Public Health Consequences and Cost of Climate Change Impacts on Indoor Environments, David Mudarri, The Indoor Environments Division Office of Radiation and Indoor Air U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. 20460 January 2010 Read More
The Science, Technology and Medicine team at the British Library are piloting our new ‘Search Our Catalogue’ tool as a way to help researchers discover datasets. Read More
Managing urban growth in the current rapid urbanization process has become a key issue for land use policy in transformation China. This paper maps and assesses the performance of urban containment strategies in China, looking at the case of Beijing over a 19-year period (1990–2009). Read More
As Minister Brownlee has just announced the NZ government’s intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) we thought we should update you on our collaboration with Dr. Eric Martinot, the author of the influential REN21 Renewables Global Status Report.
Last year we contributed research towards the current edition of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report, providing information about the renewable energy initiatives of Christchurch, Dunedin, Waitakere, and Wellington city councils.
Now we’re working with Dr. Martinot to expand the scope of the report by including additional New Zealand cities and by developing a systematic method of analysing the “enabling factors” that make renewable energy initiatives a reality at a local government level and the ways in which the outcomes of such initiatives are measured.
If you’d like to be involved or hear more please contact nicholas.preval@otago.ac.nz
Arron Packard – Masters Thesis
Masters Thesis of Danya Rumore
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.
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 cities will also be compared with the density of corresponding Australian cities. In the final part of this presentation, the applications of the density results for the next step research will be discussed.
When it comes to causing health inequalities, environmental considerations play a significant role. Food, transport, green space and the built environment are all factors which can narrow or widen the health gap between rich and poor communities. But the Sustainable Development Commission believes that the environmental causes of health inequalities are still being under-appreciated. And that means policy makers are missing the co-benefits available from a holistic approach that can create a better environment and healthier people at the same time.
Sustainability Report (PDF, 2.1MB)
Apartment Dwellers: 2006 Census reports on the people who live in apartments in the three main cities of New Zealand. It compares and contrasts the characteristics of inner city and non-inner city apartment dwellers within each city and analyses particular aspects of the apartments themselves. Read More
Nick Preval, Ralph Chapman & Philippa Howden-Chapman
‘Sizing up the City’ covers a range of issues. This chapter reports on a survey which found that most people (54%) think that urban limits are necessary so that cities develop more sustainably (15% disagree). By 2 to 1, New Zealanders thought councils (rather than market forces) should have the key role in defining the limits of the city. Read More
This paper briefly summarises the likely impacts of climate change on health, globally, but focuses on adaptive measures that might be undertaken in New Zealand.
On Tuesday Evening 16th February 2010 we launched “Sizing up the City; Urban Form and Transport”. The book collects and expands on papers presented at the February 2009 Summer School. It includes the latest research and thinking on sustainable transport and our built environment as well as experiences from councils trying to create more sustainable cities.
“Sizing up the City” book order form
5% More Cyclists Save $200m
just one of the messages in the book was spelt out by local cyclists at the launch linking the book to the BikeWise Challenge “On your Bike” month of February.
from left to right: Andy Foster (WCC), Celia Wade-Brown (WCC),Jude Ball (Frocks on Bikes), Annette King (MP, Labour), Kevin Hague (MP, Greens)
Photo Kevin Hague at book Launch.
Photo Cyclists group
Link to Cycling Advocates Network CAN
Strongly related to one of members, Landcare, on Low Impact Urban Development here’s a post by the
The Daily Score :
For years, environmentalists have touted “low-impact development” – letting soil and vegetation soak up heavy rains, rather than channeling storm runoff into gutters and sewers – as the best solution for stormwater. But as it turns out, LID has picked up a whole host of new fans: smart economists, developers, builders, and government regulators are now singing the praises of LIDs as well.
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