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Many cities continue to allow developers to build homes in areas that have a high risk of flooding.
A capital funding squeeze led universities to seek new ways of developing their campuses. It now appears city CBDs and developers might do better out of those deals than universities.
U.S. opportunity zones can positively impact real estate development and help local communities. But to fully realize the program’s potential, it needs reform.
To understand what happened, you need to know what a CDN (content delivery network) is, and how crucial they are to the smooth running of the internet.
You could hardly imagine a worse report on the state of Australia’s environment, and the law’s capacity to protect it, than that released on Thursday.
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.
Precocious social media users want to use technology to change the world.
We need to change council planning rules that prevent community members from having a say on proposed development in their local area.
For two decades, a competitive design process pioneered by Sydney City Council has been transforming the city skyline and, new research shows, raising standards as it goes.
A law suit against Apple on antitrust grounds could force the company to open up its App Store. That could mean more exciting apps for consumers, but it could also make the system less secure.
Inclusionary planning schemes can reduce land costs and ensure that affordable homes are well located near jobs and services.
The federal government should set the country on an innovation path that takes account of where some of the strongest job growth is occurring.
Developers will now be responsible for dealing with noise issues from nearby music venues – but it will take real community activism to prevent closures.
The inexorable logic of the market will create suburban concentrations of lower-income households on a scale hitherto only experienced in the legacy inner-city high-rise public housing estates.
In a nation where urban living is the ultimate attainment, some households are bracing against the surging tide of development.
Since spawning a global craze, Pokémon Go has shed a third of its players, while downloads have dried up. What did the developers do wrong, and what can others learn about keeping gamers happy?
The fact that the NSW government has stepped in to take back control of the White Bay redevelopment is actually an amazing story. One would hope this is a process of learning at work.
In an attempt to speed up the planning process, the government has introduced a new law which could put Britain’s heritage at risk.
The housing crisis has scuppered home ownership dreams for many across the UK, but there is another way to do things.
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Stuart Cunningham is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished Professor, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Canberra Business School & Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Geography, University of Sheffield
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Property, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Computer Games and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University
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