It is critical that we understand best practices and the barriers cities face when it comes to making infrastructure and their connections climate-resilient. The report outlines the progress that cities are already making, and provides practical recommendations on how to overcome these challenges and improve resiliency.

This report outlines the results if a three-year study into biogenic corrosion of mortar in an aggressive environment. While concrete is one of the most widely used materials in the transportation and treatment of sewage, it is subject to rapid decay under in a sewage environment due to acids produced due to the action of...

The compounding effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation cause cities to heat up. The communities of Campbelltown City in the southern region of the Greater Sydney Basin already experience extreme summer temperatures and heatwave conditions. Until now, the magnitude of air temperature variation in Campbelltown City Local Government Area (LGA) remained unknown.

This report examines microclimatic variation across the LGA of Cumberland Council, New South Wales. During the summer of 2018/19, more than 1.4 million individual measurements of air temperature were recorded at 97 locations in and around the LGA. Our data analyses revealed that communities living in Cumberland Council are experiencing extreme heat more frequently than...

This plan sets out the ACT government’s commitment to maintain and improve living infrastructure within urban Canberra. The plan's success will rely on the government, local business and the community taking collective action to care for and enhance our living infrastructure.