Tag: Ben Ross

Stadiums, Watercare and Housing Do Not Mix

If we were to get a new stadium….. The last few days has been a rather odd mix of stadiums, Watercare saying ‘save water’ as the Ardmore Treatment Plant … Continue reading Stadiums, Watercare and Housing Do Not Mix

March 9, 2017 ·

Applying Urban Geography to Southern Auckland As the Auckland Plan goes for its refresh the question still remains in where to house 200,000 new residents and around … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh: Spatial Development Ideas for Southern Auckland

Point raised were points mentioned Yesterday I had presented to the Auckland Council Planning Committee on the Auckland boom placing pressure on Southern Auckland. You can listen in on … Continue reading The Auckland Donut: A Presentation to the Council Planning Committee

Agenda, and presentation We are back into the meaty stuff with the Council Committees of the Whole with the Planning Committee taking on a very large agenda. The agenda … Continue reading UPDATED: Planning Committee March 7 Agenda + Presentation to Committee on Auckland’s Boom

March 2, 2017 ·

First public input session under Goff Administration On the 7th of March (so next week) I will be presenting to the Auckland Council Planning Committee (Public Pnput section) on: … Continue reading Off to the Council Planning Committee. Topic: Auckland’s boom, the pressures facing Southern Auckland

February 24, 2017 ·

Lessons in Sydney can teach Auckland Urban Geography Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. An urban geographer’s main role is to emphasise location … Continue reading Urban Geography: Western Sydney to Get New City. Will/Does Auckland get a New City too?

February 23, 2017 ·

What would you include in the 30 minute city? It is not every day you get the opportunity (or rather challenge) to design a new city from scratch. While … Continue reading New West Sydney Aerotropolis Gives Rare Opportunity to Design New City

January 31, 2017 ·

What lies ahead Auckland Anniversary Weekend has been and gone and proved to be a fine Summer scorcher no matter where you were or what you were doing across … Continue reading And We Are Back: 2017 to be a Busy Year for Auckland

Divide up into smaller pieces By now you would have seen the doom and gloom Herald articles about the Isthmus’s sewer network spilling sewerage into the harbours on a … Continue reading How to Handle Auckland’s Growth: Do We Divide Up or Go All In?

How will you improve your community today? So you have attended a march over the weekend, Tweeted some reckons, post a selfie and a spiel on Facebook and converse … Continue reading So You Have Marched? Now What? UPDATE: Urbanism in Play