 11.15am, I meet Professor Anas. We begin with some greetings and small talk then move on to sharing my idea. I mentioned my thought as written above. Then professor has even better idea that is more achievable during my ultra short term internship. Which is to compare two suburbs with different heat vulnerability index. I will then have to visit the suburbs and make my own observations. I can say this is a lot more related to CRCWSC than mine. So I take it!
After the meeting, Ms. Anin gave me my staff number, set my my e-mail and show me my table. Felt like I was somehow disturbing because I was eating cookies while reading the books that she gave me to read to learn more about microclimate and thermal comfort. Crunch... crunch.. crunch. I tried to chew slower. I also wrote like a brief mini plan of what I will do. Like so...
- Pick 2 suburbs and why
- Highlight criteria to look for from the books
- Making observation by walking around the suburbs (jot down some points throughout my journey)
- Put them down nicely in black and white
- Make comparison
26 August 2015
After looking at this...
https://sites.google.com/site/mappingvulnerabilityindex/home
I have decided to choose POA6008 (Subiaco area) and POA6010 (Claremont/Mt. Claremont area)
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Week 1: Reading and finding research topic
18 August 2015
This is the first time I met Professor Anas and Ms. Anin in person. We had some small talk then move on to talking about what I would like to get out of this internship. So I explained what I am interested in and what do I want to achieve through this internship.
I have mentioned that I do not have much knowledge about water sensitive urban planning (WSUD) and I would like to learn more about it. So the professor asked Ms. Anin to send me some relevant documents so that I can read to learn more about it and hopefully gives me an idea of what I would like to research about.
Below are what I received:
Well, I didn't get to finish reading everything in a week for sure!
The CRCWSC also has lots of publications: http://watersensitivecities.
Other times of the week...
I spent quite a lot of time reading a lot of the documents that I received. However, I realised that all I do is keep reading all day long and I haven't been thinking about what I would like to do for me research. I spent my Sunday and Monday thinking about it. I talked to my friends about various sort of topics about liveability, the locals idea of livability and water resources in Perth.
Our conversation was mainly about growing population, big houses, travelling time, controlling number of cars in the busy area, parking fee, public transport, toll fee, cementing/tiling the whole yard and Gnangara Mound. I had plenty of opinion and thoughts about all that and yet still I find myself lost. VERY LOST I should say. I wrote down some ideas but they all seems to be bad ideas to me. Made me nervous to meet the professor on coming Tuesday.
This is the first time I met Professor Anas and Ms. Anin in person. We had some small talk then move on to talking about what I would like to get out of this internship. So I explained what I am interested in and what do I want to achieve through this internship.
I have mentioned that I do not have much knowledge about water sensitive urban planning (WSUD) and I would like to learn more about it. So the professor asked Ms. Anin to send me some relevant documents so that I can read to learn more about it and hopefully gives me an idea of what I would like to research about.
Below are what I received:
Well, I didn't get to finish reading everything in a week for sure!
Direction 2031 And Beyond: http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/
Liveable Neighbourhoods: http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/
Other times of the week...
I spent quite a lot of time reading a lot of the documents that I received. However, I realised that all I do is keep reading all day long and I haven't been thinking about what I would like to do for me research. I spent my Sunday and Monday thinking about it. I talked to my friends about various sort of topics about liveability, the locals idea of livability and water resources in Perth.
Our conversation was mainly about growing population, big houses, travelling time, controlling number of cars in the busy area, parking fee, public transport, toll fee, cementing/tiling the whole yard and Gnangara Mound. I had plenty of opinion and thoughts about all that and yet still I find myself lost. VERY LOST I should say. I wrote down some ideas but they all seems to be bad ideas to me. Made me nervous to meet the professor on coming Tuesday.
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