Urban renewal can bring downsides as well as benefits. A new guide helps people connect more deeply with their suburbs.
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If you’re stuck in mall traffic this holiday season, spare a thought for Victor Gruen, whose grand urban vision turned into today’s suburban reality.
City centres have been hit hard by lockdown measures - but can artists and entrepreneurs really breathe life into the space?
Much of our public housing stock is ageing and substandard. But we can learn from outstanding examples of retrofit projects that have transformed existing blocks into high-quality housing.
Public housing renewal often aims for a 70:30 private-public mix of dwellings. Modelling shows applying this mix to Waterloo housing estate would cut the suburb’s social housing share from 30% to 17%.
The city’s latest financial woes are a result of the coronavirus crisis.
Community projects play a vital role in city life.
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.
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.
It was once seen as a public menace – now, skateboarding is a global sport that empowers young people to improve their cities.
Cities around the world are redeveloping their waterfronts to be accessible and resilient to the effects of climate change. Here’s where Sydney’s Darling Harbour went wrong and what we can do better.
Canberra is growing as fast as anywhere in Australia. It’s driven by a knowledge economy that is transforming the city centre but is also displacing poorer residents.
Old people in Nigeria’s cities can’t even rely on public transport.
Universities teach students and produce research – but do they have responsibility to engage with the communities that surround them? Two university presidents explain why their answer is an emphatic yes.
Planning matters. The 2005 riots in France started in badly designed housing projects, while innovative planning helped Medellín, Colombia, shed its reputation as the most violent city in the world.
Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here, why ‘busy streets’ can prevent violence and save cities money.
France is transforming old industrial wastelands in cities like Paris, Lyon and Nantes, so what are the secrets of its success?
Only the national government can solve the housing crisis – but local authorities can make a big difference in their communities.
Many cities could learn from Dundee, which overcame industrial decline to become a UNESCO City of Design, with a shiny new cityscape to match
Residents of two high-rise public housing blocks are being given ‘mood lights’ to express how they feel based on their experience of the process of redeveloping their neighbourhood.
Top contributors
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Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Planning and Urban Planning, Université Gustave Eiffel
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Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney
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Helen Sullivan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor and Director, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Design, 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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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, International Studies and Global Societies, University of Technology Sydney
