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Two recent research documents provide a substantial basis for assessing how the draft policy shapes up and identifying where it falls down.
New Zealand tends to focus on big infrastructural projects such as tunnels or light rail to change cities. But there are cheaper ways to add public spaces to urban design.
City parks are like outdoor living rooms: If people feel welcome and relaxed, they will settle in.
Your home was designed for another era, here’s what’s needed now.
Public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a huge shift to online work, drastically affecting office space and business districts. However, data shows that this may be changing.
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.
Tax dollars don’t always go to the communities that need them most.
Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
The strategy seems to offer the best of both worlds – live in a place you can’t afford to buy while getting a foot on the property ladder elsewhere. But it’s not a panacea for our housing market woes.
Philadelphia has a high rate of gun homicides despite having relatively few gun owners and gun stores compared with other US cities.
Love it or hate it, the ‘Acela Corridor’ has developed a widely recognized identity thanks to the trains that link it together.
African cities with over 10 million residents are getting hotter fast. Millions face disaster in these urban heat islands unless the cities start greening and adapting to climate change soon.
Before we draw conclusions about the implications of social isolation, we should check our expectations of how, when and why neighbouring does or does not happen.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Urban policy needs to look beyond housing development and address the land ownership patterns that underpin our cities.
One more reason not to drive into midtown Manhattan: Soon it will cost an extra $15 as New York City launches its long-debated congestion pricing system.
A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.
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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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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
