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The Conference Report from the 48th IMCL Conference on Planning Healthy and Child-Friendly Communities in Charleston, SC is available FREE online. An invaluable resource for your city, firm or university!
This 38-page Report summarizes over 80 plenary speeches and presentations on issues dealing with: The Challenge We Face; Strategies for Healthy, Child-Friendly Communities; Health and the Built Environment; Children and the Urban Environment; Child-Friendly Community Design; Healthy Transportation Planning and Livable Streets; Children and Nature, Nature and the Sustainable City; Children and Youth Participate in Planning; Planning and Urban Design Challenges.
To access the Report, please create a user account at http://www.livablecities.org/user/register. You will be emailed a temporary password that you will need to change the first time you login. After you have an account, you will be able to find the Conference Report through the Articles tab. The Report is FREE.
6 December 2010 – 12:00 pm
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Landcare Research is proud to be hosting Dr Harutyun Shahumyan on a research trip to New Zealand. Dr Shahumyan is a Post-Doctoral researcher at University College in Dublin and his main research focus is focused on geo-spatial analysis and modelling land use change for Greater Dublin Region using the MOLAND model. Landcare will be hosting a seminar on his work on Friday 10th December from 3pm (please see the attached PDF for more details).
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25 November 2010 – 11:28 am
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Save the Date and Call for Papers
World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research July 28-30, 2011
Westin Resort & Spa
Whistler, British Columbia
Canada Read More »
23 November 2010 – 9:52 am
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Latest book developed by the NZ centre for Sustainable Cities. Read More »
29 September 2010 – 12:49 pm
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UPDATE – VIDEO PODCASTS FROM SEMINAR AVAILABLE
Podcast: Jake Roos – Action for sustainable buildings – A UK/NZ comparison (Quicktime movie, 69 MB)
Podcast: Michael Keall – Housing Quality Assessment (Quicktime movie, 58 MB)
Podcast: Duncan Joiner Response (Quicktime movie, 46 MB)
Tuesday, 23 September, 12:00 -1:30pm
Small Lecture Theatre,
Level D, Wellington School of Medicine,
23a Mein St, Newtown, Wellington
Jake Roos has recently returned from the UK where he was the lead officer on climate change and energy issies for Uttlesford District Council in Essex. He graduated with a MAppSc in Energy Management from the University of Otago Energy Studies Programme in 2004
Dr. Michael Keall is an injury epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health. He is managing major research projects looking at the potential to reduce fall injuries in homes by fixing hazards in the home and the development of a housing quality index suited to New Zealand housing.
Respondent – Duncan Joiner, Chief Architect, Department of Building & Housing.
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10 September 2010 – 7:11 pm
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PODCASTS NOW AVAILABLE:
Podcast: Julie Anne Genter (Quicktime movie, 63 MB)
Podcast: Angus HUlme-Moir (Quicktime movie, 40 MB)
Podcast: Philip King (Quicktime movie, 41 MB)
Julie Anne Genter is a consultant for McCormick Rankin Cagney and a specialist in parking management reform. She has worked with cities in New Zealand and Australia, and presented the new parking paradigm at numerous conferences, seminars and events.
Angus Hulme-Moir has recently completed his master’s degree in environmental studies at Victoria University on the topic of the role that parking policy can play in achieving sustainable transport goals. Angus was a New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities Scholarship recipient in 2009.
Philip King, Hamilton City Council, Access Hamilton Coordinator. His role is the face of ‘active travel’ for the council, and invovled construction of the city cycle network, improvements for pedestrians, promotion of walking and cycling using the media and websites, and trying to understand and help with resident’s concerns and fears about being on foot or bike. He is also working to deliver national and local strategies to do what we can to increase levels of sustainable travel and at the same time reduce accidents., air pollution and congestion.
PDF Julie Anne Genter Presentation
PDF Angus Hulme-Moir Presentation
August, 11:30 -1:00pm
7 September 2010 – 12:29 pm
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NIWA Link
The Healthy Urban Atmosphere research programme is New Zealand’s only long-term air quality research programme.
NIWA is leading the programme, which is funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, and is collaborating with a number of other NZ and overseas organisations.
Here we bring you updates from a selection of the research projects underway.
7 September 2010 – 12:26 pm
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The 2010 Conference is to be hosted by Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi (TWWoA) in Whakatane, New Zealand, 24 to 26 November 2010 http://conferences.wananga.ac.nz/mana-kaitiaki.html Read More »
6 September 2010 – 10:03 am
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Millennium Water – the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Village
Vancouver, Canada
Sustainable community development
Roger Bayley Inc are in the process of publishing a series of case studies on the development of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Village – Read More »
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15-16 November 2010
New Zealand National e-Conference
The first decade of the 21st Century has confirmed the warnings of the previous fifty years –the historical development path of increased consumption of finite resources is not sustainable. Air, water, energy, soils, forests, fish. Over exploitation enabled by new technology and emboldened by new economies has brought the world’s resources, ecosystems, and even the climate to the tipping point. The benefits of profligate energy use, new technology and economic growth are obvious, but may be undermined by costs in degradation of social fabric and environmental viability. But change is happening. The Signs of Change Conference will show-case examples of fundamental change in a wide variety of contexts
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Call for outlines/abstracts
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Friday 23 July, 12.30pm-1.30pm
NIWA
41 Market Place
The Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Professor Alistair Woodward is Head of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland. He is interested in opportunities to re-shape urban transport systems to reduce pollution, increase energy efficiency and improve health. The bicycle appears to have much in its favour, so with colleagues, he is carrying out research into the health risks and benefits of cycling, trends in cycling and reasons for the large changes that have occurred, the trip to work, and public attitudes towards the urban cyclist.
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June 30th is the deadline for Walking Awards submissions.
We need nominations and all the supporting information in by end of Wednesday June 30th.
We want to know about and publicly acknowledge…
The New Zealand Best Practice Walking Facility
Top Commitment to Walking by a New Zealand Organisation
Best New Zealand Walking Promotion
Best New Zealand Small Walking Project
so check out the webpage and send in your nomination today.
The Golden Foot Walking Awards will be announced at the National Walking conference in early August, and are generously supported by
Greater Wellington Regional Council our Gold sponsor, and our Silver sponsors:
ViaStrada
Auckland City Council
Dunedin City Council
Christchurch City Counci
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Video Podcasts from Seminar now available:
Podcast: Prof Claire Freeman – Children’s changing worlds: Do our cities work for children? (Quicktime movie, 108 Mb)
Podcast: Barbara Lambourn – Child friendly cities and communities (Quicktime movie, 40 Mb)
Podcast: Dr Adrian Field – Consultation, kids and Manukau City (Quicktime movie, 46 Mb)
Wednesday 16 June, 12-1.30pm.
NORDMEYER LECTURE THEATRE,
Wellington School of Medicine,
23a Mien St, Newtown, Wellington
Professor Claire Freeman is Associate Professor and Director of the Post Graduate Planning Programme at the Department of Geography, University of Otago, New Zealand. Read More »
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Friday, 23 July, 12:30-1:30pm
NIWA,
41 Market Place,
The Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Professor Alistair Woodward is Head of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland. He is interested in opportunities to re-shape urban transport systems to reduce pollution, increase energy efficiency and improve health. The bicycle appears to have much in its favour, so with colleagues, he is carrying out research into the health risks and benefits of cycling, trends in cycling and reasons for the large changes that have occurred, the trip to work, and public attitudes towards the urban cyclist
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Media Release: Select Committee rebalances Auckland’s spatial plan
The Select Committee reported back on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill today.
“EDS is delighted that the Select Committee has recommended a more balanced approach to Auckland’s spatial plan” said EDS Senior Policy Analyst Raewyn Peart today. Read More »
