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October 2009

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HUMANISING THE CITY: and urban planning discussion

Wednesday 4 November 12.30pm, City Gallery Wellington Adam Auditorium How do planning and urban design in Wellington respond to human needs? What is the role of urban design in making our cities liveable, lively, and community-focused places? How do we create public space which balances environmental sustainability with infrastructure sensitive to the needs of its [...]

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Call for Submissions

“Changes in Young People’s Mobility Patterns” The Institute for Mobility Research, a research facility of BMW Group, deals on an interdisciplinary basis with mobility in a broad sense. The aim is to identify future challenges for mobility in the context of all modes of transport. Project Outline: Indications of changes in the mobility behavior of [...]

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Making the Right Turn – Susan Krumdieck

Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Susan Krumdieck (quicktime movie, 96 MB) Making the Right Turn, How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate Dr Susan Krumdieck Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury. Director of Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab (www.aemslab.org.nz) pioneering R&D in transitional technologies [...]

Posted in news & events and transport

Electric Vehicles and Electric Transport in New Zealand: 2010 and Beyond

When: Friday 6 November, 12.30-2pm Where: Large Gallery, Turnbull House, 11 Bowen St, Wellington Admission: By koha Can we switch our transport system from burning fossil fuels to using electricity? If so, how quickly will it happen, and how much difference will it make to New Zealand’s oil dependence and to greenhouse gas emissions from [...]

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Making the Right Turn – Video podcasts available

Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Susan Krumdieck (Quicktime movie, 96 MB) Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher (Quicktime movie, 69 MB) Making the Right Turn, How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate Dr Susan Krumdieck Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury. Director of [...]

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Wednesday 21 October Transport Seminars

NZTA Seminar The application of Health Impact Assessments in transport planning and funding. Rob Quigley and MartinWard will present the results of their recent research. Date: Wednesday 21 October Time: 12.30 -1.30pm Venue: PSIS House, 20 Balance Street, Wellington RSVP by Tuesday 20 October to rachel.evans@nzta.govt.nz And a reminder that our seminar is on that [...]

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Professor Tony Capon – creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities

On Friday 9th October, Public Health and the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities hosted the seminar Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities. Tony Capon – professor with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at Australian National University and convenes the Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health. The health, social and [...]

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Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities – Professor Tony Capon

Podcast: Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities – Professor Tony Capon (Quicktime movie, 140 MB) Tony Capon Professor with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at Australian National University and convenes the Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health. The health, social and environmental consequences of the current pattern of urban [...]

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Seminars 8 & 9 October, Wellington

Thursday 8 of October 2009 at 5:15pm to 6:15pm VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Climate: Changes, Causes and Consequences David Wratt, Chief Scientist (Climate) NIWA GBLT1, Government Buildings, Pipitea campus, Victoria University Friday 9 October 2009 12.30-1.30pm CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities Professor Tony Capon, [...]

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New Zealand Media & Environment Forum

Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Dunedin Friday 6 November 2009 For further information go to the website or contact: Dr Geoffrey Craig Email geoff.craig@otago.ac.nz; Telephone: (03) 479 8665.