Blue-sky thinking: 3 engineers share how they’d design a greenfield major city
If you were designing a greenfield major city, what would be a key strategy or design principle to minimise emissions ...
Tag: urban planning
A climate-positive Olympics: What can Brisbane 2032 learn from Paris?
Brisbane will be the first Olympic host city required to produce a climate-positive Games. What can be learnt from the ...
Bringing a cultural precinct back to life
This run-down public space was transformed into an urban playground integrated with some of Adelaide’s most important building assets.
Reimagining the cities of the future
Australia’s biggest cities will soon rival the likes of Paris and London. To improve urban liveability, transport systems need to ...
IPCC author: the unavoidable facts of climate change
To measure something is to begin to manage it, and it’s a principle that has dominated much of Kevin Hennessy’s ...
How mega events can be catalysts for change
Mega events such as the Olympic or Commonwealth Games have the power to catalyse structural change for our cities, argues ...
Floodplain engineer is bringing unique expertise to urban planning
Flood engineer Carrie Dearnley has developed a system to help city planners better understand how to keep communities safer as ...
Drones are giving engineers a better view of construction
A recent study shows how drone-captured data can be used to create a comprehensive idea of where, and how, new ...
World Engineering Day: Creating sustainable cities and communities
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. There are challenges ahead to keep ...
8 practical ways to add more green to city landscapes
Micro-doses of nature benefit our cities and our communities. Researchers share how to incorporate more natural features into our urban ...
