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  - Greenfield Plans Falter at the Implementation Stage (PDF 1.50 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - December 2005
    The rate of development on the outskirts of Christchurch City has inhibited the ability of integrated implementation. Several planning ‘hotspots’ exist on the urban edge and the Council has had...
  - Landscape Planning Guide for Peri-Urban and Rural Areas
    Published by Environmental Defence Society - March 2005
    This guide contains introductory material on landscape management, including statutory requirements and landscape planning categories, and in-depth information on landscape planning under the RMA.
  - Managing Change in Paradise: Sustainable Development in Peri-urban Areas
    Published by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - June 2001
    This report is a review of the environmental planning and management carried out to ensure the sustainable development of peri-urban areas in New Zealand. The report highlights the complexity and v...
  - Problems of Rural Subdivision (PDF 1.51 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - January 1995
    This paper discusses rural subdivision. The paper questions whether traditional approaches to controlling subdivision are not exercising a malovolent influence on the new environmentally focused le...
  - Superb or suburb? International case studies in management of icon landscapes
    Published by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - April 2003
    What can New Zealand learn from overseas experience about the management of icon landscapes in peri-urban areas? Three locations were chosen to examine land use planning in the context of sustainab...
  - Urban Sprawl and Land Use Planning: Implications on Public Health (PDF 1.40 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - December 2005
    This article assesses the implications of urban sprawl on public health from a variety of aspects including effects from motor vehicles, effects of land use decisions, impacts on water quality and ...
- Public spaces
- Residential areas
- Retail
- Subdivision
- Urban Regeneration
- Urban amenity
- Urban community
- Urban design
- Urban development
- Urban growth
Waste
Water

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