Brisbane’s inner southern suburbs. Rachel Gallagher December 9, 2020 Why city policy to ‘protect the Brisbane backyard’ is failing Rachel Gallagher, The University of Queensland and Thomas Sigler, The University of Queensland Brisbane City wants to preserve backyards, but they account for much of the open space lost to development under policies that also aim to increase housing density in existing urban areas.
www.shutterstock.com September 29, 2020 Wellington’s older houses don’t deserve blanket protection — but 6-storey buildings aren’t always the answer Morten Gjerde, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Proposals to improve the capital's urban design and density must also take account of the city's unique streetscapes.
Lagos was affected positively and negatively by Nigeria’s emergence as a crude oil producer in the 1970s. Shutterstock October 1, 2019 Lagos’s chequered history: how it came to be the megacity it is today Ndubisi Onwuanyi, University of Benin The foundations of orderliness for any city are planning and management. Lagos had this in place in the early days.