Nicky Morrison is the Professor of Planning at Western Sydney University (WSU), co-Director of WSU’s Urban Transformations Research Centre, and Senior Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University. With over 30 years of experience, Nicky is a leading figure in affordable housing delivery and policy reform, sustainable community development, public policy analysis and urban planning. Her expertise spans the delivery of resilient, healthy and sustainable communities, with a focus on overcoming policy implementation barriers, strengthening stakeholder engagement and driving smarter, fairer and more resilient urban outcomes.

Housing growth needs green infrastructure: why funding and governance must catch up
30 June 2026

As governments recognise green infrastructure as essential to delivering cooler, healthier and more resilient communities, policy must now shift from valuing these assets to embedding them within mainstream infrastructure planning, funding and governance.
Nicky Morrison

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Housing growth needs green infrastructure: why funding and governance must catch up

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