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Articles on Infrastructure
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Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities’ drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff.
The Indonesian government is still struggling to patch “infrastructure gaps”, The COVID-19 pandemic will make it even harder.
The federal opposition’s idea for a bullet train from Melbourne to Brisbane is not a good use of a generation’s worth of infrastructure spending. It won’t even work as an economic stimulus.
After the ‘world’s biggest work-from-home experiment’, many people (and their employers) might decide they needn’t commute every day. If even a fraction do that, infrastructure needs will change.
After the Covid-19 pandemic, we must seize the opportunity to make urban centers more livable places by investing in affordable housing, basic services, clean energy and active transport.
Lagos poses a set of particular challenges when it comes to making interventions work.
Researchers are turning microbes into microscopic construction crews by altering their DNA to make them produce building materials. The work could lead to more sustainable buildings.
Water is essential for health, economic well-being and social equity, but too many people around the world still don’t have access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
As response to COVID-19 moves from a learning phase to an operational phase, lessons from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic can inform Canada’s action plan.
International financing for massive infrastructure projects can create new problems for African cities.
Building infrastructure takes time. To develop sustainable transportation, Canada needs to invest in high-quality infrastructure that will enable us to make environmentally friendly travel choices.
Native Brazilians are among the Amazon’s most effective defenders against logging and mining, because they’re fighting not just for the environment but for their people’s very survival.
Overcrowding can have severe negative consequences for the education and safety of learners.
States across Australia are increasingly using market-led proposals to build infrastructure. The emerging problems reflect the inherent risks of projects that bypass proper public planning processes.
Floating bridges and submerged tunnels could be used to cross the Irish Sea.
Much was made of The New York Times’ dual endorsement of Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. But four days prior, a hugely popular Facebook meme group threw its support behind Bernie Sanders.
Green iguanas are an invasive species that seem to be spreading and proliferating in Florida. Used to warmer temps, they switch into torpor mode when the mercury drops.
The World Bank’s latest report on Nigeria deserved closer scrutiny, just like the opinions of economic experts outside government.
The projected surplus has been revised down from A$7.1 billion at budget time to $5 billion for this financial year.
Top contributors
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Executive Director, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, University of Sydney
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Proprietor - Hale Consulting, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University