24 February 2010 – 12:33 pm
Posted in housing & building and media and news & events and research and transport and urban design and urban governance
Nick Preval, Ralph Chapman & Philippa Howden-Chapman ‘Sizing up the City’ covers a range of issues. This chapter reports on a survey which found that most people (54%) think that urban limits are necessary so that cities develop more sustainably (15% disagree). By 2 to 1, New Zealanders thought councils (rather than market forces) should [...]
24 February 2010 – 12:06 pm
Posted in climate change and news & events
Here are two recently released OECD review papers on cities and climate change action: – OECD (2009) Cities, Climate Change and Multilevel Governance – OECD (2009) Competitive Cities and Climate Change Link
22 February 2010 – 7:50 am
Posted in climate change and news & events and research
This paper briefly summarises the likely impacts of climate change on health, globally, but focuses on adaptive measures that might be undertaken in New Zealand. Climate change & human health PDF
19 February 2010 – 8:39 am
Posted in Uncategorized and health and media and news & events and research and transport
On Tuesday Evening 16th February 2010 we launched “Sizing up the City; Urban Form and Transport”. The book collects and expands on papers presented at the February 2009 Summer School. It includes the latest research and thinking on sustainable transport and our built environment as well as experiences from councils trying to create more sustainable [...]
16 February 2010 – 3:44 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction (27 mb) Mayor Kerry Prendegast introduces the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities’ Summer School Growth Misconduct
15 February 2010 – 12:30 pm
Posted in housing & building and media and news & events and transport and urban design
Many New Zealanders want more and better inner-city housing, even if those with kids generally want a bigger house, further out. And Kiwis don’t want urban expansion to continue unchecked. There is strong support for councils limiting urban development, promoting the quality of urban centres, and providing better conditions for the walker and the cyclist. [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:30 pm
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Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher Making the Right Turn, How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate Dwayne Fletcher Senior Policy Advisor (Strategic Development), Hutt City Council
10 February 2010 – 4:10 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Kathryn Scott (Quicktime movie, 32 MB) Kathryn Scott Landcare Research/ Manaaki Whenua, Social Researcher, Sustainable Settlements Residents’ perceptions of intensification This presentation is based on ethnographic research in Glen Innes, a suburb in Auckland targeted for intensification. Medium density housing is providing state tenants with affordable, low maintenance homes and an [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:07 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Ian Cassels (Quicktime movie, 31 MB) Ian Cassels Director – The Wellington Company The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing How often when faced with the cost of a project do we quickly respond “we can’t afford that”? How often did we, instead ask, what is the long term [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:07 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Andy Ralph (Quicktime movie, 63 MB) Andy Ralph Manager Environmental Policy or Adele Hadfield Strategic Planner, Tauranga City Council Working on overcoming community resistance – The Tauranga Experience Tauranga City faces a challenge in accommodating around 30% of the forecast, sub regional urban growth to 2051 by way of intensification of [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:06 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Brenna Waghorn (Quicktime movie, 61 MB) Brenna Waghorn Auckland Regional Council, Principal Advisor, Regional Development Urban Intensification in Auckland – are we Growing Smarter? Objectives and policies for a more sustainable compact urban form, including focussing intensive mixed use development in centres and around passenger transport nodes, have been in place [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:04 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Karen Witten (Quicktime movie, 43 MB) Karen Witten Massey University – Assoc. Professor – Shore (NZCSC) Intensification, housing affordability and families: learning from the Auckland CBD Housing and transport costs are key factors that influence the residential location choices made by families, and they explain the rapid increase in the number [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:04 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Yvonne Weeber (Quicktime movie, 36 MB) Yvonne Weeber Senior Analyst, New Zealand Urban Design Protocol Ministry for theEnvironment The Urban Design Protocol and its influence on towns and cities growth The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol was launched in 2005 with signatories making a voluntary commitment to undertake specific urban design [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:02 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Helen Viggers (Quicktime movie, 28 MB) Helen Viggers New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities (NZCSC) Mortgagee sales and density The spatial distribution of mortgagee sales across New Zealand cities, between 2000 and mid 2009 was examined. The changes in location over time period, corresponding to both a real-estate boomand rising transport [...]
10 February 2010 – 4:01 pm
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Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Pengjun Zhao (Quicktime movie, 32 MB) Pengjun Zhao New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities (NZCSC), Post Doctoral Fellow Mapping and visualizing urban form: urban intensification analysis for New Zealand cities Urban intensification is one of key issues for local carbon management as it has influences on community energy consumption and related [...]
