Tree care tips – Benefits of greening
Learn tree care tips that support the benefits of greening, helping communities nurture healthy trees, boost canopy cover and enhance urban resilience.
Community cooling – Benefits of greening
Creating shade with trees and vegetation for heat-absorbing materials like concrete, bitumen and bricks is a simple way to cool our homes and communities.
Wildlife – Benefits of greening
Explore how urban greening supports wildlife by creating habitats, boosting biodiversity and helping native species thrive in cities.
The Sapphire Passive House
The Sapphire Passive House is an example of designing for thermal performance and drought, hail and bushfire resilience. It is a project home design available from Blue Eco Homes.
Davistown master plan
The properties within Davistown are at risk of coastal inundation, flooding by overland flows and tidal inundation exacerbated by sea level rise.
Newport lot boundaries
Prior to 2008, 2 adjoining lots in Newport in the Northern Beaches local government area were affected by regular flooding of the creek that ran through the northern-most lot.
Rebuilding Mogo
In the summer of 2019-20, the suburb of Mogo in the Eurobodalla local government area was severely impacted by intense bushfires, resulting in the loss of 11 commercial properties.
Delivering the South East and Tablelands Plan 2036
The South East and Tablelands Regional Plan 2036 is the NSW Government's strategy for guiding land use planning decisions for the South East and Tablelands Region for the next 20 years.
One House prototype
One House is a prototype created by Suncorp and a research team. The team designed a house resilient to extreme events, including fire, cyclones and floods.
Pitt Town Bottoms rural residential development
In March 2021, Pitt Town Bottoms in the Hawkesbury local government area suffered severe flooding following significant rainfall, which resulted in substantial property damage and loss.