urban policy

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

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

By Foreground — 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

New infrastructure performance measures for Australian cities questioned

By David Levinson, Hao Wu — August 19, 2019

Green the Street at Brisbane's EKKA is hosting over 40 organisations and their ideas for community greening projects, including virtual reality visions of transformations. Image: Catherine Simpson. Roberts Day

It’s happening on the verge: community experiments in greening the streets

By Foreground — August 8, 2019

Local residents enjoy public recreation facilities designed by Aspect Studios enabled by elevated rail. Photo: Peter Bennetts Photography

When it comes to urban infrastructure, big doesn’t have to mean bad

By Tahj Rosmarin — August 1, 2019

Green Infrastructure shares space beneath road infrastructure in the congested urban realm of Shanghai, China. Photo: Denys Nevozhai

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

By Foreground — July 26, 2019

Road infrastructure dominates government spending. Part of the 33km M4 Western Motorway outside Parramatta widened as part of Sydney's WestConnex scheme. Photo: Beau Giles

Foreground Weekly Review: Federal Minister for Roads?

By Foreground — July 17, 2019

The authors of the Burra Charter at Burra, South Australia in 1979: Jane Lennon, Peter Forrest, Jim Kerr, Josephine Flood, John Mulvaney and Peter Watts. Photo supplied by author with permission.

Forty years of the Burra Charter and Australia’s heritage vision

By Dr James Lesh — July 11, 2019

The exemplary campus design of Taylor Cullity Lethlean's Eastern Precinct Landscape received an Award of Excellence in the 2019 AILA Victoria Awards. Photo: Will Salter

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

By Foreground — June 27, 2019

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