This report is the outcome of a review of community surveys, media articles and research literature relating to the links between intensification and social issues, both in New Zealand and internationally. The project is part of the Auckland Sustainable Cities Programme (Urban Form Design and Development work strand) which is a partnership between central government and local authorities. To re...

Brown explained that, because animals are inefficient in converting vegetable protein into animal protein, "the production of meat, milk, and eggs requires the use of large amounts of grain as animal feed." As a result, "it requires a ton of grain per year for the diet of the average American. Only 150 pounds of this are consumed directly. In contrast, the average person in the poor nations of ...

Abstract History shows that one successful method of addressing poverty and inequality is by providing social housing. In England during its post war peak, local authorities, such as borough, urban rural district councils, built thousands “council” houses. The common perception the estate huge developments in Beacontree London County Council, but construction took place on a smaller scale distr...

This paper presents a model of urban traffic congestion that allows for hypercongestion. Hypercongestion has fundamental importance for the costs of congestion and the effect of policies such as road pricing, transit provision and traffic management, treated in the paper. In the simplest version of the model, the unregulated Nash equilibrium is also the social optimum among a wide range of pote...

On 16 March 2014, the State Council of China launched its first urbanization planning initiative dubbed “National New Urbanization Planning (2014–2020)” (NNUP). NNUP put forward 20 urban agglomerations and a sustainable development approach aiming to transform traditional Chinese urbanization to sustainable new urbanization. This study quantitatively evaluates the level of sustainability of the...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of markers of growth, chronic and infectious disease in peripubertal Aboriginal children living in the Darwin Health Region in the "Top End" of the Northern Territory, and to compare prevalence between children living in urban and remote areas. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey nested in a prospective birth cohort. SUBJECTS 482 children living in the region...

This paper develops a methodology for investigating the question of: how can demographic (socio-economic) and land-use (physical and environmental) information models may be used to efficiently plan for future urban growth? A case study approach is undertaken using what-if planning scenarios for a rapidly growing coastal area in Australia called Hervey Bay. The town and surrounding area require...

This paper presents a model of urban traffic congestion that allows for hypercongestion. Hypercongestion has fundamental importance for the costs of congestion and the effect of policies such as road pricing, transit provision and traffic management, treated in the paper. In the simplest version of the model, the unregulated Nash equilibrium is also the social optimum among a wide range of pote...

The application of virtual reality to cultural heritage, environment, and landscape planning is extremely useful to experiment various scenarios which could not be necessarily realised in the real world; both for educational and research purposes. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how 3D representations can be utilised as a valid support for urban planners and designers in order to verify...