Ponzi Scheme threatens NZ Also housing crisis shows we are to inefficient as a nation Live in New Zealand long enough and you come to realise that road works … Continue reading Growth Ponzi Scheme + We Are Too Inefficient as a Nation
Tag: Urban planning
#CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning Part 2. A Mature City
Mature city presents its own challenges In March I wrote a post on how the city simulator Cities Skylines can given some basic urban and transport planning lessons that … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning Part 2. A Mature City
Institutionalised Racism via White NIMBYism Creates Housing Disparity
Situation in USA same here The following beginning of an article on what is effectively institutionalised racism in housing in the USA could be very easily translated to Auckland … Continue reading Institutionalised Racism via White NIMBYism Creates Housing Disparity
Americans Want More Transit-Orientated Development
I say Auckland does too Transit-Orientated Developments or TODs for short follow the basic premise of a cluster of development (whether single or mixed use) around a Rapid Transit … Continue reading Americans Want More Transit-Orientated Development
Retrofitting for Better Suburbs – Analysis Needed in Auckland
Turning our suburbs into high amenity areas We can get hung up on master planning a brand new Greenfield sub division but forget about our existing suburban areas that … Continue reading Retrofitting for Better Suburbs – Analysis Needed in Auckland
Draft Port Future Study Suggests Manukau Harbour? Report a Floozy?
Ummm okay? The Nation on TV3 yesterday revealed that the draft Port Future Study for Port of Auckland (the final version due to be released next month) has been … Continue reading Draft Port Future Study Suggests Manukau Harbour? Report a Floozy?
Urban Development Capacity or Urban Growth? Why the National Policy Statement Misses the Mark. UPDATED
Also comments from Deputy Mayor, and Mayoral Candidates Mark Thomas and Phil Goff UPDATE: Includes material from Dr Larry Murphy of the University of Auckland to the Unitary Plan … Continue reading Urban Development Capacity or Urban Growth? Why the National Policy Statement Misses the Mark. UPDATED
Government’s Weak Willed Attempt at National Policy Statement Does Things We Can Already Do #AKLPols
National Policy Statement confirms what is already being done I knew with this weak Government for the last eight years not to expect much with a National Policy Statement … Continue reading Government’s Weak Willed Attempt at National Policy Statement Does Things We Can Already Do #AKLPols
Councillors Realise Social Response needed for Auckland’s Growth 5 Years Late #AKLPols
Deja vu moment as Elected Representatives realise human element missing from planning Reading the following statement from Auckland Council below it seems our Councillors and for that matter our … Continue reading Councillors Realise Social Response needed for Auckland’s Growth 5 Years Late #AKLPols
Is Key All Talk When it Comes to Greenfield Development? Council Sets Aside Land for 160,000 Homes #UnitaryPlan
Council already has 11,000 hectares of land for Greenfield release There has been a lot of rhetoric from the Prime Minister on housing in Auckland even though the Government … Continue reading Is Key All Talk When it Comes to Greenfield Development? Council Sets Aside Land for 160,000 Homes #UnitaryPlan
Talking Southern Auckland 