Three Forms of Resilience Learned from the Safe-to-Flood Landscape of the Upper Mekong Delta as been published in the Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research. READ MORE …
Our last paper on pedagogic approaches to assist teachers in designing novel teaching formats, is now available on Education and Urban Society web page. READ MORE …
The BE UNSW Master students in Landscape Architecture have just started the Constructed Ecology Design Studio with a bicycle field survey across the Salt Pan Creek corridor, City of Canterbury Bankstown. READ MORE …
Bridging urban morphology and urban ecology: a framework to identify morpho-ecological periods and patterns in the urban ecosystem is now available on Journal of Urban Ecology web page. READ MORE …
Landscape Design for Flood Adaptation from 20 Years of Constructed Ecologies in China, our last paper on research-by-design and flood resilient cities is now available on Sustainability web page. READ MORE …
Adaptive mechanisms in a continuing landscape: assessing biocultural diversity as a form of resilience is now available on the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development web page. READ MORE …
Urban Sustainability Transitions in Two Frontrunner Cities: Insights from the Multi-level Perspective is now available on ‘Planning Practice & Research’ web page. READ MORE …
The article ‘Sponge City and social equity: Impact assessment of urban stormwater management in Baicheng City, China’ has been published in the Volume 37 of Urban Climate journal. READ MORE …
The disasters have come one after another. While they may not be entirely preventable, we can take many practical steps tailored to local needs and conditions to reduce the impacts on our cities.
Based on case-studies, this book provides a series of chapters on the critical steps of placemaking, including governance and community engagement strategies, negotiation processes, place evaluation, integrating nature into place and the economics of place.
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The roundabout was a public plaza?
The road a shared space?
The asphalt a green space?
The bandicoot was back in Lewisham?
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Our cities need to adapt to cope with more extreme weather events and other impacts from climate change.
READ the article on The Conversation edition Australia
Australia's coastal settlements are highly exposed to the impacts of climate change. Climate-resilient urban landscapes that can cope with large amounts of water need to become the new normal.
READ the article on The Conversation edition Australia
The article ‘Regional path dependence and climate change adaptation: a case study from the McLaren Vale, South Australia’ was published in the volume 63 of the Journal of Rural Studies. READ MORE ...
The Journal of Urban Design, edited by Taylor & Francis Group, has published online ‘From water sensitive to floodable: defining adaptive urban design for water resilient cities’. READ MORE …
UNSW Built Environment hosted today at the Sydney Lower Town Hall an inspiring evening, headlined by 20 remarkable professionals and academics, speaking on the Faculty's bold vision for 50% women in leadership roles by 2025. READ MORE …
You are all invited to the launch of the Interdisciplinary Joint Urban Design Studio 2018 edition: THE SHANGHAI CONNECTION.
When: Thursday the 1st of March, 5PM.
Where: Barr Smith South 522a/b, Uni of Adelaide.
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What: presentation of the urban regeneration proposals + opportunity to use 3D Augmented Reality headsets.
When: Thursday morning (23rd of November) from 9.30 AM onwards.
Where: Council Chamber, Darling Terrace, Whyalla. READ MORE …
The Urban Ecosystem design Lab of the School of Architecture, University of Adelaide, is in Whyalla with a group of students for two weeks. The students are participating in an intensive Urban Design studio, organised in collaboration with the local government. READ MORE …
The UELab, in collaboration with the Kangaroo Island Sculpture Trail committee, is glad to announce the names of two students shortlisted to participate in a volunteering work experience in Penneshaw. READ MORE ...