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Last night’s episode of ‘Hindsight’ on TV 7 explored the The Super City: A look at the never-ending expansion of Auckland over the years.
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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 high level principles both agree that the ecosystem is governed by natural laws which we cannot change. People can learn about these laws and can change societal laws according to the laws of nature. Sustainable development is about discovering the rules and principles for society where it can have a sustainable relationship with the ecosystem to meet human need….
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How can site-specific are interventions in public and urban space transform viewers’ understandings of local and global environment issues?
16th March 2011, 5.30-6.30pm
Massey University Lecture Theatre
10A02, Old Museum Building
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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
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23 November 2010 – 9:52 am
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Latest book developed by the NZ centre for Sustainable Cities. Read More »
