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Much of the ‘smart cities’ rhetoric is dominated by the economic, with little reference to the natural world and its plight. Ase from www.shutterstock.com

June 8, 2016

Taking the city’s pulse: we need to link urban vitality back to the planet

Peter Fisher, RMIT University

The rhetoric of 'smart cities' is dominated by the economic, with little reference to the natural world and its plight. Truly smart and resilient cities need to be more in tune with the planet.

Social insects such as bees live in a common nest site. EPA/Peter Komka

May 25, 2016

What social insects can teach us about resilient infrastructure

Eliza Middleton, University of Sydney

By working together, social insects are able to fix a small failure before it becomes a larger one.

December 11, 2015

Terror attacks in Paris and California expose modern society’s lack of resilience

Joseph Fiksel, The Ohio State University

The root cause of our vulnerability is the structure of the global economy: highly interconnected, complex and filled with turbulence.

Good access to people, services and other essential ingredients of wellbeing is a defining feature of liveable communities. flickr/US Department of Agriculture

December 7, 2015

How do we create liveable cities? First, we must work out the key ingredients

Melanie Davern, RMIT University; Billie Giles-Corti, University of Melbourne; Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne, and Hannah Badland, University of Melbourne

Communities that rate highly for liveability share certain essential features. We can identify and build these key ingredients into our cities to create thriving places where people want to live.

Flooding during Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City’s transportation and power infrastructure. Jason Howie/flickr

July 27, 2015

Flood severity along US coastline has worsened

Thomas Wahl, University of South Florida and Shaleen Jain, University of Maine

Study finds higher risk of flooding from a combination of storm surge and heavy precipitation, particularly along the East Coast of the US.

There are more resilient ways to build in vulnerable areas. Resilient Collective Housing', New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Design studio project by Taryn Wefer and Naomi Patel. Instructors: Keith Krumwiede and Martina Decker

June 17, 2015

We need to change how and where we build to be ready for a future of more extreme weather

Keith Krumwiede, New Jersey Institute of Technology

The climate is changing. Development patterns that have hardly served us well in the past certainly won't serve us well in the future. Now is the time to adapt.

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Billie Giles-Corti
Professor of Health Promotion & Director McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, University of Melbourne
Carolyn Whitzman
Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
Peter Fisher
Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Melanie Davern
Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Keith Krumwiede
Associate Professor of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Thomas Wahl
Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Science, University of South Florida
Shaleen Jain
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine
Hannah Badland
Senior Research Fellow, McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, Centre of Health Equity, University of Melbourne
Joseph Fiksel
Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
Eliza Middleton
Postdoctoral Associate in Entomology and Integrated Pest Management, University of Sydney