The Knowledge City Index: Sydney takes top spot but Canberra punches above its weight

Sydney has the brightest prospects of the 25 Australian cities assessed in the new Knowledge City Index. A knowledge city has several characteristics, including...

What actually is a good city?

It’s hard to see how a city can be good for all its people unless they are involved in its creation. Our cities...

Our pets strengthen neighbourhood ties

When dog owners meet, it helps build a safe and connected community. Talk to any pet owner and you are bound to invoke stories...

Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda

The closure of the Gatwick Hotel means those most in need of shelter have lost another place they could stay. The closure of the...

Health Check: can chopping your vegetables boost their nutrients?

It can be tempting to look for shortcuts when it comes to eating your five serves of vegies a day. We all know eating...

Let cities speak: what sounds define us now?

The village bell was once a powerful symbol of sonic identity. Living in the noise of today’s global cities, what sounds exist that...

Biophilic urbanism: how rooftop gardening soothes souls

St Canice’s rooftop garden, where a horticultural therapy program demonstrated its benefits for mental health and wellbeing. What do an engineer, a building surveyor...

From ‘white flight’ to ‘bright flight’ – the looming risk for our growing cities

Australia’s population is highly concentrated in a few cities,so once centres like Newcastle have absorbed the spill-over from high-cost capitals, where will...

When a suburb’s turn for gentrification comes …

Must we become passive observers to the destruction of one of Melbourne’s most culturally diverse and socially rich suburbs? Those who value “multiculturalism” and...

End of the road for Bangkok’s Khao San Road?

No! Say it isn’t so! Has the entire world gone mad? Bangkok authorities have banned all street food stalls, according to Fairfax Media. The...
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