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  • Planning for Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM)
    Planning for Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM) Here’s a question for planners, designers, agencies, government decision-makers, kaupapa māori organisations, policy writers, and people managers working in the urban development industry: How serious are you […]
  • Superilla Barcelona and the after Covid City
    ‘Superilla Barcelona’ and the after Covid City The restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the need for urban development that fosters proximity and reinforces the attributes that define urban life: Diversity, density […]
  • UA’s NBE bill submission
    UA’s NBE bill submission Urbanhub Aotearoa would like to commend the ministry for the opportunity to provide a written submission and speak about it with the Select Committee. Urbanhub Aotearoa was pleased to have the […]
  • ‘Amenity’ that word
    ‘Amenity’ that word A discussion of the word amenity is called for  in the context of the RMA reform. It could end up being lost from our understanding of the values that are needed in […]
  • ’15-minute cities’, ‘Superblocks’ and parking
    Adapting the ‘Superblock’ and the ’15-minute city’ models to Aotearoa: density, proximity and … parking. The “15-minute city ” is in a nutshell, built on the idea of proximity to activities and services. Cities […]
  • RMA Reform
    Photo credit: Neill
  • Ecological urbanism
    Let’s Get Aotearoa Moving: Ecological urbanism Presented by Salvador Rueda president of the Urban Ecology Foundation. 20 May 2021 “Brilliant, … the best 2 hours of my week  … a visionary”  The above […]