Naturalistic thinking has long helped humanity grapple with complex urban predicaments. What role can it play today?
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A new approach to urban planning is needed to restore hope in African cities. There are three keys that can help unlock this.
important decisions must be made today for urban greening programs to succeed in a warmer world.
Income, accessibility, the presence of green space and the availability of amenities are neighbourhood features that affect how COVID-19 has spread through cities.
Residents across the world have seen how the pandemic has ushered in changes – shall and big – to the way their cities look and function.
These books offer insights into building better cities, the stories behind major inventions, and the interaction between humans and machines.
Electric cars are hailed as the best way to cut transport emissions, but it’s an illusion to think we can reduce our environmental impact without changing the way we design and move about in cities.
When it comes to ring roads, Birmingham has a poor track record. Can the city’s new transport plan buck that trend and benefit both its inhabitants and the environment?
Humanity’s biggest challenges are not technical, but social, economic, political and behavioural. Effective actions are still possible to stabilise the climate and the planet, but must be taken now.
In cities across Europe, 62% of the population doesn’t have access to the amount of nature the World Health Organisation recommends.
Flooding constitutes a threat to Nigeria achieving the global sustainable development goals.
Imagining new kinds of places to live is an American tradition.
Electric vehicles are poised to take over our roads: so how do we make sure this change doesn’t exacerbate social and energy inequality?
Images of water gushing into subway stations filled social media following heavy rain in New York City. Solutions are at hand – but it takes money and political will, an expert explains.
The increasing prevalence of white LED streetlamps spells worrying population declines for insects like moths.
Following the deadly collapse of a condo high-rise in Florida, a historian of this kind of housing explains how it offers a sense of community that many people seek.
Reducing transport inequality and improving walkability in Indigenous communities are necessary to help close the health and social gap.
The way we build our cities is adversely affecting our health, and, in particular, our hearts. Thinking of urban planners as health professionals could change that
The current neighbourhood planning scheme can increase housebuilding and give local people a say – so why is the government ignoring it?
The pandemic has accelerated some urban trends and reversed others, while focusing attention on the vulnerabilities of cities. The old planning certainties will have to be revisited.
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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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School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW
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Associate Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
