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A new federal law rewards states that ease housing rules. Colorado has been doing that for years, and its experience shows both what works and what does not.
Resilient urban mobility can be created by giving people options that ensure they can still move around when a shock affects one form of transportation.
The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.
Providing street lighting will need a new approach to infrastructure development.
The mass adoption of new technologies drives demand for rare and complex materials used in their manufacture.
Revitalizing city centres by making them more dense and mixed-use can help curb urban sprawl.
Johannesburg in South Africa and São Paulo in Brazil offer useful insights into how cities in the global south should be managed.
Candidates to be the next mayor of Detroit want to help build back neighborhoods. A real estate policy expert has some ideas.
Forced eviction is not a solution to the growth of slums.
Soil erosion, water pollution, waste production and the loss of biodiversity are among multiple pressures degrading New Zealand’s environment.
A perfect storm of rising costs and declining revenues is stressing many US city budgets – and the Trump administration isn’t likely to send much help.
The newest stadium in St. Louis is a case study in ‘patient capital.’
New research underscores the need to counter the effects of urban growth on drought by ensuring cities have enough green spaces to keep them liveable.
Healthy planning debates shape our cities for the better and should not exclude anyone based on crude characterisations of their motives.
Turning excess office space into apartments isn’t a panacea for the housing shortage, but it’s producing thousands of new units yearly and is more sustainable and economical than new construction.
Smaller live music venues are facing serious challenges to keep their doors open since the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. So is it time for proper financial intervention?
Even in a concrete jungle like Los Angeles, wild species show up in surprising places. New research identifies the types of wildlife that best tolerate urban development.
Development is claiming so many of our old suburban homes that tell the story of Australia.
Infill development is patchy across Australian cities, as is its quality. Bigger and better projects are needed to hit planning targets and reduce urban sprawl.
Top contributors
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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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Research Fellow, School of Communication, Society & Culture, Macquarie University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Deputy Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, University of Canberra
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland