Urban planning
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CLIMATE CHANGE
The floods have killed at least 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now a life-or-death matter
Image: Jason O'Brien/AAPThe devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia’s failure to plan for natural disasters. As we’re seeing...
CITY LIVING
What next for parklets? It doesn’t have to be a permanent switch back to parking
Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Author providedOutdoor dining on former parking spaces – generally known as parklets – has proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduced demand for...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Electronic cities: between COVID and gentrification, dance music is struggling to find its groove again
Image: ShuttlestockElectronic music is the fifth-most-popular music genre globally. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the electronic music industry. Its estimated value fell from US$7.3 billion in...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Our cities are full of parks, so why are we looking to golf courses for more open space?
Picture: Wendy Walls, Author provided
The recent opening of a golf course to the public in the inner north of Melbourne caused a flurry of excitement. Since...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?
Do we really want to go back to daily commuting
as the default way of working? David Moir/AAP
Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
Picture: Shuttlestock
As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact...
CITY LIVING
4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus
Picture: Nils Versemann/Shutterstock
As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Half of over-55s are open to downsizing – if only they could find homes that suit them
Picture: karenfoleyphotography/Shutterstock
More than half of Australians over the age of 55 are open to downsizing, according to a new report based on a survey of 2,400...
BUSINESS/FINANCE
Move away from a car-dominated city looks radical but it’s a sensible plan for a liveable future
Walking accounts for about 90% of all travel in Melbourne
city centre, yet pedestrians are allocated only 24% of street space.
Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock
More shared...
Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history
‘The Block’ in Redfern has been a site of struggle
and activism for Indigenous inclusion in planning processes.
AAP Image/Paul Miller
Nearly 80% of Aboriginal...
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