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Simply rezoning land for higher density is not enough to achieve the planning goal of transforming low-density and car-centric neighbourhoods into mixed-use and walkable neighbourhoods.
The goal of a ‘slum-free India’ would benefit residents of informal settlements more if the housing being built drew on the features of their old neighbourhoods that made their lives better.
A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
Ageing brick apartment buildings of two to three storeys are being redeveloped in many suburbs. Typically, they are knocked down to be replaced by much bigger developments. But here’s an alternative.
Ad hoc, lot-by-lot efforts to house more people in our ageing suburbs are failing to increase liveability and sustainability. Our cities need strategic, precinct-scale regeneration.
In the formal real estate industry, there is an emerging narrative that affordable housing deficits in African cities represent a vast untapped market
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Geographical Information Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Director of The Master of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Global Urban Development, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, Blekinge Institute of Technology
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Academic Fellow in Architectural Practice, University of Sydney
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Professor of Urban Studies, Georgia State University
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Honorary Associate Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
