When primary school children in a disadvantaged part of Sydney were asked to map what they valued in the area, their choices were revealing and sometimes surprising.
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Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, is going through a transformation of its centre and waterfront to support of walking, cycling and public transport, and less space for cars.
The ‘superblocks’ are expected to have massive benefits for health and well-being – but it takes good governance.
The UK’s surviving urban commons are precious green spaces, but the laws that protect them are confusing, complicated and in some cases outdated.
Good urban design and walkability boost local economic activity by increasing public activity, but cities need to pay more attention to the effects of microclimates on streets and public spaces.
Segregation is not just a problem in London – it’s happening in cities all over the world.
Footpaths are a valuable space for everyday social activity, but their role is often overlooked. In increasingly dense urban areas such as Footscray, footpaths are essential public spaces.
Urban public spaces may be built to represent governments, but often become sites of protest.
In the digital age, libraries got creative about how to translate services they’ve always offered into new formats. And they’ve transformed their spaces to have a variety of community uses.
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Lecturer and Researcher, Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University
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Research Officer, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Law, UNSW
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Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sydney
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Director, XYX Lab, and Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Lecturer in Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology
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Researcher, School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University
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Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Global Urbanism, University of Glasgow