Christopher Ambrey – The Conversation

Upper Coomera is one of those fast-growing fringe suburbs that are hotter because of tightly packed housing with less greenery. Daryl Jones/www.ozaerial.com.au/

October 13, 2016

Out in the heat: why poorer suburbs are more at risk in warming cities

Jason Byrne, University of Tasmania; Tony Matthews, Griffith University, and Christopher Ambrey, The University of Queensland

Recently published research has found that the concentration of poorer people in hotter places is a real problem for cities’ capacity to cope with climate change.

The EVA Lanxmeer development in the Netherlands provides a model for how to incorporate green infrastructure in all aspects of the planning process. Tony Matthews

April 25, 2016

Here’s how green infrastructure can easily be added to the urban planning toolkit

Tony Matthews, Griffith University; Christopher Ambrey, The University of Queensland; Douglas Baker, Queensland University of Technology, and Jason Byrne, Griffith University

Green infrastructure can be delivered relatively easily using existing planning processes. The main obstacle could be psychological: planners are wary of disruption to embedded practices.

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