urban policy

View of Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos, John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art. Southern Arizona, USA. 2012 – Present. Image supplied.
Politics

Protest and assembly in the augmented city

By — December 12, 2019

Professor David Bowman, pyrogeographer.
Environment

Pyrogeographer David Bowman on the art and science of living with fire

By — 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
Politics

The protest landscapes of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

By — November 7, 2019

Urban and regional planner Phoebe Harrison believes that people are ready for proactive engagement and doing things differently. Photo: Antenna
Planning

The politics of value: good planning makes dollars and sense

By — October 31, 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.
Environment

Biodiversity loss: the canary in the coalmine

By — October 29, 2019

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

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

By — October 3, 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
Politics

Foreground Weekly Review: emergency response

By — September 19, 2019

Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake within the 1.6 million hectare World Heritage listed Tasmanian Wilderness. Photo: RN Brauns
Culture

The things we keep: Why Australia must protect its national heritage

By — September 12, 2019

The award-winning Oxley Creek Transformation Master Plan is an ambitious strategic document that makes the most of water as a shared social, economic and environmental asset. Image: Lat27
Cities

Water wins in AILA Queensland awards

By — September 5, 2019

The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia's food bowl, had yet another poor season, with less than half its typical rain. Photo: Holder Link
Cities

Foreground Weekly Review: water wars

By — September 3, 2019

New Australian government reports show that it's time to change direction with infrastructure spending. Photo: Tim Foster
Cities

Foreground Weekly Review: Australia’s infrastructure crisis is not about roads

By — August 21, 2019

The federal government has updated the National Cities Performance Framework Dashboard, including new measures for major city transport infrastructure performance. What do these tell us of Australia's urbanity? Photo: Trent Szmolnik
Cities

New infrastructure performance measures for Australian cities questioned

By , — August 19, 2019