As if any further proof were needed that traffic jams and overcrowding make us anxious, scientists have concluded that city-dwellers are more sensitive to stress than country folk. Urban environments have…
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Each year for the last three years, I’ve taken a group of architecture students to Alice Springs for a 10-day urban design workshop. I first found myself in this city during Desert Mob – the annual sale…
We are entering an era of massive population transfer - a rural exodus of unprecedented proportions. In Asia and Africa farmers and peasants are being lured to mega-cities. This brings myriad benefits…
Bashing planning has become a national sport, and in NSW, we’re the best at it. Stuck in traffic? Blame the planners. Housing stress? Planners are too slow and too stingy with land release. In the perception…
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Human Resources, Thompson Rivers University
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, Initiative on Cities, Boston University
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Lecturer, Kumasi Technical University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Director, Urban Information Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto Mississauga, University of Toronto
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M.S. Candidate, Community and Regional Planning, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
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Interim Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
