Planning & policy

Planning & policy

Ageing, isolating and unequal: Melbourne’s Chief Resilience Officer on the city’s problems

by —December 14, 2017

Connecting to the landscape axis: view across Hassett Park to Mount Ainslie.
Planning & policy

A significant endeavour: Landscape architecture in Australia’s capital

by —November 23, 2017

What's the plan for Tasmania, where 48 percent of adults lack essential literacy and numeracy skills?
Planning & policy

After metrics: new narratives to revive the regions

by —November 14, 2017

Going nowhere: 2011 floods in Ipswich brought the city to a standstill.
Planning & policy

Flood-proofing urban density

by —November 8, 2017

The Wootten Road Reserve Interpretation Space by Glas Landscape Architects. Image: Drew Echberg.
Planning & policy

Global problems, local actions: The 2017 Australian Landscape Architecture Awards

by —October 13, 2017

Climate is only one of many variables whose impact on the city is impossible to predict
Planning & policy

Uncertain future: why our cities need more options and less codes

by —October 11, 2017

London's Canary Wharf Station rooftop garden.
Planning & policy

A stroll down the street of tomorrow

by —September 25, 2017

Pop Up Patch turned a disused carpark into 140 veggie crates. Image: Moreland Food Gardens Network
Planning & policy

The rise of the productive landscape

by —September 14, 2017

Often visions of car-less cities speaks volumes about the privilege of those who seek it.
Planning & policy

Retrofitted cities are forcing residents to live with planning failures

by —September 5, 2017

What was your favourite story this month?
Planning & policy

The Foreground five: August’s most-read stories

by —August 31, 2017

The University of Queensland's synthetic turf ground. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones.
Planning & policy

Turf wars

by —August 31, 2017

Storm surge damage in Collaroy, NSW (2016). Image: Damian Shaw.
Planning & policy

Hot property: Will our systems of land ownership survive in a warming world?

by —July 14, 2017