Transport access is good for new housing, but beware the pollution
Many new housing developments are being built along busy roads and rail lines, but lack design features that would reduce occupants' exposure to harmful traffic pollution.
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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn’t clear out the neighbors
Cleaning up and reusing contaminated sites, known as brownfields, can create jobs and promote economic growth. But it also can drive gentrification that prices out low-income residents.
Market-driven compaction is no way to build an ecocity
Achieving the goal of sustainable cities depends on rolling back the market after decades of privatisation and deregulation.
Land clearing isn’t just about trees – it’s an animal welfare issue too
More than 50 million birds, mammals and reptiles are thought to be killed each year in New South Wales and Queensland by the removal of native vegetation, and planning laws are failing to protect them.
Airport rail link can open up new possibilities for the rest of Melbourne
A rail link is a big step towards transforming transport access and land use in ways that will enable a much bigger city to remain liveable. And Melbourne can learn from Sydney about this.
Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health
New research shows many good intentions for creating urban environments that promote good health were not carried through. The solutions start with engaging more closely with residents themselves.
Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda
When wealth accumulation becomes the driver of urban regeneration, residents who already have little or no say in the future of our cities are further marginalised by gentrification.
When will the democracy deliver ‘car-independence’ day in Yangon?
Yangon's traffic woes are set to last.
Regional universities have a pivotal role to play in Australia’s City Deals
Universities can lead the way in creating opportunities for the economic development of regional cities and outer metropolitan areas under new City Deals.
In their rush to become “global”, cities risk creating spatial apartheid
Maboneng in Johannesburg represents one strand of the type of urban “development” that's advocated for by the proponents of “global cities”.
Tax on ‘unearned gains’ is the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
Who is entitled to the increase in value created by planning approvals, new infrastructure, population growth or urban development? For John Stuart Mill, the answer would have been the community.
Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where
About 84% of cranes in Australia are used on residential sites, with commercial projects making up 5% of crane activity. Health, education, infrastructure and recreation projects make up the rest.
Cities are complex systems – let’s start looking at them that way
There are very few approaches that examine all aspects of the complexity of urban design and development. Ergonomics, human factors and sociotechnical systems methods offer a way forward.
How stubborn ‘nail houses’ take a stand against China’s rapid urbanisation
In a nation where urban living is the ultimate attainment, some households are bracing against the surging tide of development.
Detroit’s recovery: The glass is half-full at most
Less than four years after Detroit filed for bankruptcy, boosters say a revival is underway in the Motor City. But two scholars say new growth has not spread yet to neighborhoods that need it.
Make housing affordable and cut road congestion all at once? Here’s a way
A combination of transit-oriented centres, inclusionary zoning and a special rate on land instead of stamp duty could make housing more affordable by cutting congestion, development and travel costs.
Dispatch from DC: On the National Mall, the state of a nation
Inaugural weekends are snapshots of the cultural and political zeitgeist. How did this year's compare to those from 2009 and 2005?
When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
The Melbourne suburb of Richmond is prime inner-city real estate, but the community is paying a price for redevelopment that jars with the existing neighbourhood.
In China, low-speed electric vehicles are driving high-speed urbanisation
China is ramping up its low-emission transport game – so will the rest of the world follow suit?
ShapingSEQ regional plan gives ‘stakeholders’ a bigger say than citizens
The draft plan for Southeast Queensland largely takes a 'provide land for the predicted demand' approach, which assumes regional planning is a type of technical process best left to the experts.
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