Inter-Regional Planning Last year I gave a guest lecture to Geography and Environmental Planning students at the University of Waikato on the topic of inter-regional planning between Auckland, the … Continue reading Upper North Island Needs its Version of an Auckland (Spatial) Plan
Sydney’s Third City continues to be live Urban Geography experiment A debate on Sydney’s second and third cities has popped up again as Sydney’s west continues its phenomenal population … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 Revisiting the Twin Cities Concept – Parramatta and Manukau
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?
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
We are an international World City Wish others would get this The Herald today published a piece on Auckland competing with international cities – finally! From the NZ Herald Auckland … Continue reading Herald Understand Auckland Price Movements
Massive $2b urban renewal project to give Parramatta clout to get under way & Council also needs to pull finger with both the Manukau Super Metropolitan Centre Zone, and Manukau … Continue reading Parramatta Evolving to Become Sydney’s Second CBD. Hint to Auckland Council on Manukau City Centre
The Reality Facing Auckland Council And Why We Should Look to the Sydney Plan While the Auckland Development Committee today went from the mundane ho-hum run of the mill … Continue reading THE AUCKLAND PLAN AND THE SYDNEY PLAN #3 – The Reality Facing Auckland Council
How to better the Auckland Plan With the Auckland Plan up for its three yearly review and some Councillors looking at some more shall we say whole-scale changes to … Continue reading THE AUCKLAND PLAN AND THE SYDNEY PLAN #2
Why The Auckland Plan Needs the Broom A Mini Series With the Auckland Plan up for its three yearly review and some Councillors looking at some more shall we … Continue reading The Auckland Plan and The Sydney Plan
After placing the broom through the bureaucracy, the Auckland Plan is next on the cleaning list Yesterday in my AND THIS IS WHY THE BUREAUCRACY NEEDS THE BROOM essay I ran two … Continue reading What Else Needs the Broom? The Auckland Plan Does
Talking Southern Auckland 