Professor Sarah Bell

Professor Sarah Bell

City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation, Melbourne Centre for Cities, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

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Why we all need a 'climate safe room’ (and how to create one)

Our changing climate means homes and workspaces also need to change. By retrofitting buildings, we can create healthier, more sustainable urban spaces

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Five ways retrofitting cities can help decarbonise our future

New construction is the source of massive amounts of carbon pollution. Retrofitting existing infrastructure is cleaner, and brings multiple benefits

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Book extract

‘Invisible’ infrastructure is the background to our modern lives

They are critical to urban life, but we don’t often think about infrastructures. Maybe it’s time we should