Google AI
The Times Australia

Times Media

How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America: Revisiting the Homestead Act

  • Written by: Hillary A. Brown, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Urban Sustainability Program, City College of New York
How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America: Revisiting the Homestead ActSmall inland towns can offer a haven for people escaping coastal climate change.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Southern Italy’s rural Calabria region announced an innovative project in 2021 to breathe new life into its small towns. It plans to offer young professionals thousands of dollars if they move in and commit to launch a business, preferably a...

Read more: How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America: Revisiting the Homestead A...

Times Magazine

Still Want to Change Gears? The New Cars Keeping the Manual Alive in Australia

For decades, learning to drive meant mastering the clutch pedal, selecting the right gear and find...

SpaceX changed spaceflight. Now China is proving reusable rockets are the new battleground.

When SpaceX first landed a Falcon 9 booster vertically on a floating drone ship, many experts desc...

Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid or Electric? Understanding the Differences

Buying a new car has become more complicated than choosing between petrol and diesel. Today's buye...

Technology

SpaceX changed spaceflight. Now Chi…

When SpaceX first landed a Falcon 9 booster vertically on a floating drone ship, many experts desc...

Local News

Fremantle Ports to trial project to…

Fremantle Ports has partnered with Byssal and DevelopmentWA to trial an innovative nature-based pilo...

Culture

Healthy Eating: What Does a Science-Based Die…

After years of changing food trends—from low-fat to low-carbohydrate, detoxes and "superfoods"—it ...

Travel

Korea Tourism Organization Invites Australian…

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has launched Korea Unlocks More of You, a new national campai...

The Times Features

Korea Tourism Organization Invites Australians to Unloc…

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has launched Korea Unlocks More of You, a new national campai...

Immigration Numbers Are a Policy Debate, Not a Race Deb…

Immigration has long helped shape modern Australia. New arrivals have contributed to the nation's...

One Nation at 29: Protest Party or Permanent Political …

Twenty-nine years ago, when Pauline Hanson's One Nation was officially formed in 1997, many politi...