Geography&Planning @MQ

The 2025 Resilient Australia Awards national finalists have been announced! See national award finalists here: https://bit.ly/4r0FpfP Now in its 26th year, the annual Resilient Australia Awards celebrate, share, and promote initiatives that build and foster community resilience to disasters and emergencies. Winners will be announced at the National Awards Ceremony in Melbourne on 24 November 2025. Register for the livestream here: https://bit.ly/47BC7bc

It’s World Town Planning Day! 🎉 On 8 November, people around the world celebrate how good planning improves lives, strengthens communities, and builds sustainable, thriving cities. This year’s theme, “With Planning, We Can”, highlights how planning helps tackle today’s biggest challenges from housing affordability and climate resilience to community wellbeing and connected neighbourhoods. We’re proud to represent and advocate for planners and good planning. Major shout out to all the planners across the country – thanks for your passion and dedication to creating positive change for communities across Australia. Want to join the celebration? We’ve created a collection of social tiles and stories to help spread the word and showcase the power of planning. Download your fav, share it on your channels, and tag us to showcase the impact of planning in action! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPTh7D5Q #WTPD #WorldTownPlanningDay #WTPD2025 #WithPlanningWeCan #planningmatters

Pleased to announce the publication of our "Handbook on Climate Change Vulnerability, Environments and Communities", edited together with Krishna K. Shrestha and Assoc. Prof. Sarah Wright published with Edward Elgar Publishing. This collection includes chapters by Nitya Rao, Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Ramesh Sunam, Michael Mikulewicz, Siri Veland, Meg Parsons, Katy Davis, Emily Potter, Donna Houston, Garima Jain, Vo Quoc Thanh, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Krishna K. Shrestha, Eranga Kokila Galappaththi, Fengshi Wu, Roxana Borquez, Fiona Miller, Christina Newport PhD, Navchaa Tugjamba PhD, Lauren Tynan and others. The handbook provides a detailed understanding of the spatially and socially differentiated nature of climate change vulnerability and the ways it is materially and discursively produced, together with an appreciation of the agency, capacity and resilience of communities. Many of the chapters are informed by field-based research on vulnerability and are strongly applied in orientation, seeking to inform policy and practice. Our aim in this collection was to bring together fresh perspectives on vulnerability from various disciplines, country contexts and theoretical viewpoints. There is a strong critical element underlying the scholarship of the collection in terms of engagement with the concept of vulnerability itself as well as the process of development that constructs and perpetuates vulnerability. For further details on how to order, please see: https://lnkd.in/g4H7MwNe

It's getting hot in here 🤔😨 Students from Geography&Planning @MQ have been working with Sweltering Cities to create a Cool Walk around the local area. We will be measuring surface temps and examining the impacts of urban heat on our communities. If you are a student or nearby resident in Ryde, engage in Citizen Science with us! Come learn more about how our built environment contributes to urban heat and how we can plan for cooler and more sustainable cities 🔥🧯 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gFRiwwPu

Housing and the 2025 Federal Election: Between Crisis and Inertia Wednesday, October 22, 12-1pm. Zoom event.   Come and hear how housing shaped the 2025 Australian federal election. Hosted by the Macquarie University Housing and Urban Research Centre, this webinar will present exclusive data from the Australian Cooperative Election Study.   The session will explore: - Voter concerns and priorities around housing - How attitudes are shaped by generation, party preference and tenure - Implications for policy and future elections   Speakers and Format Chair and host: Prof Kristian Ruming, Director of the Macquarie University Housing and Urban Research Centre Findings and presentation: Centre Research Team, Prof Shaun Wilson, Dr Adam Stebbing, Dr Alistair Sisson and A/Prof Ben Spies-Butcher Respondents and discussion: Prof Emma Baker, Director of the Australian Centre for Housing Research Dr Shaun Ratcliff, Principal at Accent Research Maiy Azize, National Spokesperson for Everybody’s Home   When: 12-1pm, Wednesday October 22nd Where: Zoom, link provided upon registration   Register now: https://lnkd.in/gDAmHSYp Macquarie University Macquarie School of Communication, Society & Culture Geography&Planning @MQ Australasian Cities Research Network Planning Institute of Australia Australian Centre for Housing Research ACHR Australasian Housing Studies Association (AHSA) Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network (AECURN) Shelter NSW Housing Now! Future Sydney Faith Housing Australia Local Government NSW Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Clare O'Neil Paul ScullyChris Minns Mark Speakman Scott Farlow Senator Andrew Bragg