31 October 2011 – 9:56 am
Posted in media and urban governance
“Sizing up the City: Urban form and transport in New Zealand Edited by Philippa Howden-Chapman, Keriata Stuart and Ralph Chapman, Steele Roberts Publishers, RRP $29.99, ISBN 978-1-877577-27-7, Available now. Sizing up the City is a collection of essays explaining how the city works: where we live, how we get around and the wider effect those [...]
27 October 2011 – 1:57 pm
Posted in news & events and research and urban governance
This document produced by Landcare Research in May 2011 provides and inventory of 92 post activities initiated earthquakes and a list of 144 people who have made a contribution to the rebuilding research, planning or practice. Ph Helen Fitt 64 3 321 9999 for more details. Christchurch Earthquake Activity Inventory
20 October 2011 – 12:08 pm
Posted in housing & building and media and NZ policy issues and urban design
Commercial Property NZ is an independent subscription newsletter published 24 times annually. If you wish to subscribe email Peter Hamling: peter@sigma.co.nz If you wish to buy a copy of ‘Growth Misconduct?’ email: info@steelroberts.co.nz See page four: CPNZ issue 90
18 October 2011 – 9:36 am
Posted in NZ policy issues and research and transport and urban design
Angus Hulme -Moir – Thesis Minimum Parking requirements (MPRs) mandate that each new development provides enough parking to ensure ample provision at the time of peak demand. This approach tends to oversupply parking above the optimal level, and by bundling parking into the development costs, ensures that parking is free to the user. As a [...]
13 October 2011 – 12:37 pm
Posted in news & events and urban design
Sustainable City 2012, 7 – 9 May, 2012, Ancona, Italy Call for Papers This conference aims to address the many inter-related aspects of the urban environment from transport and mobility to social exclusion and crime prevention. The meeting will build on the contributions made in previous conferences, which successfully managed to provide an international view [...]
10 October 2011 – 10:47 am
Posted in NZ policy issues and research and transport
Car use is engrained in our culture. Changing behaviour towards using more sustainable travel modes such as public transport is notoriously difficult, despite the increasing awareness of environmental problems caused by car use. Integrated ticketing is a policy measure more recently used in strategies towards achieving integrated and sustainable transport systems. It allows a passenger [...]
Posted in research and urban governance
It has been argued above that the economic characteristics of cities play an integral role in the quality of life available to residents who live in them. It has also been suggested that Tauranga is facing a rapid population growth and could benefit from local economic development activity. In order to develop a response to [...]
