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Architects and those working on the built environment can learn valuable lessons about their discipline – how it’s taught, and how it’s carried out – from the 2015 student protests.
City dwellers have better access to more information about the people and places around them than ever before, but it has never been more difficult to preserve privacy as a result.
Recent events show that you can’t always stop an attack, even when you prepare for one.
When communities are surveyed, green infrastructure is usually high on their list of urban planning priorities. But until now planners have lacked tools to quantify the long-term benefits.
While Melbourne has claims to be the music capital of Australia, competition to join the ranks of the world’s ‘superstar music cities’ is fierce.
Has Airbnb burst the “Disneyland” bubble that has enveloped our historical centres, governing their image and operations for export?
The “edgy authenticity” of street art makes it an ideal tool for urban planners seeking to attract the new “creative class”.
Everyone has experienced it. Striding along in a purposeful hurry, your progress is thwarted by a slow-moving pedestrian, dawdling along the pavement. Perhaps they’re talking into their mobile phone, looking…
Conflicting evidence means it’s tough to tell whether trees helping to clear the air, or if green is not as good as we thought.
It is now possible to imagine Australia having a national affordable housing strategy, backed by funding, by the end of 2016.
The influence of British immigrants to the United States shows us that migrants have long been city-makers.
Migrants can be a huge boon to cities – but planning to support them is crucial.
After a period of decline, cities around the world are revitalizing but it’s coming at a cost: an increasingly tight affordable housing squeeze.
Unlike CEOs, mayors are enthusiastic imitators and intimate allies, rather than fierce competitors. On World Cities Day, how US mayors are looking abroad for inspiration to solve problems
Sure, a chunk of Stuyvesant Town’s units will remain affordable for 20 years. But what happens after that?
Among unfamiliar languages, cultures, cuisines, jobs and neighbourhoods, what does it take for migrants to establish a sense of home?
A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.
We can live comfortably and sustainably in hot places – but we’ll have to ditch the glassy skyscrapers.
Temperatures are set to rocket throughout the 21st century, but design lessons from history could help the gulf states stay cool.
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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