water

Centenary Square, Parramatta
Environment

Tackling urban heat with water in the landscape

By — April 19, 2018

Estuarine communities in San Francisco's Bay Area are set for a complete change in the way they live by the water's edge. Image: TJ Gehling.
Planning

Adapting cities for sea level rise: Kristina Hill and Nigel Bertram in conversation

By — April 5, 2018

Christchurch's 2011 earthquake shifted the city's water table, leading to structures sinking into the Avon estuary. Image: Martin Luff.
Planning

Beyond the sea wall: a changing climate calls for dynamic solutions

By — March 15, 2018

A dam or a shackle? Dights Falls on the Yarra River, Melbourne.
Culture

Breaking rivers free: HYDRO/LOGIC

By — March 8, 2018

These citizens of Copenhagen are making the most of living in the harbour city.
Planning

The Foreground Five: February’s most-read stories

By — March 8, 2018

Even a few centimetres of sea-level rise will see intensified storm surges on a more frequent basis. Image: Petra Bensted.
Planning

On the Gold Coast, a hidden wall defends against rising seas – will it be enough?

By — February 22, 2018

Turenscape's Luming Park, Guzhou, China. Image: Turenscape
Cities

Event – Living with Water: Design for uncertain times

By — February 19, 2018

Cape Town is weeks away from what could be the complete collapse of its metropolitan water supply. Image: Jonathan Gill.
Environment

Cape Town is almost out of water. Could Australian cities suffer the same fate?

By — February 8, 2018

Copenhagen is a city that thrives from its coexistence with water. By 2100, this relationship will need to be re-negotiated. Image: Freder Fredersen.
Planning

The water is coming for Copenhagen; good design could be its best defence

By — February 7, 2018

‘View of Melbourne, Victoria, from the Botanic Gardens’, Henry Gritten / NGV (1866).
Planning

Reimagining Australia’s “temperate Kakadu”

By — January 25, 2018

Rueben Berg speaking at Connection to Country, 2017.
Culture

Cultural flows: we talk with Rueben Berg, Victoria’s first Aboriginal Water Commissioner

By — January 25, 2018

Dead river gums and limestone cliffs on the Murray River near Blanchetown, South Australia. Image: Willem van Aiken / CSIRO.
Environment

Water in a dry land: How PA Yeomans uncovered Australia’s hidden water systems

By — December 20, 2017