Tropical Urbanism

Fish Lane Town Square, winner of 2021 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Civic Landscape. Photo: Scott Burrows
Parks & places

Room to grow: Green urban spaces in a subtropical city

by —September 13, 2021

Cairns foreshore against a backdrop of the Lamb Range and its tropical forest Image: Jorge Lascar
Planning & policy

“Resort tourism meets rainforest feral”? It’s time to rethink the tropical city

by —November 28, 2018

Toondah Harbour artists impression Image: The Walker Group
Agriculture & environment

Hostile pave-over: development threatens fragile eco-systems along Queensland’s coast

by —November 15, 2018

Tropical zones have a relationship to water quite unlike temperate zones Image: Jonas Weckschmied
Agriculture & environment

Water and the tropics

by —November 7, 2018

The tropics – fertile paradise or a place of brutality and decay? Image: Colin Czerwinski
Culture

Troppo troppo

by —November 2, 2018

A vine shade structure on Cavenagh Street will help cool the hottest street in Darwin.
Parks & places

Requiem or renewal? How tropical Darwin can regain its cool

by —November 1, 2018

Port Vila seafront balances tourism benefits with access to the foreshore for local residents. Image: Andrew R MacKenzie
Agriculture & environment

Pacific place-making, where tourism benefits meet civic values

by —October 4, 2018

Shaun Walsh's tropical garden, with its silky oaks, flame trees and clipped cissus, is just getting started.
Parks & places

Work in progress: the tropical garden that can’t be rushed

by —September 26, 2018

Tropical cities face distinct challenges and great opportunities Image: James Finney
Planning & policy

Beyond the palm tree: rethinking tropical urbanism

by —September 13, 2018