National Environmental Science Programme (Nesp) Clear Air and Urban Landscapes (Caul) Hub

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

Niki Frantzeskaki, Timon McPhearson, Marcus J Collier, Dave Kendal, Harriet Bulkeley, Adina Dumitru, Claire Walsh, Kate Noble, Ernita Van Wyk, Camilo Ordonez, Cathy Oke, Laszlo Pinter

2019-06-01

Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing urban planning to address complex urban ch..

Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments

K Soanes, M Sievers, YE Chee, NSG Williams, M Bhardwaj, AJ Marshall, KM Parris

2019-04-01

Despite repeated calls to action, proposals for urban conservation are often met with surprise or scepticism. There remains a perv..

Frog occupancy of polluted wetlands in urban landscapes

M Sievers, R Hale, SE Swearer, KM Parris

2019-04-01

Urban sprawl and the rising popularity of water-sensitive urban design of urban landscapes has led to a global surge in the number..

The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

KM Parris, M Amati, SA Bekessy, D Dagenais, O Fryd, AK Hahs, D Hes, SJ Imberger, SJ Livesley, AJ Marshall, JR Rhodes, CG Threlfall, R Tingley, R van der Ree, CJ Walsh, ML Wilkerson, NSG Williams

2018-12-31

Cities tend to be built in areas of high biodiversity, and the accelerating pace of urbanization threatens the persistence of many..

Contaminant mixtures interact to impair predator-avoidance behaviours and survival in a larval amphibian

M Sievers, R Hale, SE Swearer, KM Parris

2018-10-15

Global declines in amphibian populations are a significant conservation concern, and environmental contamination is likely a contr..

Existing ecological theory applies to urban environments

KM Parris

2018-07-01

There is a prominent view within urban ecology that existing ecological theory is insufficient to understand the ecology of urban ..

Stormwater wetlands can function as ecological traps for urban frogs

M Sievers, KM Parris, SE Swearer, R Hale

2018-06-01

Around cities, natural wetlands are rapidly being destroyed and replaced with wetlands constructed to treat stormwater. Although t..

Impacts of human-induced environmental change in wetlands on aquatic animals

M Sievers, R Hale, KM Parris, SE Swearer

2018-02-01

Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive ecosystem services; however, these important eco..

Submission to Victorian State Government in response to “Clean Air for All Victorians’ Victoria’s Air Quality Statement

Sonya Fiddes, R Schofield, Jeremy Silver, Peter Rayner, Clare Murphy (Paton-Walsh), Michael Brear, C Manzie, Clare Walter, Louis Irving, Faye Johnston, Michael Abramson, Jane Heyworth, Shyamali Dharmage

2018-01-01

Australia emits mercury at double the global average

Robyn Schofield

2017-08-17

Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there’s a lot we could all do now

Robyn Schofield, Mark Stevenson

2017-01-19

Submission to the Department of Environment and Energy in response to their “Better fuel for cleaner air” discussion paper

Robyn Schofield, Clare Walter, Jeremy Silver, Michael Brear, Peter Rayner, Martin Bush

2017-01-01

The Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub and the Melbourne Energy Institute welcome the opportunity to comment on the ‘Better fuel f..

Do we need a new theory of urban ecology?

K PARRIS

2016-01-01