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New development encroaches on farmland in Melbourne's outer west. Image: Google Earth

Planning & policy

Marvellous no more: Melbourne’s planning failure

by Bruce Echberg—September 24, 2020

Sunvale Community Park, Sunshine, for Brimbank City Council, local government in Sunshine. Image: Emma Cross

Neighbourhood squared

by Andy Fergus—September 23, 2020

Mangroves in Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore

Agriculture & environment

“Streamlined” environmental protections, strangled wetlands

September 7, 2020

Darwin Civic and State Square Masterplan. Image: TCL

Diverse by design

by Jo Russell-Clarke—September 1, 2020

Bushfire in Australia.

Agriculture & environment

Flume country

by Christine Hansen—August 31, 2020

Landscapology and Bligh Tanner has transformed a drain into a living waterway at Small Creek, Ipswich. Image: Alan Hoban

Foreground’s most-read: Top stories for July 2020

by Foreground—August 11, 2020

æResearch has shown experiences of public space are individual and unique. Women from different racial backgrounds and of different ages, sexuality, disabilities and socio-economic class have very different experiences.” Photo: Jake Ingle

Planning & policy

What does the ‘new normal’ look like for women’s safety in cities?

by Georgia May Johnson, Gill Mathewson, Nicole Kalms—August 11, 2020

A new landmark community-focused Centre in Rubibi (Broome) brings together culture, Country, public art and community. Image: Nyamba-Buru-Yawuru

Common knowledge: culture embedded in the design process

by Rosie Halsmith—August 7, 2020

Cycling and walking infrastructure are consistently short-changed in transport budgets, and this under values the economic contributions of sustainable transport. Image: Marc Kleen

Cycling and walking are overlooked in Australia’s recovery budget, and this is a mistake

by Matthew Mclaughlin, Trevor Shilton—July 29, 2020

Small Creek, Ipswich

On the outskirts of Brisbane, an urban drain takes on a life of its own

by Maitiú Ward—July 24, 2020

Quarry Hills Regional Parkland Landscape Master Plan retains outer metropolitan areas earmarked for redevelopment as walking trails.

Food for the sole: These walks are about much more than getting from A to B

by Jo Russell-Clarke—July 8, 2020

The thriving, regenerated wetland at the Fentons’ farm, Lanark. Photo: David Hay

Foreground’s most-read: Top stories for June 2020

by Foreground—July 7, 2020