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.
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People who now cannot afford to live in city centres due to rent hikes, as well as new immigrants, have been moving to the suburbs.
The federal government has ordered a national koala audit, but the animals are notoriously difficult to detect. But accurately counting koalas is critical to saving them.
Some calls to resolve racial inequities in the US have raised an idea with roots more than a century old: community land trusts to assemble property for the benefit of Black Americans.
We might have had a glimpse of new ways of urban living, but history offers a note of caution. Lasting change depends on us applying technology and taking deliberate action to seize this opportunity.
A high-speed rail network in Australia would create many benefits by reshaping cities and regional communities along its route.
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.
Besides battling the coronavirus pandemic, San Roque residents have long been locked in a bigger struggle for their very survival as a community in the face of home demolitions and relocations.
Apartments house one in ten Australians, including a higher share of low-income households than other housing types. A new study identifies why some high-density neighbourhoods work better than others.
Jack Mundey fought to save Australia's urban and environmental heritage. An architect of green bans, his lifelong efforts empowered citizens to assert their right to keep the heritage of their city.
In reacting to the pandemic, architecture can reclaim its impact by conceding its loss of connection with public health, looking beyond Western thinking for its references.
Inner Melbourne alone has lost 2,000 street trees to major developments within a decade. Losing tree cover makes it even more difficult for our cities to cope with an increasingly tough climate.
Visitors to Dubai are drawn to its carefully created and recreated urban precincts, but placemaking in this city helps sugercoat the reality of autocratic rule.
Indonesia's capital Jakarta will face escalating flood costs by 2050.
Overseas, city-shaping mega-projects are generally overseen by local government, but in Australia state governments often step in and exclude council and community representatives from the process.
Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
A major investment in renewing the urban centre of Dandenong is starting to pay dividends. But while research has found three keys to success, the benefits haven't reached everyone.
Aside from their intrinsic value, common bird species might be one of the only ways we connect with nature in our everyday lives. But these opportunities are under threat.
As part of an upgrade of Auckland's city centre, the council promises to include local Māori communities and their histories. But without addressing inequalities, it is no more than a token gesture.
In up-and-coming neighborhoods, old churches are often converted to apartments or offices. But what about the vacant or underused churches in areas that aren't attractive to developers?
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School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Canberra Business School & Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Peter Phibbs est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Urban Ecosystems, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Director of Urban Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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ARC DECRA Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
