Planning

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

High-rise families rely on child-friendly neighbourhoods

By Elyse Warner, Fiona Andrews — January 31, 2020

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

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

By Foreground — January 9, 2020

Urban and regional planner Phoebe Harrison believes that people are ready for proactive engagement and doing things differently. Photo: Antenna

The politics of value: good planning makes dollars and sense

By Phoebe Harrison — October 31, 2019

In Melbourne, collaborative development is turning grey streets green

By Maitiú Ward — May 2, 2019

Cairns foreshore against a backdrop of the Lamb Range and its tropical forest Image: Jorge Lascar

“Resort tourism meets rainforest feral”? It’s time to rethink the tropical city

By Jo Russell-Clarke — November 28, 2018

Darwin needs an urban plan to reduce asphalt (and temperatures) Image: ABC Radio Darwin

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in September

By Foreground — September 20, 2018

A typical ‘business as usual’ housing development in a high ground-water area at Baldivis, Western Australia. Image: supplied

Perth’s second coast

By Daniel Jan Martin & Geoffrey London — July 4, 2018

The Gold Coast's tall buildings, here captured in 2012, are synonymous with its image as a high-rise resort city. Image: John Gollings

The view from up here: changing visions for the Gold Coast

By Tory Jones — June 12, 2018

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Woden Town Square is mostly used as a thoroughfare between the bus interchange, office buildings, local services and Westfield.

#WodenExperiment to activate town square

By Street Furniture Australia — May 29, 2018

Urban planners need to accept the Indigenous history of Australian cities. Image: Newtown Graffiti

Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history

By Libby Porter, Louise Clare Johnson & Sue Jackson — May 17, 2018

Overgrown underused public land

Parks hidden in plain sight: Melbourne looks to unlock infrastructure for public open space

By Foreground — April 24, 2018

Estuarine communities in San Francisco's Bay Area are set for a complete change in the way they live by the water's edge. Image: TJ Gehling.

Adapting cities for sea level rise: Kristina Hill and Nigel Bertram in conversation

By Foreground — April 5, 2018