Beyond frontrunners in urban climate governance

This post will appear in January 2017 on the INOGOV blog (in slightly modified form).   Cities are generally considered to hold a unique position in climate change adaptation and mitigation. It is in cities where the majority of greenhouse gasses are produced, and it is in cities where climate change impacts will be experienced...

Untaming the Urban (2)

On 8 and 9 December, I’ll be posting from Untaming the Urban, a multi-disciplinary symposium on cross-species cohabitation in the built environment of cities, towns and suburbs (7th, 8th & 9th Dec 2016, Australian National University).   Complex compromises need to be made   Presenters: Linda Corkery, Paul Osmond, Natalie Pelleri & Sara Wilkinson (Urban Ecology Renewal – re-wilding...

Posts from Untaming the Urban

On 8 and 9 December, I'll be posting from Untaming the Urban, a multi-disciplinary symposium on cross-species cohabitation in the built environment of cities, towns and suburbs (7th, 8th & 9th Dec 2016, Australian National University).   Urban umwelts, living walls and foundations, and pets/pests Presentations by: Joyce Hwang (Untaming architectural typology); Ned Doddington (Urban umwelt: already...