Living with water

WAF’s 2015 Landscape of the Year Yanweizhou Park has given Jinua City a new cultural and community identity. The “sparrow tail” wetlands, circular bioswales, ‘cut and fill’ terraced riverbank and entirely permeable surrounds “make friends” with flooding. Image: Turenscape.
Cities

Sponge cities: Kongjian Yu and Adrian McGregor in conversation

By — April 10, 2018

The City of Melbourne's famed heritage gardens aren't just “pretty”, they're one small part of a city-wide strategy to deliver critical green infrastructure. Image: Toby Ord.
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From grey to green infrastructure: How local governments are re-making Melbourne

By — April 6, 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.
Planning

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

By — April 5, 2018

Copenhagen's Trekroner fort once defended the city from unwanted naval arrivals. Now the city's making plans to defend itself from the sea. Image: Stig Nygaard
Politics

Building urban resilience: Lessons from Melbourne and Copenhagen

By — April 5, 2018

Christchurch's 2011 earthquake shifted the city's water table, leading to structures sinking into the Avon estuary. Image: Martin Luff.
Planning

Beyond the sea wall: a changing climate calls for dynamic solutions

By — March 15, 2018

Abbotsford Convent Gardens, Melbourne.
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Heritage at risk: Can Australia’s heritage gardens survive climate change?

By — March 5, 2018

Looking over Port Phillip Bay from Cheetham Wetlands, Point Cook, Melbourne.
Environment

Rebuilding Melbourne’s natural coastal protection

By , , — March 1, 2018

Quzhou Luming Park by Turenscape.
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In China, groundwater is dropping rapidly. Could Kongjian Yu’s Sponge Cities prevent disaster?

By — February 28, 2018

Perth's sprinklers continue to drain aquafers at an alarming rate. Image: Thangaraj Kumaravel
Environment

Watering the West: Perth’s thirsty history and dry future

By — February 22, 2018

Even a few centimetres of sea-level rise will see intensified storm surges on a more frequent basis. Image: Petra Bensted.
Planning

On the Gold Coast, a hidden wall defends against rising seas – will it be enough?

By — February 22, 2018

The US Military providing support to flood victims during the 2010 Pakistani Floods. Image: US Army / Jason Bushong.
Environment

Rising seas, sinking cities: Jeff Goodell on sea level rise & slow-motion civilisational collapse

By — February 20, 2018

Turenscape's Luming Park, Guzhou, China. Image: Turenscape
Cities

Event – Living with Water: Design for uncertain times

By — February 19, 2018