CABE commissioned Ian McMillan to write a poem on the theme of austerity and prosperity to mark its 10th anniversary. Ian is poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC and presents ‘The Verb’ on BBC Radio 3.
The latest report from the UN Environment Program, argues that even if the international community enacts every climate policy proposed at this point – an optimistic scenario that includes “U.S. cuts that would reduce domestic emissions 73 percent from 2005 levels by 2050, along with the European Union’s pledge to reduce its emissions 80 percent [...]
VUW Climate Change Research Institute and Wellington City Council The Next Steps for Living with Climate Change 12 October 2009 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm The Icon Room, National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington This meeting provides four summaries of some of the latest developments in climate change science relevant to New Zealand and covers [...]
It was interesting to read the Editorial in yesterday’s The New Zealand Herald hoping that the new Super City will put to rest what they percieve to be a doomed drive for density. Perhaps though the comment below is a call for more co-benefit research: Governments and their officials have been hard to convince of [...]
The New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute would like to invite you to the upcoming seminar – Climate: Changes, Causes and Consequences Speaker: David Wratt, Chief Scientist (Climate) NIWA Date: Thursday 8th of October 2009 Time: 5:15pm-6:15pm Location: GBLT1, Government Buildings, Pipitea campus, Victoria University For directions to the Pipitea campus please click on the [...]
on the Minstry of Transport’s Road Safety Strategy for the next ten years.
From the Statistics NZ website Commuting Patterns in New Zealand: 1996–2006 Speakers: Martin Ralphs and Rosemary Goodyear, Senior Research Statisticians, Statistics New Zealand When: Thursday 24 September 2009, 2:30pm–3:30pm Where: Spectrum Theatre, BP House, Cnr Customhouse Quay and Johnston St, Wellington Seminar: Commuting patterns in New Zealand have come under increasing scrutiny because of growing [...]
The powerpoints from Wednesday night’s seminar are here They make fascinating reading.
As requested by attendees at the Public Health Association Conference, we will follow the progress of the Review of the Local Government Act and keep you up to date with any papers and consultations. The review is currently underway and the deadline has been extended until later this month. You can see the orginal cabinet [...]
IBM last week published their second report measuring CPI in the US. It’s a quick but interesting 12 page read, reporting the results of a survey of 4,000 US commuters.
Here are some links to recent research and an interesting video lecture: The National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board calculated the greenhouse gas savings if new housing was more compact and put homes close to jobs and other amenities. A report requested by Congress and published last week, determined that 57 million US homes will [...]
In case you missed it – the Government released their National Infrastructure Plan yesterday The National Infrastructure Plan will be developed by early 2010 and will be updated every three years. “The 20-year plan will present a high-level view of the state of New Zealand’s infrastructure and include a stock-take of existing infrastructure and anticipated [...]
Friday 11 September 2009 Chris Harris presented a lunchtime seminar entitled: *** Shelter from the Storm*** Unsheltered bus stops have been identified as a health risk to elderly non-drivers, and certain other user groups, in European and British winters. The same problem may well exist in New Zealand. And in summer conditions here, it is equally [...]
