Planning & policy

Cahill Expressway, Sydney. Photo: Corey Farwell
Planning & policy

Infrastructure Australia’s narrow remit is distorting cities

by —February 9, 2022

Model of high density cityscape
Planning & policy

How city planning privileges the (in)vested few

by , —September 22, 2021

Bicycle stand on fake grass, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2009).
Planning & policy

Astroturf urbanism: The post-pandemic city’s empty heart

by —July 13, 2021

Planning & policy

Unsolicited urbanism: The legacy of closed-door planning behind Barangaroo

by , —June 11, 2021

Parklets on Lygon St have been popular with diners.
Planning & policy

The future of Melbourne’s parklets

by , , —May 8, 2021

Birds nesting in a carpark. Image: DLR, CC-BY
Planning & policy

Urban wildness: Healing the human-nature divide in the city

by —March 22, 2021

Jakarta sea level wall protection
Planning & policy

Abandoning Indonesia’s sinking mega city

by , —March 15, 2021

The Productivity Commission recommended a First Nations-led model of water reform.
Planning & policy

Water injustice runs deep in Australia: Fixing it means handing control to First Nations

by , , , , , —March 3, 2021

An empty Eagle Street in inner city Brisbane, March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Kgbo (cropped from original)
Planning & policy

The lurking trap of the ‘snap back’ city

by —February 5, 2021

Free car parking doesn't build on the strengths of Melbourne's CBD, and might actually detract from them. Image: Berenice Melis
Planning & policy

Melbourne, it’s time to go big on a car-free recovery

by —December 2, 2020

Richard Tipping's ‘Watermark’ sculpture at the Brisbane Powerhouse, commemorating the 1974 floods, inundated by flood waters at New Farm, 2011. Image: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Planning & policy

The flood: Designing cities for deluge

by —November 20, 2020

Australia's higher education section is in crisis and government re-prioritisation policies create losers and winners. What do changes to the university courses mean for landscape architecture? Image: Per Gosche
Planning & policy

Cuts to higher education prompt concerns for healthy cities

by —October 19, 2020