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Tag: cities

Posted inSpinifex

I’ve spent three months looking at climate emergency action plans. Here’s what I think.

by Mia Ifergan 7 July 202122 July 2021
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

European bank lays out proven global strategies to make cities greener

by David Thorpe 29 June 202129 June 2021
Posted inPlanning

Greenspace could increasingly impact property prices

by Duncan Murray 28 April 202128 April 2021
Clover Moore April 2021
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Why Clover Moore was named one of the 10 people who shaped Sydney

by Tina Perinotto 22 April 202126 April 2021
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Posted inPlanning

Ludo Campbell-Reid on diagnosing urban ills and his new challenge at Wyndham in Melbourne’s west

by Poppy Johnston 16 March 202119 March 2021
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Posted inSpinifex

“Building back better” is great, but what if “un-building” works even better?

by Jason Packenham 20 January 202121 January 2021
Queen Victoria Markets melbourne city
Posted inPlanning

A Disturbed Book: Bubbles Under the Throne

by Brendan Gleeson, University of Melbourne and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne 30 November 202017 December 2020
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Councils muscle up for the climate emergency and planning is on the front line

by Jan Arreza 22 September 202024 September 2020
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Posted inPlanning

Why the RBA is wrong about zoning and house prices. Again.

by Tim Sneesby 13 August 202026 August 2020
Posted inArticles

How we can re-build our economy after COVID-19 through social procurement and construction

by Martin Loosemore, University of Technology Sydney 30 March 2020
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Posted inArticles

Australia’s iconic water tank making waves as an urban favourite

by Sponsored: Kingspan Water & Energy 30 January 202029 August 2020
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Posted inArticles

Rain is our lifeblood; let’s stop treating it as wastewater

by Michael Mobbs 28 January 202029 January 2020
Oasia Hotel Downtown. Image: WOHA
Posted inArticles

How design of our cities is amplifying urban heat and what to do about it

by Dr Mittul Vahanvati, RMIT; Dr Adriana Keating, Centre for Urban Research; Helen Cheng 23 January 202029 January 2020
Anzac bridge
Posted inPlanning

New thinking needed to address Sydney growth constraints

by Mike Brown 10 December 201912 December 2019
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Posted inArticles

Our suburbs are sleepwalking into stormwater disaster with missing middle  

by Poppy Johnston 5 December 201921 January 2020
Posted inArticles

Are glass towers heating up the streets? If so, what can we do?

by Poppy Johnston 26 November 201921 January 2020
fast rail australia
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

Nothing moves slower in Australia than fast rail 

by Willow Aliento 24 October 201919 November 2019
Sunlight bursts through a tree on the edge of lake Illawarra, Wollongong, Australia
Posted inEnvironment

Uprooting urban tree myths in the climate emergency

by Michael Mobbs 5 September 20195 October 2019
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Posted inHousing

The rise of solo households and how our cities need to adapt

by Poppy Johnston 20 August 201925 August 2019
Savannah de Savary
Posted inPlanning

Gamifying the planning process to bring young people into the fold

by Poppy Johnston 13 August 201920 August 2019
Posted inPlanning

Cities must become civilised if nations won’t

by Mike Brown 1 August 20191 August 2019
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Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Five important ways the federal leadership could show leadership

by Gabriel Metcalf, Committee for Sydney 18 July 201918 July 2019
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Posted inPlanning

Better urban cities: lessons from the ancient Romans

by Poppy Johnston 16 July 2019
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

Peak car – what is it, and so what?

by Terry Lee-Williams, Arup and Ryan Falconer 16 July 201916 July 2019
Posted inSpinifex

Observations on Japanese city making

by Philip Graus 9 July 201915 July 2019
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Davina Rooney’s letter to the industry: Toward a zero carbon future with cautious optimism

by Davina Rooney, Green Building Council of Australia 18 June 201920 June 2019
Posted inPlanning

Save Our Suburbs rejects Posh Sydney label

by Tony Recsei, Save our Suburbs 18 June 201931 August 2021
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Posted inBriefs

Half of NSW’s coastal dwellers don’t think sea level rise will impact them directly

by The Fifth Estate 11 June 201912 June 2019
A pathway to One Planet cities 
Posted inArts and Letters

A pathway to One Planet cities 

by Julia Grove 6 June 2019
Posted inConstruction & Development

A tale of two cities: Which one will we choose?

by Suzanne Toumbourou, ASBEC 14 May 201916 May 2019

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