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January 2010

22 January 2010 – 6:46 am
Posted in climate change and housing & building and news & events and NZ policy issues and transport and urban design

Sustainable Cities Summer School Programme Announced

Here’s the programme you’ve all been waiting for: Agenda for day Tuesday 16 February, 23 A mein St Newtown, Wellington. There will be a host of speakers, a variety of perspectives and still plenty of time for discussion. Link to register

6 January 2010 – 1:06 pm
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Some Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Courtesy of the Healthy Community Design News newsletter: Economic growth associated with less VMT, more transit ridership (Victoria Transport Institute, December 2009). A new study by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute in Canada finds that gross domestic product (GDP) tends to increase with transit ridership and density, and decline with vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and [...]

6 January 2010 – 12:46 pm
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Top 10 Books and 20 Ideas for a New World

In the spirit of winding up the last year and considering the new one here are a couple of interesting listy links: Planetizen releases its ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development published in 2009. This year’s assortment ranges from an impassioned argument for making transit fun to [...]