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October 2008

Posted in urban design

Eco-districts for Urban Sustainability: seminar 11 Nov

The School of Government and the Institute of Policy Studies in association with The NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities held a seminar on 11th November 2008 at Victoria University, Wellington: Creating Eco-districts for Urban Sustainability: Lessons from Hammarby Sjostad and Eco-Viikki. Tricia Austin Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland

Posted in NZ policy issues

Local Government Health Planning Seminar held 4 Nov 2008

‘Operationalising Equity and Evidence in Local Government Health Planning’ Mark Boyd is Director, Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities at ICLEI Oceania. Mark presented at the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities, held at University of Otago, Wellington, 4 November 2008. Mark has over 15 years experience in the public health sector, including four years in working [...]

Posted in transport

Zero Traffic Deaths: Visions for Road Safety: Seminar held 23 October 2008

     Professor Claes Tingvall is an internationally recognised expert on traffic safety and architect of the controversial “Vision Zero” approach in road safety.  This has fundamental implications for transport infrastructure, including road design, urban design and vehicle design.  He presented a seminar at the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities, Small Lecture Theatre, University of [...]