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Residents of high-density housing might value features such as balconies, but when roads get busy this increases exposure to pollution. Adam J.W.C./Wikipedia

July 24, 2017

Transport access is good for new housing, but beware the pollution

Christine Cowie, UNSW and Guy B. Marks, UNSW

Many new housing developments are being built along busy roads and rail lines, but lack design features that would reduce occupants’ exposure to harmful traffic pollution.

The vast majority of cranes are used to build apartments. AAP Image/Paul Miller

May 2, 2017

Three charts on: crane‑spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where

Jennifer L. Kent, University of Sydney and Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney

About 84% of cranes in Australia are used on residential sites, with commercial projects making up 5% of crane activity. Health, education, infrastructure and recreation projects make up the rest.

Opponents of projects are often scorned as NIMBYs, but active citizenship and local consultation are key elements in creating a city that works well for as many people as possible. Teresa Parker/AAP

May 24, 2016

‘30‑minute city’? Not in my backyard! Smart Cities Plan must let people have their say

Crystal Legacy, RMIT University; Dallas Rogers, Western Sydney University; Kristian Ruming, Macquarie University, and Nicole Cook, The University of Melbourne

Cities are home to many different people who will not always agree. We need to learn to embrace public debate as an ongoing, constructive process for working through diverse views and values.

Mature gum trees will be important for visual amenity among the higher-density residences being built to house a population growing at 5.1% a year for the next two decades. AAP/McGregor Coxall

May 23, 2016

Move over suburbia, Green Square offers new norm for urban living

Tom Lee, University of Technology Sydney

The Green Square urban renewal area – expected to be Sydney’s most densely populated area by 2030 – represents a new paradigm of urban living.

City residents are embracing the bike as the fastest, most convenient transport in areas like Brunswick, yet an apartment building has been blocked for not providing car parking. flickr/Takver

November 25, 2015

Nightingale’s sustainability song falls on deaf ears as car‑centric planning rules hold sway

Andrea Sharam, Swinburne University of Technology

It’s up to state governments to ensure urban planning rules properly reflect both the desires of residents in the 21st century and the principles of sustainability.

The arguments for urban densification and urban sprawl both have merit and neither is absolutely right. Flickr/t3rmin4t0r

May 3, 2013

Growing out versus filling in: how about we all grow up?

Christopher Ives, RMIT University and Cecily Maller, RMIT University

It’s a debate that’s been raging for decades and dominates academic and popular urban planning discourse: urban sprawl versus urban densification. Is it better to increase density or to expand at the edges…

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