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March 2010

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Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel

Podcast:  Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand Zach Rissel Wellington City Council,  Policy

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Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot

Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand Dr. Eric Martinot is the lead author of the widely-used REN21 Renewables Global Status Report and a prominent international expert on renewable energy. He is [...]

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Seminar: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand

Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot (Quicktime movie, 131 MB) Podcast:  Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel (Quicktime movie, 39 MB) Two lectures were held one in Wellington (March 30) and one in Auckland. [...]

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Rethinking ‘progress’; an evaluation of the Wellington Region genuine progress index

Arron Packard – Masters Thesis Download Thesis

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Re-politicizing urban sustainability and the politics of the possible:a critical yet hopeful analysis of the making of Project Twin Streams in Waitakere City, New Zealand

Masters Thesis of Danya Rumore Thesis Document

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Mortgagee sales and density

Helen Viggers New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities (NZCSC) 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 boom and rising transport costs may reflect future patterns of value. PDF of Summer School Presentation

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Mapping and visualizing urban form: urban intensification analysis for New Zealand cities

 Pengjun Zhao New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities (NZCSC), Post Doctoral Fellow Urban intensification is one of key issues for local carbon management as it has influences on community energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions. This presentation will report the results of urban density analysis for major New Zealand cities. The density of these [...]