Planning & policy

Co-founders of Public Practice, Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams. Image: Timothy Chase
Planning & policy

‘New Municipalism’: A Conversation with Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal

by , —April 9, 2020

Professor Billie Giles-Corti advocates for healthy city design
Planning & policy

What can the coronavirus teach us about healthy cities?

by , —March 24, 2020

Point cloud scan of the significant tree at Robin Boyd's 290 Walsh Street house. Image: Yazid Ninsalam
Planning & policy

Tree change: What happens when living heritage becomes dead wood?

by —March 17, 2020

Chinese urban governance – and the current coronavirus lockdown – is overseen by volunteers, local residents’ committees. Image: Raymond Pang
Planning & policy

The urban history that makes China’s coronavirus lockdown possible

by —March 11, 2020

A drawing showing Healthabitat's nine Healthy Living Practices.
Planning & policy

“This is not a wicked problem”: Healthabitat is making housing better for Australia’s Indigenous communities

by —March 5, 2020

Australia's extreme weather and climate change responses were omnipresent at the World Urban Forum. Image: Brian McMahon.
Planning & policy

All eyes on Australia as World Urban Forum urges climate action

by —February 13, 2020

A new study finds access to green, natural spaces was non-negotiable for families living in apartments.
Planning & policy

High-rise families rely on child-friendly neighbourhoods

by , —January 31, 2020

Burnt Mountain Ash in Murrindindi Scenic Reserve, Victoria. Photo: Doug Beckers
Planning & policy

Australia’s bushfire catastrophe: The real problem isn’t ‘woke greenies’, but a refusal to plan for the worst

by —January 9, 2020

With the help of experts, communities in the suburbs, towns and and cities of Australia are taking control of their own neighborhoods to plan for climate change. Photo: Tom Rumble
Planning & policy

From placemaking to place survival: Experts and the new community activism

by —December 12, 2019

The public space protests of Hong Kong have attracted particular interest over the past month. Photo: Pasu Au Yeung
Planning & policy

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in November

by —December 4, 2019

The rise of privately-owned public space has brought with it greater private security surveillance of public activity.
Planning & policy

Wrong division: The rise of privately-owned public space

by —November 25, 2019

The encampment of the student group Occupy Central with Love and Peace in Admiralty, Hong Kong, September 2014. Students defended themselves with umbrellas that evening when flooded with tear gas. Photo: Wing1990hk
Planning & policy

The protest landscapes of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

by —November 7, 2019