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Melissa Neighbour talks about the YIMBY or “yes in my back yard” movement, what the group is trying to achieve and why it’s important.

Our guest, Anna Gurnhill, discusses the crucial impact of neighbourhood design on public health, highlighting evidence-based strategies, key design features, and practical case studies that can improve liveability, physical activity, and wellbeing for all Australians.

In this episode we discuss how a more wholistic approach to planning that includes adequate green infrastructure will improve the liveability, sustainability, health and safety of our communities.

Associate Professor of Urbanism at the University of Sydney discusses unsolicited urbanism using Barangaroo as a case study and examine the broader implications and risks that come from such an opaque process.

Paulo Macchia, the Director Design Governance at the Government Architect NSW joins the UrbanTalk Podcast to discuss design competitions and continues our discussion on design excellence from episode 13.

We’re joined by Guy Gibson, a Director at Suburban Futures and co-editor of the book “The Next Australian City: The Suburban Evolution”. We take a quick overview of the past, present and future of Australian suburbia.

UrbanTalk has teamed up with the Planning Institute of Australia to bring you a special series of podcasts centred around the Planning Congress 2025.

UrbanTalk has teamed up with the Planning Institute of Australia to bring you a special series of podcasts centred around the Planning Congress 2025.

UrbanTalk has teamed up with the Planning Institute of Australia to bring you a special series of podcasts centred around the Planning Congress 2025.