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The heritage-listed Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge owe much to the land and waterscape of the harbour itself. A new study aims to increase listing of cultural landscapes. Photo: Trent Szmolnik

The Green Necklace: a new perspective on Sydney Harbour’s parklands

Many of Sydney Harbour’s built structures are heritage listed but the landscapes that give the Harbour Bridge and Opera House their power are not recognised for their cultural significance. A timely study of the harbour’s “green necklace” of cultural landscapes looks to change that.

By Foreground — August 15, 2019

The federal government has updated the National Cities Performance Framework Dashboard, including new measures for major city transport infrastructure performance. What do these tell us of Australia's urbanity? Photo: Trent Szmolnik

New infrastructure performance measures for Australian cities questioned

By David Levinson, Hao Wu — August 19, 2019

New Australian government reports show that it's time to change direction with infrastructure spending. Photo: Tim Foster

Foreground Weekly Review: Australia’s infrastructure crisis is not about roads

By Foreground — August 21, 2019

An experiment in West Australian shrublands mimics climate change to assess soil impacts. Photo: Joe Fontaine

Climate change impacts on soil wreak unseen devastation

By Anna Hopkins, Christina Birnbaum, Joe Fontaine, Neal Enright — August 22, 2019

Like other cities, Melbourne is growing. How will its squares and parks continue to provide for a fast-changing population? Flagstaff Gardens is one of a series of 19th century parks at the edge of central Melbourne. Photo: Bob T

The square & the park: an international festival

By Foreground — August 8, 2019

Green the Street at Brisbane's EKKA is hosting over 40 organisations and their ideas for community greening projects, including virtual reality visions of transformations. Image: Catherine Simpson. Roberts Day

It’s happening on the verge: community experiments in greening the streets

By Foreground — August 8, 2019

Foreground Weekly Review: The trees and the woods

August 6, 2019

Local residents enjoy public recreation facilities designed by Aspect Studios enabled by elevated rail. Photo: Peter Bennetts Photography

When it comes to urban infrastructure, big doesn’t have to mean bad

By Tahj Rosmarin — August 1, 2019

Green Infrastructure shares space beneath road infrastructure in the congested urban realm of Shanghai, China. Photo: Denys Nevozhai

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

By Foreground — July 26, 2019

Dove Lake in Tasmania, Australia's fastest-growing state for nature-based tourism. An AILA award-winning report on visitor impacts by Inspiring Place landscape architects helped protect the site from inappropriate development. Photo: Inspiring Place

Landscape architects are vital guides to Australia’s tourism growth

By Tracey Clement — July 25, 2019

The farmers fighting climate change

By Cat McGauran — July 22, 2019

Road infrastructure dominates government spending. Part of the 33km M4 Western Motorway outside Parramatta widened as part of Sydney's WestConnex scheme. Photo: Beau Giles

Foreground Weekly Review: Federal Minister for Roads?

By Foreground — July 17, 2019

The authors of the Burra Charter at Burra, South Australia in 1979: Jane Lennon, Peter Forrest, Jim Kerr, Josephine Flood, John Mulvaney and Peter Watts. Photo supplied by author with permission.

Forty years of the Burra Charter and Australia’s heritage vision

By Dr James Lesh — July 11, 2019

Charleville date farm: recycles all the town's wastewater through a wetland system.

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for June

By Foreground — July 11, 2019

Tjirbruki Munaintya Tjirbruki is an important Kaurna Creation Ancestor. The artwork translates his creation story into an aerial map, which includes Warriparinga, the Adelaide Coastline, Victor Harbor and Brukunga in the Adelaide Hills. Artwork: Aboriginal registered landscape architect and visual artist Paul Herzich

Foreground weekly review: NAIDOC week

By Foreground — July 10, 2019