health

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

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

by —July 8, 2020

“As Jennifer Wolch describes, urban growth affects both non-urban wildlife and the ecologies of animal life in the city itself.” Image: Rod Waddington
Agriculture & environment

Trans-species health: An aesthetic responsibility

by —April 9, 2020

A tapestry of richly varied planting is distributed around and between Bendigo Hospital seating.
Parks & places

Designing the healthy city

by —January 24, 2020

Like other cities, Melbourne is growing. How will its squares and parks continue to provide for a fast-changing population? Flagstaff Gardens is one of a series of 19th century parks at the edge of central Melbourne. Photo: Bob T
Culture

The square & the park: an international festival

by —August 8, 2019

A view of Bendigo Hospital from above shows some of the diverse courtyard, rooftop, and pocket gardens.
Parks & places

Nature heals: the return of therapeutic landscapes

by —January 18, 2019

Between May - August, Foreground will explore 'The Street', to better understand what the future holds.
Parks & places

The Street

by —May 3, 2018

Overgrown underused public land
Parks & places

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

by —April 24, 2018

Sydney Olympic Park's mangrove forests and wetlands are home to an abundance of biodiversity. Around it lies Sydney's encroaching urban development. Image: John Turnbull.
Planning & policy

Avoiding the buzz kill: mozzies, wetlands and public health

by —April 5, 2018

The suburbs around Sydney's harbour have been historic beneficiaries of the natural environment
Culture

Greener places, better lives, deeper pockets

by —December 7, 2017

An intensive wall of green at Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens.
Culture

Linger longer: It’s better for your mental health

by —August 29, 2017

Can a city set you free or otherwise trap you in a panopticon-like state?
Culture

When cities ruin your mental health

by —August 5, 2017

Cyclists in Copenhagen
Planning & policy

“Compact cities”, city planning interventions linked to health outcomes

by —October 26, 2016