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    The high rise future of city living

    Ben Knight     |      February 29, 2020

    Internationally acclaimed architect, urban designer, UNSW alumna Zhizhe Yu explores a multi-planetary and people-centric approach to high-rise urbanism.

    • Transport

    How far can you get in 30 minutes?

    David Levinson     |      November 20, 2019

    How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.

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    A tale of ghost cities in Australia and China

    Ben Knight     |      November 18, 2019

    While the ‘ghost cities’ in China are unlikely to occur in Australia, some worrying trends in this country should guard against complacency.

    • Infrastructure

    Floating cities – fact or fantasy?

    Brydon Wang     |      June 11, 2019

    The concept of floating cities has long fascinated engineers and speculative authors, but will fantasy turn into reality to combat the ravages of sea level rises caused by climate change?

    • Infrastructure

    A new national urban management plan for resilient cities

    Open Forum     |      April 2, 2019

    Researchers from The University of Queensland have helped to develop a four-point plan to create more sustainable, liveable, prosperous and resilient cities.

    • Health

    Air travel and urbanisation increase the risks of contagion

    Open Forum     |      December 31, 2018

    Our cities are becoming denser, the global population is expanding and more people are travelling by air than ever – so what does this mean for the health security of Australians?

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    Remarkably adaptive: Australian cities in a time of growth 

    Open Forum     |      October 3, 2018

    Australia’s urban commuters have little to fear from population growth, if recent experience is any guide, according to a new Grattan Institute report.

    • Politics and Policy

    Modernising the governance of Australian cities

    Richard Tomlinson     |      September 28, 2018

    Australia needs innovative metropolitan governance for our cities in order to effectively tackle increasingly complex global issues – lessons that have already been learnt overseas.

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    Remembering the needs of elderly residents amid urban change

    Open Forum     |      August 19, 2018

    The rapid development of many inner-suburbs in Australia’s state capitals may offer quick profits for property speculators and foreign property investors but can also prove unsettling for an area’s longest standing residents.

    • Society

    Melbourne falls to #2, but does it really matter?

    Lucy Gunn     |      August 16, 2018

    Melbourne is no longer the world’s most ‘liveable’ city, but does that matter when the ranking isn’t a measure of the things most of us actually care about.

    • Society

    Keeping everyone moving up, down and across in the city

    Andrea Connor     |      July 30, 2018

    Cities are growing vertically as well as horizontally and so their infrastructure must ensure people can move up and down as well as across to get where they need to be.

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