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Anti-alcohol measures like dry zones are not just a part of history: their legacy continues to feed into our approach to urban planning today.
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Australia needs to triple the amount of social housing built over the next 20 years if it is to meet future demands, a new study has found.
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It may not look like a pristine expanse of Amazon rainforest or an African savannah, but the patch of bush at the end of the street could be one of the only places on the planet that harbour a particular species of endangered animal or plant.
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RMIT urban academics and students have been recognised at the Awards for Planning Excellence – Victoria for their leadership in planning.
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As our state’s numbers grow, we need plan how we accommodate every person. Here, our experts provide their insights on the critical challenges facing Melbourne’s housing needs.
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Congestion is a key issue affecting Victoria’s transport sector. Here, our experts provide their insights on how we can better manage our roads.
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The benefits of cycling and walking are many and well-known. Here, our experts provide their insights on how to get Victorians moving.
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Upcoming Events
2 February 2019, 9:00AM-5:00PM
The 2019 Transport Research Symposium brings together activists, academics, and built environment professionals currently working and thinking critically about the ‘state of transport planning’ in Victoria and beyond.
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Current Projects
This study will generate evidence on the key health enhancing design requirements that should be entrenched in the new Design WA Apartment Design Guidelines.
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Current Projects
The project aims to investigate the representation of histories and cultures of migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the National Library and select state library collections.
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Current Projects
Understanding prevalence and demography of long-term energy hardship via analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics longitudinal dataset.
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Current Projects
The project will produce evidence and tools to assist both the public and private sectors provide transport options to residents of Melbourne’s new suburbs as soon as they move in.
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Current Projects
The RMIT Urban Observatory is a portal currently under development at RMIT that enables policy makers, planners and members of the general community to access a wide range of indicators relating to the built environment.
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Ethnographic household research to inform future electricity pricing strategies an infrastructure planning in Victoria.
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Current Projects
This project investigates the impacts on the lived experience of people in major Australian cities, focusing on the effects of land-use, diffuse air pollution, transport, urban heat and the interconnections between them.
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This project aims to establish a network of integrated urban greening study sites to understand, quantify and qualify the multiple benefits of urban greening, including for biodiversity outcomes and for human health and wellbeing.
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