The state is ignoring historical, social and moral reasons to keep public housing in Heritage areas of Sydney. Its sell-off will further divide the city between rich and poor and end a rich history.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Cities
Displaying 1141 - 1160 of 1515 articles
Two years of marathon negotiations have finally yielded agreement in last-minute meetings in New York on the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at the Habitat III summit in Quito in October.
Charging people to drive has been the dream of policy wonks – serving politicians tend to see it as political poison. So when federal minister Paul Fletcher raises it, that’s a step forward.
The draft agenda for the UN urban development conference in Quito neglects the food systems on which the wellbeing of the world’s 4 billion city dwellers depends.
Income poverty statistics tell us relatively little about why Australian children live in poverty, or how to alleviate it. But housing plays a critical part in the problem.
The Sydney property market creates shocks that spill over to other capital cities, and Hobart is the worst affected, new research shows.
More than 25,000 delegates will meet in Quito in October to set out a New Urban Agenda for the UN, to be implemented over the next 20 years. But Australia is yet to play a major role in the process.
Populations revolt when lives are improving but not fast enough to meet their rising expectations.
Businesses have traded on graffiti and the air of edginess that draws visitors to Melbourne’s laneways. But they draw the line at sharing space with the homeless, whose right to the city is denied.
China is eagerly anticipating the arrival of global leaders from the world’s top 20 economies.
Scotland’s new deprivation figures confirm a wider trend towards suburbanising poverty.
Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
New research finds almost a million Australians are living in poor or very poor-quality housing, with more than 100,000 in dwellings regarded as very poor or derelict.
Emerging research challenges the idea that sustainable housing is unaffordable. It shows sustainability and good design can be affordable when analyses include social, health and wellbeing benefits.
A candid assessment of the impact of the games, from an academic on the ground.
Seagulls in flight are a nuisance no more.
Eye-tracking technology helps us understand how people interact with their environment. This can improve policy and design, but can also be a tool for surveillance and control.
Non-stop public transport might suit the 24-hour party people, but it could have rougher consequences for others.
Cities seeking to attract creative industries have relied heavily on the cluster concept. New research suggests a technology-driven transformation of how the sector works calls for a new approach.
Looking back on the legacy of London 2012, it’s clear the local artistic community has lost out.
Job Board
-
Team Leader, Admissions and Selection ABP & FEIT
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
Top contributors
-
John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
-
Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
-
Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
-
Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
-
Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
-
Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
-
Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
-
Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
-
Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
-
Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
-
Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
