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Africa’s used vehicle dependency is often attributed to low income and weak regulation.
Local councils are on the front line in a planning system that lacks an up-to-date planning framework to properly assess flood risks and prepare responses.
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city, is notorious for frequent building collapses. A risk reduction expert offers five recommendations on how to prevent these disasters.
Nigeria’s built environment should ideally be part of a broader, integrated approach to crime prevention and community policing.
Residents and businesses are considering leaving Lismore for good. The town is now on the brink.
How the Israeli authorities are using planning laws to expropriate Palestinian land in East Jerusalem.
For a long time the roof has been an afterthought in urban design, but the future is definitely looking up.
In 1989, Newcastle was hit by Australia’s deadliest earthquake, but high-rise development in the city’s CBD has continued nonetheless. Australia needs a consistent planning code for earthquake risk.
NSW is developing a comprehensive new planning policy with the goal of creating healthy places. A new study finds those people who work as placemakers want these goals embedded in laws and budgets.
Many people prefer the status quo as they struggle to imagine the alternatives. The pandemic has been the catalyst for urban experiments that have opened our eyes to new possibilities.
Urban planning and cultural policies often neglect electronic dance music. Now the pandemic is forcing the EDM world to come up with new strategies to survive.
Valuing children’s views could lead to better urban space for everyone.
The bushfire royal commission handed down its final report last week, but stopped short of recommending a national town planning policy.
Proposals to improve the capital’s urban design and density must also take account of the city’s unique streetscapes.
To achieve sustainable, functional buildings, architects in cities like Lagos need to consider local realities.
When thinking about better uses for temporarily vacant buildings caused by the pandemic, Australia can learn much from the UK.
The council, developers, architects and the local community got together to set the principles of what they consider good design in this fast-growing region.
Most local councils, developers and nonprofit providers want mandatory affordable housing requirements applied to all development. The current system of voluntary negotiations just isn’t working well.
Digital communications could be a force for greater local democracy in urban planning and development, but many councils use the technologies in ways that mirror traditional consultation.
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Deputy Head of School, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Head of School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Urban Management & Planning, Griffith University
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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, Canberra Business School & Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, James Cook University
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Professor of Cultural Economy, University of South Australia
