public policy

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

‘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

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

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

By Foreground — December 12, 2019

Professor David Bowman, pyrogeographer.

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

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

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

Winner of The Future Park design competition – The Gap by Marti Fooks, Claire Winsor, Suhas Vasudeva and Jacqueline Heggli.

The Power of Parks

By Foreground — October 17, 2019

Clearings carved from the immensity of the forested Burial Belt could feature floral revegetation. Image: Other Architects

Forest of the dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities

By David Neustein — October 3, 2019

Günther Vogt’s first visit to Australia will be as keynote speaker for the 2019 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Photo supplied.

Günther Vogt and the sensory city

By Foreground — October 2, 2019

Tim Flannery at the 2014 People's Climate March. September 2019: "[I] look back on my 20 years of climate activism as a colossal failure." Photo:Peter Campbell

Foreground Weekly Review: emergency response

By Foreground — September 19, 2019