When forester Benton MacKaye proposed building an Appalachian Trail 100 years ago, he was really thinking about preserving a larger region as a haven from industrial life.
There will be more weather-driven disasters like February’s deep freeze in Texas, and energy planners aren’t prepared.
This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s medium term budget review.
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Although the end of the pandemic may be in sight, the costs of working remotely are growing. It’s time companies had a plan – even if they aren’t returning to the office any time soon.
An evolutionary psychologist, politics expert and sustainability scientist discuss the potential for humanity to plan for the long term future.
The Mary Cairncross Rainforest Discovery Centre respects and incorporates the local landscape.
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The council, developers, architects and the local community got together to set the principles of what they consider good design in this fast-growing region.
A new study forecasts that thousands of miles of new road construction will cut through tiger habitat across Asia by 2050. Planning can make these projects more tiger-friendly.
Neighbours chat from their balconies during another day of isolation in Madrid.
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Most of the world’s urban residents now live in suburban areas. A multi-year, multi-site project has conducted research internationally about these changing urban areas.
When people weren’t asked about a proposed development in their area, they voiced their opposition.
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The UK government has been trying to hand planning power over to local people for 50 years – but research reveals it has fallen far short of its goals.
Grangegorman campus, Technological University Dublin.
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The Star Trek formula for sustainable urban innovation: collaborate, share, use technology for the greater good and invest in people.
Australia’s sprawling cities present many challenges to sustainability, but planning innovations can help achieve at least half of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Planning innovations around the world offer inspiration, but ultimately the innovations needed to make Australia’s sprawling cities more sustainable must be shaped by local conditions.
The beauty of our federation is that each state can learn from each other.
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Ahead of two state elections, the Grattan Institute Orange Book examines the state of each state and how each can do things better. The good news is that if each copied the best in each field they would do very well indeed.
A storm caused flooding in the CBD as it swept through Hobart.
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Managing flood risk is not just ‘good planning’; it requires commitment to resilient cities by land developers, politicians and communities. Effective response means learning from mistakes.
You can see koalas at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, but the city council has won a planning battle to preserve their wild population too.
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Local planning rules have prevailed in a long-running dispute over a proposed Gold Coast quarry that threatened the amenity of nearby residents and koalas.
Intern at the Centre for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2), Santiago, Chile; Research Assistant, Centre for Resources Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne