The Urban Observer – August 2018

An independent bi-monthly magazine analysing current urban events and showcasing the research and work of academics from the RMIT Centre for Urban Research.

Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies

A guide to policy analysis as a research method

Collaboration between physical activity researchers and transport planners: A qualitative study of attitudes to data driven approaches

Variation in leaf area density drives the rainfall storage capacity of individual urban tree species

Perceptions and Preferences of Urban Greenspaces: A Literature Review and Framework for Policy and Practice

Landscape Online

Planning in indigenous Australia: From imperial foundations to postcolonial futures

Creating liveable cities in Australia: A scorecard and priority recommendations for Sydney

A new relationship? Opportunities for land justice and reconciliation through Victorian local government

A formative evaluation of the triple zero kids challenge teacher’s guide

The uneven terrain of dialogical encounters and the spatial politics of listening

The possibilities and limits to dialogue

The Role of the Built Environment on Health Across the Life Course: A Call for CollaborACTION

Beyond the tools: supporting adaptation when organisational resources and capacities are in short supply

Local Food Environments, Suburban Development, and BMI: A Mixed Methods Study

Investigating Residents’ Use and Perceptions of Informal Greenspaces: A Study of Stony Creek in Melbourne’s West

Snakes in the city: understanding urban residents’ responses to greening interventions for biodiversity

Coordinated Transit Signal Priority Model Considering Stochastic Bus Arrival Time

Filling the space between trams and place: Adapting the ‘Movement & Place’ framework to Melbourne’s tram network

Connective Consumptions: Mapping Melbourne’s Food Sharing Ecosystem

British Migrants – Instant Australians? Immigration Museum, Melbourne

Purchase, protect, resell, repeat: an effective process for conserving biodiversity on private land?

Implementing ESD in the built environment: local government activism and leadership in disrupting the status quo

The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city