urban policy

Melbourne and Sydney are the only Australian cities that part of the 100 Resilient Cities network. Photo: Wolf Zimmermenn

What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?

By Michele Acuto, Professor Lars Coenen, Sebastian Fastenrath, Svenja Keele — June 13, 2019

Recent protests around the world reflect rising popular concern about climate change.

2 Degrees: climate countdown

By Foreground — June 12, 2019

Still from an animated time lapse of sea surface salinity and soil moisture from NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite: April 2015 to February 2019.

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in May

By Foreground — May 29, 2019

Politicians call for governance review for Fed Square as Apple fails to secure place for Flagship store. Photo: virginiam Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

“Public space should not be managed as a business”

By Foreground — April 29, 2019

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

By Foreground — April 18, 2019

The roads of many European, as well as Asian cities such as Bangok, are vibrant city spaces with diverse transport modes.

It’s time to move beyond the false binary of roads vs public transport

By Ian Woodcock — April 12, 2019

Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs

By Phillip O'Neill — April 3, 2019

Joost with one of many experiments and collaborators. Testing non-toxic straw bale insulation with the CSIRO. Photo: courtesy of Joost Bakker

Fertile ground for change: Joost Bakker tackles the toxic city

By Foreground — March 7, 2019

Where to from here for City Deals, two years on and with new leadership?

Spills and city deals: where we go from here

By Paul Burton — September 6, 2018

Urban planners need to accept the Indigenous history of Australian cities. Image: Newtown Graffiti

Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history

By Libby Porter, Louise Clare Johnson & Sue Jackson — May 17, 2018

WAF’s 2015 Landscape of the Year Yanweizhou Park has given Jinua City a new cultural and community identity. The “sparrow tail” wetlands, circular bioswales, ‘cut and fill’ terraced riverbank and entirely permeable surrounds “make friends” with flooding. Image: Turenscape.

Sponge cities: Kongjian Yu and Adrian McGregor in conversation

By Foreground — April 10, 2018

Sydney Olympic Park's mangrove forests and wetlands are home to an abundance of biodiversity. Around it lies Sydney's encroaching urban development. Image: John Turnbull.

Avoiding the buzz kill: mozzies, wetlands and public health

By Cameron Webb — April 5, 2018