Urban planning

Two people in flood waters, one holding a dog

Why don’t our cities cope with heavy rain?

A woman and a child in a garden

An unexpected crisis that could change our cities

Testing the ‘leakiness’ of Australian homes

Can water banking guard against a future ‘Day Zero’?

Australians reach for the stars when it comes to energy efficient homes

satellite image of cyclone of coast of northern Queensland

Before the storm

Woman with cityscape in background

Breathing the quality air down under

Dense city skyscrapers at night

The 20th century saw a 23-fold increase in natural resources used for building

artist impression of new development, people on sidewalk next to canal

Urban living under the microscope