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  - Garden Suburbs and NZ Railways 1922-1929 (PDF 1.04 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 2006
    The NZ Railways response to the housing shortage of its expanding workforce foreshadowed subsequent state housing schemes and created a small number of iconic suburbs, some of which remain today.
  - Planning for an Age of Longevity (PDF 388.84 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2004
    Proposes that secondary dwellings are a key housing type to cater for the increasing number of older people in the New Zealand community, and considers the use of Residential Elderly Friendly Zones.
  - Planning for an Older Future (PDF 120.79 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2003
    Describes the ageing population trend in demographic terms, and discusses the likely impacts for planning under the RMA.
  - Resource Management Act Practice and Performance: Are Rules Achieving the Desired Environmental Outcomes?
    Published by Ministry for the Environment - June 1998
    This project is aimed to assess the effectiveness of front yard setback controls and whether they are achieving the environmental outcomes anticipated. The time and costs spent on applications for ...
  - Retirement Villages (PDF 242.53 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2004
    Highlights the need for policy to consider the changing housing needs of the elderly, and the way communities and decision makers will need to adapt/respond to retirement villages.
  - Urban Design Intervention for Intensive Housing (PDF 0.96 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - January 2001
    This article discusses the growing problem of the sustainable management of urban expansion for the large urban centres of New Zealand, with particular reference to Auckland. The article also looks...
- Peri-urban areas
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- Residential areas
- Retail
- Subdivision
- Urban Regeneration
- Urban amenity
- Urban community
- Urban design
- Urban development
- Urban growth
Waste
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