Our TPR paper is out! Examines if tourism chases the living culture in Singapore, thus altering our perception of the heritage conservation life cycle

“The Place Man” documentary explores the roots of the placemaking movement through the life of Fred Kent & passion for understanding why people feel good and how that can be translated into designing public spaces fostering a sense of community.
Watch 👉🏻placemakingx.org/the-place-man?…

Prof Libby Porter joined ABC Big Ideas at MPavillion last month to discuss if a home is a human right — how can citizens and architects seize control of housing design? Listen to the excellent discussion here: abc.net.au/listen/program…

The report, ‘Understanding the drivers and outcomes of public housing tenant relocation’, undertaken by researchers from RMIT University, Macquarie University, University of Sydney and University of Tasmania can be downloaded from the AHURI website at bit.ly/46GHge5

Special issue of Cities & Health
'Living Green, Liveable Cities' investigates the science and practice of creating liveable and healthy urban environments through city greening.
Make your contribution here by 12th Jan 2024: bit.ly/_RCAH
#urbangreening #greencities

.James Cook Uni’s move to end Planning degrees is alarming. When we're facing housing & climate crises, we need MORE planners, not fewer. I implore VC Prof Simon Biggs to rethink this to champion a sustainable future #SaveJCUPlanning 🏡🌿Read PIA letter 👉🏼 planning.org.au/documents/item…

Time and time again, Urban3 has produced case studies across American cities that show compact neighborhoods raise the most revenue for cities, while car-centric ones cost more than they raise.

Let's legalize building more economically productive, resilient places again.

Getting ready to engage with the #Ravenswood and #Greenvale communities about their visions for the future! Great to bring James Cook Uni Urban and Regional Planning students along on a real project. So grateful to Charters Towers Regional Council for the opportunity!

Check out my latest article: A Review of 'Barriers and opportunities for medium density housing in small, regional cities: stakeholder perspectives from Cairns' by Gibson & Law (2023) #UrbanPlanning #RegionalCities #Liveability #HousingPolicy linkedin.com/pulse/review-b…

New paper with Sarah Gibson on missing middle housing in #Cairns ! James Cook Uni tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

👏Call for Abstracts for the State of Australasian Cities Conference 2023 is officially open!
👏Please RT & share in your networks and we hope to see you there AECURN ACRN-SOAC
Nicole Gurran Donna Houston Kelly Dombroski DrCrystalLegacy Jason Byrne Jago Dodson Emma Power

This International Women's Day, TUDLab’s @_RDadpur_ will share her experiences as an Iranian woman & the status of women's right in Iran at James Cook Uni as a part of an international action taking place on IWD day in 100+ universities around the globe.
Register lnkd.in/gwdqHuhQ

This International Women's Day, TUDLab’s @_RDadpur_ will share her experiences as an Iranian woman & the status of women's right in Iran at James Cook Uni as a part of an international action taking place on IWD day in 100+ universities around the globe.
Register lnkd.in/gwdqHuhQ

Congratulations to Cassie Tregea, Eastern Kuku-Yalanji woman and student in the BPlanning at James Cook Uni for winning the Minister's Planning Award (Indigenous Student in Planning) at the Queensland awards! Making a difference to #FNQ #FirstNationsPlanning Photo credit PIA Qld

#TUDLab 's Rachael Walshe exploring early environmental awareness and the importance of gardens in schools jcu.edu.au/this-is-uni/na…

The challenge for 'chauffeur mums': navigating a city that wasn't planned for women theconversation.com/the-challenge-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

TUDLab wishes all our supporters a happy World Town Planning/World Urbanism Day! #planning #urbanism #places #sustainable

#TUDLab celebrates #WorldArchitectureDay with this year's theme #ArchitectureForWellbeing . The world around us is shaped by architects and designers and we celebrate those who use it to enhance lives, drive innovation, mitigate climate change and promote social interaction.

Some people still cast doubt on the idea that protests have mass support in Iran, but data shows more than 50% Iranian women oppose the compulsory wearing of hijabs + the vast majority oppose an Islamic Republic.

From our colleagues at The Conversation: bit.ly/3RjPDoh

At TUDLab Design Thinking Drawing Workshop by Peter Richards, such a great informative journey into urbanism & design communication! James Cook Uni #planning #urbandesign #architecture