Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities

By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Giles Thomson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Peter Newton, Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
Stephen Glackin, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology

Ad hoc, lot-by-lot efforts to house more people in our ageing suburbs are failing to increase liveability and sustainability. Our cities need strategic, precinct-scale regeneration.

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