By Susan Thompson, City Futures Research Centre, and Peter McCue, NSW Office of Sport. This is an edited version of the authors’ column in New Planner. When we think about health infrastructure we generally focus on hospitals, ambulance stations, the flying doctor (in regional and remote centres), clinics and medical centres – the facilities that are […]
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Health infrastructure is what planners do!
April 11th, 2017 · No Comments · Sydney, Wellbeing
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Contested spaces: living next door to Alice (and Anh and Abdullah)
March 14th, 2017 · No Comments · Cities, Demographics, Guest appearance, Housing, Wellbeing
How is apartment living changing the way we get to know our increasingly diverse neighbourhoods? from www.shutterstock.com Edgar Liu, UNSW; Christina Ho, University of Technology Sydney, and Hazel Easthope, UNSW. Originally published on The Conversation. Ethnic conflict is on the rise in Australia, with regular reports of racist abuse in public spaces, including transport, streets […]
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Metropolitan plans and metaphors: potential problems with Greater Sydney’s ‘three cities’
February 28th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Government, Wellbeing
By Dr Greg Paine, City Futures Research Centre. The Greater Sydney Commission is currently exhibiting its proposed district (ie. sub-regional) plans. Concurrently, though with less publicity, it is exhibiting its vision for the metropolitan area itself: Towards Our Greater Sydney 2056, a set of proposed amendments to the current metropolitan strategy A Plan for Growing Sydney (2014). […]
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Changes to strata management laws and home modifications
September 5th, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Demographics, Law, Strata, Wellbeing
by Ryan van den Nouwelant and Hazel Easthope, City Futures Research Centre The recently introduced reforms to strata scheme management have been wide-ranging. Some of the more headline grabbing changes include new by-laws about pets, parking and smoking, electronic voting and tenant participation. One reform that has not received as much attention is the change […]
The 30 Minute City (part 2): challenges and opportunities in Western Sydney
August 29th, 2016 · 1 Comment · Cities, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Transport, Wellbeing
By Kerry Robinson, General Manager, Blacktown City Council. This is the second of a two-part series adapted from presentations to the Planning Institute of Australia mid-winter breakfast on the 30 minute city; see part 1 by Professor Susan Thompson, City Futures Research Centre. Blacktown City is 20-22 km across and home to 348,000 people, 111,000 jobs […]
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The 30 Minute City (part 1): opportunities and challenges
August 22nd, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Transport, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre. At a recent mid-winter Planning Institute of Australia breakfast Kerry Robinson, General Manager Blacktown City Council, and I considered the ‘30 minute city’ following the launch of then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘Smart Cities Plan’ at the National Cities Summit. The 30 minute city is […]
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It’s not easy being green, especially when affordable help is so hard to find
July 19th, 2016 · No Comments · Climate change, Wellbeing
This article by Edgar Liu and Bruce Judd was originally published on The Conversation. The transition to a clean energy future is upon us, as shown by the huge uptake of solar panels and by the Turnbull government’s decision to set up a A$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund. But what about those people […]
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Resilience through healthy planning
April 14th, 2016 · No Comments · Wellbeing
By Susan Thomson, Professor of Planning and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, and Peter McCue, Executive Officer NSW Premier’s Council for Active Living. This is an edited version of an article previously published in March 2016 in a special issue on resilience of ‘New Planner’, the journal of the Planning Institute of Australia, NSW […]
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Prof Susan Thompson awarded Sidney Luker Medal
December 14th, 2015 · No Comments · Wellbeing
Congratulations from everyone at City Futures to our colleague Professor Susan Thompson, who has been awarded the Sidney Luker Medal by the Planning Institute of Australia. Susan’s work is all about healthy planning. In her acceptance speech for the award (extracted below), she looked back on where her work has come from, and where it may […]
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It’s not all SINKS, DINKS and nuclear families
November 3rd, 2015 · No Comments · Cities, Housing supply, Wellbeing
By Edgar Liu & Hazel Easthope Reading the news headlines in Australia in the last handful of years, one could be forgiven for thinking that the only housing issue the general public is interested in is its price, particularly if and how first-time buyers can afford to enter the housing market, or when the housing […]
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