This is not a drill: how 1985 disaster taught Mexico to prepare for earthquakes
Earthquake drills, advance warning systems and higher building standards all help to save lives.
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This is what the lives of Big Issue sellers tell us about working and being homeless
Big Issue sellers get social contact and dignity out of their work, but it's not a secure pathway out of poverty and homelessness. Social enterprises enable small steps; governments can do much more.
Here’s 49 small communities innovating as well as the big cities
Innovation is focused on regional centres that have research and development institutions, but more than 150 regional areas have potential to match this innovation, research finds.
Sustainable cities? Australia’s building and planning rules stand in the way of getting there
New South Wales is the only state that has made meaningful progress on legislation and enforcement of standards capable of creating a sustainable built environment.
Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
New research has found a marked increase in people, particularly among women over 50, who are building or want to build a tiny house. However, inflexible planning rules often stand in their way.
Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
Research shows that technology disrupts economies of scale, turning megacities' huge populations from strength to liability. To survive, megacities, like companies, must adapt.
Airbnb and empty houses: who’s responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
About 10% of empty dwellings on census night – 1.2% of all housing – were available for rental and vacancy rates have changed little in 35 years. Could governments be overreacting?
Bike-sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense
There is more to bike-share schemes than first meets the eye. As they grow in global popularity, the economic models behind them become increasingly diversified.
More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
Drains take up precious but inaccessible open space in our cities. Converting these to living streams running through the suburbs could make for healthier places in multiple ways.
People-friendly furniture in public places matters more than ever in today’s city
With cities becoming more dense and housing more crowded, people rely more than ever on well-designed public spaces, so why hasn't the furniture changed with the times?
Why England’s new litter strategy is actually a bit rubbish
The strategy's focus on rotten apples seems destined to fail.
Paris and Los Angeles bids to host Olympics expose deeper crisis at Olympic Games
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That's a sign of serious trouble.
Google architecture and what do you see? And what’s a building without people?
By putting the users of buildings – people – at the centre of the process of designing buildings and infrastructure, we can create healthier, more human-centred spaces.
A home for everyone? Property ownership has been about status and wealth since our convict days
The egalitarian myth behind the great Australian dream of home ownership is at odds with the first rules of land granting in the colonies. Even then, property ownership depended on wealth and status.
What about the people missing out on renewables? Here’s what planners can do about energy justice
Not everyone can afford to pay for solar panels up front, but local planners can help disadvantaged households overcome energy poverty in several ways.
How the NDIS is using the market to create housing for people with disability
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
Wall Street landlords are chasing the American dream – here’s what it means for families
Wall Street landlords are living the American Dream – but what about their tenants?
People take to their bikes when we make it safer and easier for them
The evidence suggests a small investment in cycling infrastructure, combined with less punitive policing, would enable more Australians to escape daily traffic congestion.
We Live Here: how do residents feel about public housing redevelopment?
Residents of two high-rise public housing blocks are being given 'mood lights' to express how they feel based on their experience of the process of redeveloping their neighbourhood.
China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater – here’s how
Engineering solutions are popular interventions, but cities cannot simply pipe away flood risk. Chinese sponge cities offer a way forward.
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