How do we restore the public’s faith in transport planning?
Politicised transport projects that flout proper process lead to hostility between residents and governments, and give planners a bad name.
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Analysis and Comment
From Smart Cities 1.0 to 2.0: it’s not (only) about the tech
Australia has lagged behind some other countries in its investment in smart cities, but in retrospect that may not have been such a bad thing.
What’s critical about critical infrastructure?
Critical infrastructure is our means of survival as an urban species. So, we must identify what is critical, for whom and how it might fail us.
The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership
Think it's hard for first-home buyers? Ask people with an intellectual disability about it.
What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke
Not only has income inequality in Australia grown over the past two decades, rich and poor are also more segregated in terms of where they live in the big cities.
Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters
Cities would suffer much less damage and avoid the huge financial losses if we designed them to cope with the effects of cyclones.
Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price
Urban planners have been blamed for a lot of things, including higher housing costs. But the solution is to refine the process, not sideline the good planning that makes cities safe and liveable.
Explainer: the financialisation of housing and what can be done about it
We now value the house as a wealth builder, not just a place to live in and raise a family. The result is a distorted investment market that makes home ownership and rental unaffordable.
NDIS housing rules for people with a disability could be life-changing
New rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.
Flying into uncertainty: Western Sydney’s ‘aerotropolis’ poses more questions than answers
Building a second Sydney airport will be a demanding engineering project. But the real challenge will be one of governance needed to choreograph the mix of old and new city that will surround it.
Brutalism, a campus love story – or how I learned to love concrete
Academics are often in the vanguard of the fight to preserve heritage buildings but they are losing the battle on home turf as universities shed their 1960s and 1970s concrete skins.
Interculturalism: how diverse societies can do better than passive tolerance
Contested spaces: the ‘long-grassers’, living private lives in public places
Value capture: a good idea to fund infrastructure but not easy in practice
What a difference a month makes, but Victoria can still do more to get housing and planning right
Making cities work
From Smart Cities 1.0 to 2.0: it’s not (only) about the tech
Australia has lagged behind some other countries in its investment in smart cities, but in retrospect that may not have been such a bad thing.
What’s critical about critical infrastructure?
Critical infrastructure is our means of survival as an urban species. So, we must identify what is critical, for whom and how it might fail us.
Contested spaces
Contested spaces: we shall fight on the beaches…
In many ways, the conflict we see on our beaches may be a small price to pay for the free and open access to our beaches, which Australians have long fought to preserve.
Contested spaces: ‘virtuous drivers, malicious cyclists’ mindset gets us nowhere
Because Australian roads were built and designed with motorists in mind, it is easy for Australian motorists to feel cyclists are using 'their' roads and disrespecting the natural order.
Contested spaces: saving nature when our beaches have gone to the dogs
Contested spaces: living next door to Alice (and Anh and Abdullah)
Contested spaces: a user’s guide to shared paths
Contested spaces: living off the edge in a city mall where design fuels conflict
Contested spaces: flash disruptions on the CBD street
Reinventing density
Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl
Exceptional projects can emerge when regulations are sensibly relaxed due to context. A Fremantle project is a model of progressive higher-density possibilities resulting from flexible planning rules.
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Inequality
What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke
Not only has income inequality in Australia grown over the past two decades, rich and poor are also more segregated in terms of where they live in the big cities.
Housing policy
What a difference a month makes, but Victoria can still do more to get housing and planning right
Victoria has been lagging behind other states in developing an affordable housing strategy. Now that one has been released, how well does it meet the needs of households on lower incomes?
Infrastructure
Value capture: a good idea to fund infrastructure but not easy in practice
Consider these home truths: value capture is a tax, it would need to apply to the family home and deciding which areas it covers would be politically contentious. A broad-based land tax is simpler.
Planning
Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price
Urban planners have been blamed for a lot of things, including higher housing costs. But the solution is to refine the process, not sideline the good planning that makes cities safe and liveable.
Disability
The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership
Think it's hard for first-home buyers? Ask people with an intellectual disability about it.
Green spaces
Home prices tell us the value the public puts on green spaces
Australia’s growing cities face a shortage of urban parks. Often, the provision of parks is seen only as planning compliance or an accessory.
Architecture
Brutalism, a campus love story – or how I learned to love concrete
Academics are often in the vanguard of the fight to preserve heritage buildings but they are losing the battle on home turf as universities shed their 1960s and 1970s concrete skins.
Disaster recovery
Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters
Cities would suffer much less damage and avoid the huge financial losses if we designed them to cope with the effects of cyclones.
Smart cities
Here’s what smart cities do to stay ahead
Smart cities do more than develop products to increase productivity and prosperity. Mayors, CEOs and leaders engage entire communities in shaping the future of cities.
Health
The mysterious disappearance of health from New South Wales planning laws
The health impacts of urban and regional planning are undisputed. So why did the NSW government adopt and then discard health objectives as part of state planning legislation?
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