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Associate professor, UNSW

Garden roofs (like these in Chengdu, in China’s Sichuan province) need maintenance and community involvement. from shutterstock.com

June 25, 2018

Working with nature can help us build greener cities instead of urban slums

Paul Osmond, UNSW

Dense, high buildings limit the space available for urban greenery. But imaginative projects that involve the community can ensure nature and the city go hand in hand.

Some materials and surfaces radiate much more heat (red areas) than others, as can be seen in this thermal image of Arncliffe Street in Wolli Creek, Sydney.

April 21, 2016

Building cool cities for a hot future

Paul Osmond, UNSW and Jonathan Fox, UNSW

Hot spots occur at the scale of where people live – the building, the street, the block – which means urban design and building materials have profound implications for our health and well-being.

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