Cities' relationship with water is a fragile balance. Too little leads to parched landscapes and water shortages; too much can cause deadly flooding, washing away homes, lives and livelihoods.

Healing the World: Sponge City and Sponge Planet

Sponge City: Healing the Planet

Flip the Script Cities and Nature

The Impact of Transforming China's Urban Centers Into Sponge Cities

Our current engineering mindset may not fully equip us to deal with the water challenges ahead. Ancient and indigenous values and practices resonate with today’s ‘new’ holistic, nature-based approaches and so can guide and inspire the next generation of water professionals, writes Kala Vairavamoorthy.

Climate change is driving a worldwide increase in extreme events. The latest State of the Climate report confirms the risks of disasters are rising in Australia.

Our relationship with water has been thrown fatally off balance in many parts of the world this year.

This year marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, who is considered the founder of the profession of landscape architecture. Do his ideas still matter in today’s rapidly urbanizing world? Jayne Miller, chair of World Urban Parks, asked global landscape architects and park leaders to weigh in during the latest online conversation organized by Olmsted 200.