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Tag: urban heat island effect

Posted inGovernment/Regulations

NSW government finally sees the light, ditches dark roofs

by Duncan Murray 24 August 202117 November 2021
Posted inPlanning

Horsley Park urban farm to bolster Sydney’s shrinking food bowl

by Roxanne Fitzgerald 29 July 202026 August 2020
Posted inArticles

What Australia can learn from Singapore about designing our cities to reduce urban heat

by Dr Mittul Vahanvati, RMIT; Dr Adriana Keating, Centre for Urban Research; Helen Cheng 13 February 202013 February 2020
Posted inEnvironment

Letting your lawn die off? Think again if you want to stay cool

by Poppy Johnston 19 December 201927 February 2020
Posted inArticles

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

by Poppy Johnston 26 November 201921 January 2020
online tool to help urban planners drop the heat
Posted inArticles

An online tool to help urban planners drop the heat

by Georgia Roach 6 June 201913 June 2019
Posted inConstruction & Development

New “green refuge” park planned for Melbourne CBD

by Poppy Johnston 25 September 2018
Posted inPlanning

City shape a key determinant of urban heat island effect

by Cameron Jewell 27 February 201827 February 2018
Posted inPlanning

Carbon impact of lighter roads not so cool

by Cameron Jewell 22 May 2017
Posted inEnvironment

Sydney increases tree spend as report shows big property value boost

by Cameron Jewell 11 May 2017
Posted inBriefs

Green suburb savings for councils in Australian-first Griffith study

by Cameron Jewell 11 October 2016

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