It’s a new and sobering study of what could happen if the climate crisis is left unchecked - and Australia won’t be immune.

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We’re greening Brisbane’s suburbs by increasing tree planting in suburban parks, create tree-lined boulevards and provide households with a free green waste bin.

If you’re watching newsreel footage of an eruption, and don’t live near a volcano yourself, you may find yourself wondering, “Why would anyone choose to live there?”

Students in Finland offer a succinct lesson in commuting.

What makes a place a community is far more than bricks-and-mortar and services; a University of Melbourne special explores the future of Australian cities.

Amid a housing crisis, Hong Kong's government plans to create new developable land in the middle of the ocean.
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Lucinda Hartley and Jessica Christiansen-Franks set up Neighbourlytics because the property industry lacked a way of measuring a place's social value.

If you think about it, the human story is a story of climate migration. 60,000 years ago, changes in the climate allowed modern humans from Eastern Africa to migrate, creating the different civilizations and nations we know today. In 2017, storms, floods, and droughts displaced 18 million people from their homes worldwide, with some estimates …

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Insurance premiums for thousands of Australians are likely to double or even triple within decades. New data reveals the suburbs facing the biggest jumps.

Three times as many people die from heat-related deaths in Sydney’s west than its east during extreme temperature events, according to new research from the University of NSW and Sydney Water.

Much of the growth in our cities is in the outer suburbs, now home to around 5 million people. And that creates problems like traffic that detract from the advantages residents see in living there.

The Thai capital is particularly vulnerable to flooding, and to make matters worse it is sinking by one to two centimetres a year.

City leaders need to ask the tough question: How much longer can we live here?

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Hotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and increasing urban sprawl into bushland puts more people at risk

St Leonards "breathing wall" is a doubled-walled structure filled with nearly 6000 plants that filter out vehicle exhaust and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) to produce cleaner air, while its structure can also absorbing the sounds of our busiest roads. Dr Fraser Torpy is the Program Director Environmental Biology UTS who met roving reporter Sam Emery there to talk you throug