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	<title>New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities &#187; NZ policy issues</title>
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		<title>Commercial Property NZ reviews &#8216;Growth Misconduct?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/commercial-property-nz-reviews-growth-misconduct/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/commercial-property-nz-reviews-growth-misconduct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8216;Growth Misconduct?&#8217; email: info@steelroberts.co.nz See page four: CPNZ issue 90]]></description>
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		<title>Making Way for the Car: Minimum Parking Requirements and Porirua City Centre</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/making-way-for-the-car-minimum-parking-requirements-and-porirua-city-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/making-way-for-the-car-minimum-parking-requirements-and-porirua-city-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angus Hulme -Moir &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivating Public Transport Use: Travel behaviour and integrated ticketing for Greater Wellington</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/motivating-public-transport-use-travel-behaviour-and-integrated-ticketing-for-greater-wellington/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/10/motivating-public-transport-use-travel-behaviour-and-integrated-ticketing-for-greater-wellington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus Frontal Conspicuity: From Problem to Solution</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/bus-frontal-conspicuity-from-problem-to-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/bus-frontal-conspicuity-from-problem-to-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pedestrians and public transport go together, especially in the central city. And yet, in Wellington, one of New Zealand&#8217;s most walkabale cities &#8211; much more so than Auckland- there has been a spate of pedestrian accidents involving buses, which have the potential to cause serious injury and death even at low speeds. Microsoft Word &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we need a National Research Agenda &#8211; 2 perspectives</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/why-we-need-a-national-research-agenda-2-perspectives/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/why-we-need-a-national-research-agenda-2-perspectives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cr Andy Foster from Wellington City Council spoke on the benefits of having a national research agenda for a city council. He reinforced the priorities for research of Metropolitan Urban Limits, How to incentivise and work with developers. He noted the real need at a local government level for tools and scenario planning. Melanie Thornton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towards a National Research Agenda for Urban Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/towards-a-national-research-agenda-for-urban-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/09/towards-a-national-research-agenda-for-urban-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 7th of September we held a meeting of councils and central government agencies and some business interests to discuss the priorities for urban research and how we might get that happening. The following powerpoints represent a selection of research currently happening within the Centre: 2011New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Citiesa Chapman (7sep11) Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christchurch&#8217;s Regeneration</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/07/christchurchs-regeneration/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/07/christchurchs-regeneration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities and Landcare Research is pleased to post this, Wn ChCh Regeneration Book 11 This evidence-based report draws on the collective expertise of over 100 urban researchers, scientists and policy advisors who attended a sustainability workshop in Christchurch in April. A limited number of printed copies will be available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth Misconduct? Avoiding sprawl and improving urban intensification in NZ &#8211; Available for purchase</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/06/growth-misconduct-avoiding-sprawl-and-improving-urban-intensification-in-nz-available-for-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/06/growth-misconduct-avoiding-sprawl-and-improving-urban-intensification-in-nz-available-for-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growth Misconduct? Avoiding sprawl and improving urban intensification in New Zealand Edited by Karen Witten, Wokje Abrahamse &#038; Keriata Stuart New Zealand’s population is expected to grow by one million people in the next 20 years. The arrival of ‘peak oil’ and accumulating evidence of climate change force us to reconsider the way we grow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Science Workshop for Christchurch</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/urban-science-workshop-for-christchurch/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/urban-science-workshop-for-christchurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 21:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PODCASTS AVAILABLE Podcast: Susan Krumdiek Podcast: Ian Athfield Podcast: Anna Stephenson Podcast: Rod Oram Podcast: Plenary Session]]></description>
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		<title>Resilient Futures: Supporting Recovery in Greater Christchurch</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/resilient-futures-supporting-recovery-in-greater-christchurch/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/resilient-futures-supporting-recovery-in-greater-christchurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 02:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to know more about disaster recovery? Would you like to hear from people who have worked on earthquake recovery in Kobe, New Orleans, Chile and Haiti? Lincoln University’s Faculty of Environment, Society and Design invites you to hear from our distinguished guests live or via webcast from the United States: Ngaire Button, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Israel and Christine Jacobson: Lecture</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/barbara-israel-and-christine-jacobson-lecture/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/05/barbara-israel-and-christine-jacobson-lecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 01:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PODCASTS ADDED Podcast: Podcast: Barbara Israel: Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning Podcast: Podcast: Christine Jacobson, Senior Policy Analyst, Porirua City Council Podcast: Barbara Israel and Christine Jacobson: Questions and answers Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning: Prof Barbara Israel, DrPH, MPH, Professor Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Papers 2011 PHA Conference</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/call-for-papers-2011-pha-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/call-for-papers-2011-pha-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Themes and streams 1. A vision for the future of public health: for projects or work that suggest new ways of working in public health or successful models of intervention. 2. Sustainable communities and environments: for projects or work that suggest ways of sustaining strong communities and safe environments. 3. Diversity: for projects or activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NZ Documentary looks at the development of Auckland</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/nz-documentary-looks-at-the-development-of-auckland/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/nz-documentary-looks-at-the-development-of-auckland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night&#8217;s episode of &#8216;Hindsight&#8217; on TV 7 explored the The Super City: A look at the never-ending expansion of Auckland over the years.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Natural Sustainable Framework: Synergies between Swedish and tangata whenua views</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/report-natural-sustainable-framework-synergies-between-swedish-and-tangata-whenua-views/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/03/report-natural-sustainable-framework-synergies-between-swedish-and-tangata-whenua-views/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The aim of this report is to provide reflections on research which investigated the synergies between the Natural Sustainable Framework employed in Sweden’s Eco-municipalities with a tangata whenua view of natural sustainability in the urban environment. The research found that there are fundamental connections between the different world views. In the first instance, the overarching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motu has recently released two Motu Notes on infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/01/motu-has-recently-released-two-motu-notes-on-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2011/01/motu-has-recently-released-two-motu-notes-on-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motu has recently released two Motu Notes on infrastructure: Grimes, Arthur. January 2011. &#8220;Strategic Transport Choices,&#8221; Motu Note #5. Coleman, Andrew. December 2010. &#8220;Transport infrastructure, lock-out, and urban form: Highway development in Auckland and the United States,&#8221; Motu Note #4.]]></description>
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