We are trying to understand how to efficiently measure the benefits of the urban forest in Australian cities.

  • Project dates: 2015–2017

Urban forests provide many benefits such as shading and storm water capture. Measuring these benefits can be difficult and expensive because tree canopies are complex and many trees are on private land. The objective of this project is to develop new techniques for measuring the extent, size, density and other properties of the urban forest.

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Critical Urban Governance

The Critical Urban Governance program brings together urban researchers and educators at RMIT to focus critical attention on how cities are governed, and for whom.

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Tackling urban heat

13 August 2019

Students on an RMIT Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) study tour in Barcelona have developed strategies to tackle urban heat – a growing challenge for cities around the world as urban populations increase.

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Urban hotspots: why poorer suburbs can be 10C hotter

26 September 2017

Poor and disadvantaged Australian suburbs risk having urban hotspots that are more than 10 degrees higher than those found in greener, wealthier areas, an RMIT University study has found.

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