public policy

Tens of thousands of people around Australia have marched for credible climate change action, with over 10,000 taking to the streets in Melbourne in 2014.
Agriculture & environment

Cities of hope: Tim Flannery on tackling the challenge of climate change

by —December 5, 2017

Going nowhere: 2011 floods in Ipswich brought the city to a standstill.
Planning & policy

Flood-proofing urban density

by —November 8, 2017

Sydney's Pocket City Farm is a resident of Camperdown Commons (an initiative of the Canterbury / Hurlstone Park RSL Club). Image: Pocket City Farms.
Agriculture & environment

Farming Sydney: urban agriculture takes seed in the harbour city

by —October 17, 2017

The Wootten Road Reserve Interpretation Space by Glas Landscape Architects. Image: Drew Echberg.
Planning & policy

Global problems, local actions: The 2017 Australian Landscape Architecture Awards

by —October 13, 2017

Climate is only one of many variables whose impact on the city is impossible to predict
Planning & policy

Uncertain future: why our cities need more options and less codes

by —October 11, 2017

London's Canary Wharf Station rooftop garden.
Planning & policy

A stroll down the street of tomorrow

by —September 25, 2017

Public Farm 1, pictured in 2008 at MoMA PS1. Image: Work Architecture.
Agriculture & environment

Why can’t you grow food wherever you want?

by —September 13, 2017

Often visions of car-less cities speaks volumes about the privilege of those who seek it.
Planning & policy

Retrofitted cities are forcing residents to live with planning failures

by —September 5, 2017

What was your favourite story this month?
Planning & policy

The Foreground five: August’s most-read stories

by —August 31, 2017

Melbourne's rather rudimentary concrete bollards have witnessed a citizen-led decoration effort.
Parks & places

When bollards are not enough

by —August 24, 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

Storm surge damage in Collaroy, NSW (2016). Image: Damian Shaw.
Planning & policy

Hot property: Will our systems of land ownership survive in a warming world?

by —July 14, 2017