Urban Ecology

The bridge and stepping stones provide the community with various ways to access and engage with Blind Creek

Slowing down on Country: Naturalising Melbourne’s waterways

by Andrew Kelly—August 23, 2021

Vauban in Freigburg, Germany, is celebrated internationally as a ‘green’ neighbourhood. Image: Claire 7373

(Re)Building cities from the neighbourhood up

by Chris ten Dam, Edwin Buitelaar, Maarten Hajer, Martijn van den Hurk, Peter Pelzer—April 9, 2021

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

Small Creek, Ipswich

On the outskirts of Brisbane, an urban drain takes on a life of its own

by Maitiú Ward—July 24, 2020

Paul Thompson, plantsman, gardener and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Nurturing the land: Paul Thompson

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 24, 2020

Forest, river and bridge in Melbourne, Australia.

Biodiversity and our brains: How ecology and mental health go together in our cities

by University of Western Australia, Zoe Myers—January 17, 2020

The endangered southern brown bandicoot is doing well in urban wildlife corridors created by infrastructure provision in Melbourne's suburbs. Photo: John O'Neill

Agriculture & environment

Endangered bandicoots survive and thrive in urban sprawl

by Lucy Smith—January 9, 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

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

Urban light pollution can disrupt critical behaviours in wildlife, stalling the recovery of threatened species and interfering with ecosystem resilience. Photo: Michael

Agriculture & environment

Seeing the light: new moves to tackle night sky pollution

by Foreground—October 30, 2019

Biodiversity loss is the canary in the coalmine of landscape systems health. With one million species currently under threat of extinction globally, what can be done? Photo: Andreas P.

Agriculture & environment

Biodiversity loss: the canary in the coalmine

by Foreground—October 29, 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