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.
Parks & places

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.
Planning & policy

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 & policy

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
Planning & policy

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 & policy

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

by —March 15, 2018

Abbotsford Convent Gardens, Melbourne.
Parks & places

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.
Agriculture & environment

Rebuilding Melbourne’s natural coastal protection

by , , —March 1, 2018

Quzhou Luming Park by Turenscape.
Agriculture & environment

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
Agriculture & 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 & policy

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.
Agriculture & 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
Agriculture & environment

Event – Living with Water: Design for uncertain times

by —February 19, 2018