Policymakers in Africa approach rural and urban development separately. This needs to change.
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As luxury housing developments swallow up agricultural land, they also diminish our food security and health.
The largest cities in Australia and the US are both the richest and the most likely to push out low-income earners. Having cities of all sizes will increase people’s choices of where to live and work.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
South Africa needs to review its four years decision to exclusively deliver housing through megaprojects.
Xiong’an is called China’s No.1 urban project. Orchestrated by President Xi Jinping, the mega-city to be built just over 100 kilometres south of Beijing is also very much a political project.
Chinatown Haymarket has emerged as an evolving site where Asian urban modernity is introduced into Sydney.
Essays On Air: Australia’s property boom and bust cycle stretches back to colonial days
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Australia's property market is slowing and many are contemplating a possible bust. But today's episode of Essays On Air reminds us that since colonial days, Australia's property market has had its ups and downs.
Good public access for Melbourne Airport and others like it depends on not fixating on one solution, like a single rail line, but instead developing multiple options integrated with the city’s needs.
The spread of infectious diseases such as chikungunya is closely linked to urban mobility, yet small Indian cities could play a crucial role in the resilience process.
The main winner of Commonwealth Games 2018 is … the City of Gold Coast.
The problem with most public housing ‘renewal’ programs is that the residents have the least say in what happens to the places they call home. The evidence of housing research is also being ignored.
Governments have started to see automation as the key to brighter urban futures. But what will this look like?
New Zealand’s coalition government plans to transition to a low-emissions economy while also addressing major urban issues such as unaffordable housing, inequality and poverty.
Gentrification is not the only path for improving urban neighborhoods. A cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens offers another, more inclusive model that scholars have dubbed ‘just green enough.’
France is transforming old industrial wastelands in cities like Paris, Lyon and Nantes, so what are the secrets of its success?
The vitality that defines central Melbourne today did not emerge overnight. Rather than being born of one grand vision, it’s the result of many astute, incremental changes that revitalised the city.
South Korea’s lofty vision of transforming the region into a winter sports hub may be pipe dream.
There are 20 US cities bidding to host Amazon’s HQ2 – but the winner will have its work cut out to make the most of the prize.
Big data provides a rich picture of the physical city, but it won’t tell us much about the social city – that’s where agent-based modelling comes in.
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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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Research Fellow, School of Communication, Society & Culture, Macquarie University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Deputy Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, The University of Western Australia
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, University of Canberra
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland