When we plan a better future for an increasingly urbanised world, we need to be aware that more than half of all children now live in the tropics. That calls for solutions with a tropical character.
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Koalas can cope with the stresses of city life provided we plan urban developments in ways that help meet their basic needs.
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
Working-class residents of Waterloo have a history of resisting threats to their community. Many tenants see the redevelopment of public housing as state-led gentrification to squeeze them out.
Policymakers in Africa approach rural and urban development separately. This needs to change.
As luxury housing developments swallow up agricultural land, they also diminish our food security and health.
The largest cities in Australia and the US are both the richest and the most likely to push out low-income earners. Having cities of all sizes will increase people’s choices of where to live and work.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
South Africa needs to review its four years decision to exclusively deliver housing through megaprojects.
Xiong’an is called China’s No.1 urban project. Orchestrated by President Xi Jinping, the mega-city to be built just over 100 kilometres south of Beijing is also very much a political project.
Chinatown Haymarket has emerged as an evolving site where Asian urban modernity is introduced into Sydney.
Essays On Air: Australia’s property boom and bust cycle stretches back to colonial days
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Australia's property market is slowing and many are contemplating a possible bust. But today's episode of Essays On Air reminds us that since colonial days, Australia's property market has had its ups and downs.
Good public access for Melbourne Airport and others like it depends on not fixating on one solution, like a single rail line, but instead developing multiple options integrated with the city’s needs.
The spread of infectious diseases such as chikungunya is closely linked to urban mobility, yet small Indian cities could play a crucial role in the resilience process.
The main winner of Commonwealth Games 2018 is … the City of Gold Coast.
The problem with most public housing ‘renewal’ programs is that the residents have the least say in what happens to the places they call home. The evidence of housing research is also being ignored.
Governments have started to see automation as the key to brighter urban futures. But what will this look like?
New Zealand’s coalition government plans to transition to a low-emissions economy while also addressing major urban issues such as unaffordable housing, inequality and poverty.
Gentrification is not the only path for improving urban neighborhoods. A cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens offers another, more inclusive model that scholars have dubbed ‘just green enough.’
France is transforming old industrial wastelands in cities like Paris, Lyon and Nantes, so what are the secrets of its success?
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Macquarie University Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Interim Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
