public policy

Birds nesting in a carpark. Image: DLR, CC-BY

Planning & policy

Urban wildness: Healing the human-nature divide in the city

by Wendy Steele—March 22, 2021

Cycling and walking infrastructure are consistently short-changed in transport budgets, and this under values the economic contributions of sustainable transport. Image: Marc Kleen

Cycling and walking are overlooked in Australia’s recovery budget, and this is a mistake

by Matthew Mclaughlin, Trevor Shilton—July 29, 2020

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

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

by Jo Russell-Clarke—July 8, 2020

While many councils ignore residents’ group Facebook pages, they can effectively mobilise communities for campaigns.

Planning & policy

How can digital platforms ensure citizens have a say in planning?

by Bhavna Middha, Ian McShane—June 24, 2020

Co-founders of Public Practice, Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams. Image: Timothy Chase

Planning & policy

‘New Municipalism’: A Conversation with Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal

by Melanie Dodd, Shumi Bose—April 9, 2020

A 150 year old White Oak collapses on the lawn of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a victim of climate change stresses. Photo courtesy RBG

How the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is saving flora from climate disasters

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 19, 2020

A dead branch of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) plays pitstop for assorted bird life. Photo: Rexness

Agriculture & environment

What good is a dead tree?

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 9, 2020

With the help of experts, communities in the suburbs, towns and and cities of Australia are taking control of their own neighborhoods to plan for climate change. Photo: Tom Rumble

Planning & policy

From placemaking to place survival: Experts and the new community activism

by Foreground—December 12, 2019

Professor David Bowman, pyrogeographer.

Agriculture & environment

Pyrogeographer David Bowman on the art and science of living with fire

by Foreground—November 14, 2019

The encampment of the student group Occupy Central with Love and Peace in Admiralty, Hong Kong, September 2014. Students defended themselves with umbrellas that evening when flooded with tear gas. Photo: Wing1990hk

Planning & policy

The protest landscapes of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

by Paige Anderson—November 7, 2019

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

Planning & policy

The politics of value: good planning makes dollars and sense

by Phoebe Harrison—October 31, 2019

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architect's International Festival of Landscape Architecture – the square and the park – was held over two days in October to a capacity audience. Photo: David Hyde

The square and the park: a festival review

by Michael Smith—October 31, 2019