Urban Planning

Researchers developing an Australian heatwave index are using innovative data collection that improves the quality and resolution of personal data while protecting people’s privacy

Repurposing our streets away from a focus on cars is crucial to creating more accessible and sustainable cities

The city looks, smells and sounds very different to our most popular animal friends, so we mapped Melbourne to see if it is a City for Dogs

Sometimes Melbourne’s public transport goes dark. Our Map of the Month shows it makes life hard – even dangerous – for those in our night-time economy

Even after four decades of studies and debate, Australia is yet to develop a plan that integrates regional cities into a high-speed rail network

Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop aims to help the city become more equitable – but better integration of land use and transport could deliver more benefits for less money

Walkable cities are gaining traction. Our Map of the Month shows which Melbourne suburbs are walking distance to childcare, pharmacies and GPs

Melbourne’s proposed bus program could change the city’s public transport system for the better, but it doesn’t quite go far enough

Far from the superficial notion of ‘slums’, informal settlements shape urban development across most of the world’s cities

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