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22.01.2022 Too often, however, density is associated only with building size and height. While some cities have areas where lots of people live in tall buildings, the densest neighbourhoods overall are almost always characterised by blocks of older, smaller, low-rise buildings. Cities with older, smaller buildings actually have higher density, more diversity, a greater number of small businesses and lots more entrepreneurial activity. goo.gl/tKydOm

21.01.2022 Australia is not the only country to blame Chinese buyers for rising house prices. The United Kingdom, Canada, USA and New Zealand all have concerns.

21.01.2022 Politicians like coming up with these ideas and do not realise they are constraints on development that must be accounted for when determining future urban growth. Fortunately, with Forecaz Modeller it is very simple to include new development constraints into urban growth models. The challenge is the time and cost to assess, qualify and value this policy. In many cases the cost out ways the benefits.

19.01.2022 South Australia is set to implement new planning and development laws. These laws are aimed at overhauling the planning and development system, including a new infrastructure delivery scheme. The new framework provides for digitally enabled processes to streamline the lodgement and assessment of development applications. Infrastructure charges will be recovered by way of a "charge on land" in the contribution areas by the relevant councils. They will be based on funding defined infrastructure in contribution areas.

19.01.2022 When you think of New York City and walkability, you assume NYC is one of the most walkable places in the USA. It is. What is surprising, is researchers have found outside of New York’s urban core, there are relatively few places where it makes sense to try to get around on foot. Just 2.4 percent of the land in the New York metro region are walkable regions. https://goo.gl/9ZpaXr

16.01.2022 Sizztech and Unitywater have helped University of the Sunshine Coast town planning and engineering students gain practical experience by providing data, utilising Sizztech's Forecaz Modeller software and real-life infrastructure scenarios as part of their course work. https://goo.gl/BWBmMg

16.01.2022 In New Zealand the ongoing debate on the causes and solutions to their housing crisis continues. This article articulates the issues and offers some modest ideas on restoring housing affordability. Using an urban growth modelling tool, such as Forecaz Modeller, allows various urban density scenarios to be modelled and impacts assessed to determine appropriate solutions.

15.01.2022 The article: Australia’s Recipe For Urban Decay, published by New Geography, suggests Australian urban planners’ efforts to establish a high-density urban living will result in neighbourhoods that have slum-like conditions, social tension, and perpetual poverty for their inhabitants. The article suggests property investors have a speculative investment strategy and are neglectful in the upkeep their properties over the long term. This results in deterioration of their properties and the surrounding neighbourhood. This will be most prevalent in areas with high-density housing as investors are predominantly the buyers of these units/apartments. We disagree and present arguments as to why the article’s assertions are wrong.

15.01.2022 Using this UN tool and combining it with an urban growth modeller tool, such as Forecaz Modeller, you could assess and validate if the proposed urban planning is promoting sustainable development. goo.gl/BKM6JW

15.01.2022 Australia needs to address the infrastructure deficit that is constraining the productivity and competitiveness of our cities. This report reveals innovative funding and financing methods used by other western cities to provide a range of transport, urban renewal and civic improvement projects.

11.01.2022 There is much written on China's urban growth, this overshadows what has happened in Africa over the last 35 years. The share of Africa’s population living in urban areas has climbed from 27% to 40%. Between 2020 and 2050, Africa will become the world’s fastest urbanising region, according to UN figures. The speculation would be urban growth in Africa will not be as well planned and strategic as the planning that has occurred in China. https://goo.gl/6LbEQ0

08.01.2022 Baidu, China’s version of Google, has used its Big Data Lab to work out exactly where China’s ghost cities lie. By tracking 770 million Baidu users over time, the Baidu team can distinguish between ghost cities and towns that are seasonally empty.

02.01.2022 National University of Singapore found students with access to or use of green spaces derived no significant increase in their well-being. This study contradicts other studies that show the benefits of green space on human health. It appears to escape Singapore's hot and humid climate, people prefer to go indoors for air-conditioned relief over the cooling benefits that green spaces may offer.

01.01.2022 Study on compact urban growth demonstrates increasing population density generates significant economic returns. Finding a 10% increase in people living and working in an area enhances productivity by providing better access to jobs, while improving access to services and amenities. Increased population density is also associated with better environmental outcomes, including preservation of green space and greater energy efficiency. A more compact city is not a silver bullet: there are also risks associated with increasing population density. Careful urban planning is required to mitigate these risks, and deliver the potential economic and environmental benefits. Forecaz Modeller can help with this planning, by allowing multiple density scenarios to be constructed and compared to find the optimal balance.