By 2050 urban mobility will be one of the biggest challenges of cities around the globe. The second version of the Future of Urban Mobility report includes an updated version of the Urban Mobility Index with an extended scope of …
High speed rail linking Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would reduce carbon emissions and provide a profitable and popular service, according to the Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail report. The report recommends an alignment broadly similar to the government’s recent …
The Queensland Government is leading several flood mitigation initiatives to implement recommendations of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, and community input is being sought. The initiatives are the Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams Optimisation Study, North Pine Dam Optimisation Study …
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Stage One of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Management Review has been completed. The review has found that there is no simple solution or single infrastructure option that can address all of the flood risk, and that infrastructure options can reduce, …
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Continuing hot on the heels of the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013, Australians again endured record breaking extreme events this summer. The new Climate Council 2013/2014 Angry Summer report alerts that many of Australia’s largest population centres stand out as being …
The fifth edition of Your Home – Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes is now available. It has been produced by the Australian Government in partnership with the building and design industry to provide comprehensive, expert and independent advice to …
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Australia’s multi-billion dollar commercial real estate and property sector is failing to meet even modest sustainability benchmarks, according to new research released by policy network Catalyst Australia. There are four clear leaders in the sector – Stockland, GPT Group, Dexus …
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released The Roadmap on the Future Needs of Tall Buildings, in partnership with the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) and the United Nations Educational, …
The RUAF Foundation is an international network of seven regional resource centres and one global resource centre on urban agriculture and food security. The RUAF website contains information on the RUAF From Seed to Table (FSTT) program, the activities in …
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A new paper from the Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) offers a five-point plan on how to win the public and policy argument on climate change. The author argues that a plan is necessary because climate change policy is …
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