Join us this weekend at our #MelbourneKnowledgeWeek event. We’re bringing together voices from media, government, academia & community engagement in a collective conversation about the role of diversity and empathy in knowledge creation and decision making mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/cities-p…

Joining us at narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week this Saturday is Melanie Davern, Director of Australian Urban Observatory at RMIT Centre for Urban Research She’ll be sharing her perspectives on urban liveability and the role of research in decision making about our cities #mkw22 #citiespeoplelove #melbournetodo

Our next narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week panelist is Dr Jonathan Daly, Manager of Urban Design & Heritage at City of Greater Geelong With extensive international experience in urban design and planning, we can’t wait to hear what he has to say about decision making in cities mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/cities-p…

Our panel discussion narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week has started. We’re asking our panellists ‘Where does knowledge about our cities sit?’ #mkw22 #citiespeoplelove #melbourne

Dr Jonathan Daly from City of Greater Geelong says “engaging with difference is not supposed to be easy, it’s difficult. But what we tend to do is avoid that difficulty, rather than see it as a productive way to engage with the community to understand an issue.” narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week #mkw22

Our latest research release is now live! The housing ‘issue’ brings together an amazing collection of articles from housing academics and industry practitioners across Australia. Head to citiespeoplelove.co to read more!

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Have you heard about Greening the Greyfields? An innovative housing development model that considers needs at the neighbourhood level to achieve better design, sustainability and amenity outcomes in middle-ring suburbs. Centre for Urban Transitions citiespeoplelove.co/article/greeni… via Cities People Love

Our latest article from Tom Alves at AHURI outlines key elements of the Common Ground housing model with links to the amazing Common Ground Practice Manual by MGS Architects and Mind Australia citiespeoplelove.co/article/housin… via Cities People Love

Where key workers can live, relative to where they work, is critically important for the functioning of our cities. Catherine Gilbert Dr Zahra Nasreen & @Planosopher outline what can be done to address the key worker challenge citiespeoplelove.co/article/housin… via Cities People Love

Many older women are at risk of homelessness in Australia. Samantha Donnelly and Sophie Dyring outline what can be done to provide safe and secure housing for older women citiespeoplelove.co/article/the-im… via Cities People Love

How can we improve the quality of life provided by apartments? Alexa Gower reviews the evaluation tools available to improve apartment design citiespeoplelove.co/article/the-im… via Cities People Love

Great to see one of our contributors Louise Dorignon in The Age last week! You can read her research article on hotel-like apartments in Melbourne here: citiespeoplelove.co/article/could-…

Local government have several mechanisms at their disposal to help fight homelessness Leanne Mitchell explains here: citiespeoplelove.co/article/all-re… via Cities People Love

The latest research release from Cities People Love is now live! Our transformative change issue brings together an amazing collection of articles that challenge the ‘status-quo’ of how we plan, design and deliver our urban environments. Visit lnkd.in/gxYEZew to read

Want to learn more about low impact environmental retrofits? We interviewed Kaia from Wilderness Building and Emma from Resin Property about their radical approach to converting old buildings into new zero structures. citiespeoplelove.co/article/enviro… #newnormal #retrofit #housing

How can the renewable energy boom be harnessed to improve social equity in Australia? In this article @KatrinaRaynor argues temporary workforce housing can be used to promote housing equality. Read the article here citiespeoplelove.co/article/can-au…

In Barcelona ‘Superblocks’ promote pedestrian safety, create open space, and minimise cars in central city environments. It’s a radical move towards a people-centred city. Read our interview with the creator of the Superblocks initiative here: citiespeoplelove.co/article/barcel…

How can urban designers best achieve design excellence? Planning laws and regulations help to avoid mistakes but don’t help promote interesting and challenging architecture and urban design in our cities. Read about improving design governance here: citiespeoplelove.co/article/demons…

The latest research release from Cities People Love is now live! This release is focused on addressing inequities between the quality of environment and access to opportunities that exists between our inner city and outer suburban areas. citiespeoplelove.co