Peter Caccetta – The Conversation

Perth has long had many fine parks but is losing vegetation cover in a band of increasingly dense development across the city. Ruben Schade/flickr

September 27, 2017

We’re investing heavily in urban greening, so how are our cities doing?

Marco Amati, RMIT University; Alex Saunders, The University of Western Australia; Bryan Boruff, The University of Western Australia; Drew Devereux, CSIRO; Kath Phelan, RMIT University, and Peter Caccetta, CSIRO

A new study shows major Australian cities are suffering an overall loss of green space – although some areas are doing better than others.

The urban landscape is complex and ever-changing in cities such as Perth, but digital aerial photography can now monitor even the smallest changes. Wikimedia Commons

January 27, 2016

The planner’s new best friend: we can now track land‑use changes on a scale of centimetres

Don McFarlane, CSIRO and Peter Caccetta, CSIRO

Constant, complex changes in cities and mine sites are hard to monitor. Drawing on digital aerial photography, it’s now possible to track land-use and vegetation changes in areas as small as 10-20cm.

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