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Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution, it’s not risk-free

  • Written by Alan March, Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution, it’s not risk-freeHelitak430/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

As extreme fire weather becomes more common across ever larger areas of Australia, we need new options for living with the risk of bushfire. Underground or earth-sheltered housing is one possibility. While still unusual, these homes are being built in bushfire-prone areas.

But before we embrace this form of...

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