When it comes to equitable and sustainable infrastructure, we can learn a lot from beaver dams — according to both traditional Indigenous oral history as well as NASA researchers.
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To prepare for more intense floods supercharged by climate change, we have to build infrastructure able to tolerate new extremes
Certain ideas have shaped the success and optimism of state-led development in Ethiopia and Rwanda in the first two decades of the 21st century.
There is no doubt the Victorian economy has been slowing. But there is little evidence to show it is following the disastrous path of the early 1990s.
The proposed Future Fund is right on the money given New Zealand’s needs. But the three-year electoral cycle and lack of cross-party agreement could see it become just another political football.
The issue isn’t just the number of chargers – it’s also the quality of drivers’ experiences with them.
We’ll need huge investments in wind farms, electric cars, new ways to heat homes, and much more.
Ontario’s focus on car-centric development without other investments in community will not improve the quality of life for Ontarians.
A deep analysis reveals the flawed structure and opaqueness of the proposed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport deal.
The UK is deciding who has ultimate responsibility for infrastructure weathering a harsher climate.
If New Zealand wants to see real improvement in community-level services and infrastructure, we need to finally make a decision on the true purpose of regional, city and district councils.
We’re already seeing the impacts of weather extremes on key parts of our lives, from the food we eat to the roads we use and our health.
Australia is short of construction workers, yet qualified and experienced migrants are far more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than workers born in Australia.
Austerity means choosing not to invest in citizens, contrary to the mandate of South Africa’s constitution.
China’s engagement with Africa has evolved over the past 24 years, with a shift towards mutually beneficial investments.
The past eight Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summits, since 2000, have not resulted in mutual gain, particularly in trade and industrialisation for Africa.
Can a city that’s synonymous with freeways and gridlock deliver a car-free Olympic Games? Los Angeles has picked up the torch.
African countries can learn a lot from Hong Kong on how to use the gains from rising urban land prices to fund infrastructure and other public services.
A civil engineer explains why roadways and rails warp and crack in the heat − and points to some innovative ways to keep the US transportation system healthy as long as possible.
The scanning of a package of gum in an Ohio grocery store in 1974 marked the beginning of an era.
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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