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February 2010

Posted in housing & building and media and news & events and research and transport and urban design and urban governance

For whom the city? Housing and locational preferences in New Zealand

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 [...]

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Cities and Climate Change Action Reports

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

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Climate change & human health:Impact & adaptation issues for New Zealand

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

Posted in Uncategorized and health and media and news & events and research and transport

Book Launch: Sizing up the City

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction

Podcast: Growth Misconduct – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction (27 mb) Mayor Kerry Prendegast introduces the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities’ Summer School Growth Misconduct

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Media Release for Immediate Release – New Research shows New Zealanders Want and Need Better Planned Cities

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. [...]

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Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher

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

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Growth Misconduct? – Kathryn Scott

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Ian Cassels

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Andy Ralph

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Brenna Waghorn

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Karen Witten

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Yvonne Weeber

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Helen Viggers

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 [...]

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Growth Misconduct? – Pengjun Zhao

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 [...]