The new Brisbane City Plan 2014 has been approved and has a commencement date of 30 June 2014. It will guide how land in Brisbane can be used and developed. Environmental information resources include biodiversity and waterways, natural hazards (including …
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The City of Armadale Council (Western Australia) has endorsed a Draft Urban Forest Strategy which will provide guidance for ongoing urban forest development and management. Read the media release and Urban Forest Strategy Final Report.
The Global Development Research Centre (GDRC) Urban Environmental Management Virtual Library provides access to a wide range of documents, articles, how-tos, insights and more.
The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook project (CBO) is the world’s first global analysis of how projected patterns of urban land expansion will impact biodiversity and crucial ecosystems. The CBO highlights a wide range of successful initiatives by cities, local authorities …
The Plan Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Strategy sets out the Victorian Government vision that will guide the growth of Melbourne to 2050. It has been released after a consultation process.
The City of Moonee Valley Draft Urban Ecology Strategy has been developed to guide the Council in enhancing the local natural environment and to provide a basis for supporting annual urban ecology implementation plans. The strategy is open for public …
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The Victorian National Parks Association, with support from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, has developed design guidelines to support native grasslands in urban areas.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the first issue of Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts (AEEA). It brings all ABS environmental accounts together in one place to deliver a broad and cohesive picture of the environmental stocks and flows of …
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The potential for climate change to drive changes in the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events could have implications for the accuracy of natural catastrophe models. The report Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change from global insurer Lloyd’s examines whether …
The Sydney Coastal Councils Group Inc. (SCCG) partnered with University of New South Wales researchers to complete a research project that has developed a multi-hazard tool to assess the vulnerability of buildings and critical infrastructure to extreme marine inundations caused …
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