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February 2010

10 February 2010 – 4:10 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:07 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:07 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:06 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:04 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:04 pm
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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 [...]

10 February 2010 – 4:02 pm
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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 [...]