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  - North American Retail Development Trends: A Planner's Perspective (PDF 0.58 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 2007
    This article discusses North American retail trends and the need for planners to anticipate the changing scale of NZ retail, which will provide similar challenges to those faced in North America.
  - Retail Hierarchy Loses Favour (PDF 290.75 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 1992
    The retail hierarchy has long been a fundamental component of planning in urban areas. This article discusses how with changes in retail shopping patterns and the introduction of the RMA, planners...
  - Retail Uses and the RMA (PDF 1.73 MB)
    Published by Ministry for the Environment - October 1994
    The article discusses how zoning can be used to restrict the extent and location of retailing. The article uses case studies to illustrate intervention and discusses costs of intervention.
  - Retail Zoning and the RMA (PDF 89.88 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - December 1994
    This is an article in response to Harry Bhana's article in the September issue of Planning Quarterly. It discusses how Bhana's article helpfully defines the issues surrounding retail planning but a...
  - Strict Retail Zoning a Thing of the Past (PDF 82.99 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 1994
    This article discusses how in regards to section 32 of the RMA, any intervention in respect of one type of land must be justified. The article discusses spatial catchment divisions and inflation co...
  - The new face of retail mimicked main street, mall makeovers seek to lure shoppers
    Published by San Francisco Chronicle - May 2005
    Article discuses the rise of the “lifestyle centre”. Set out like main streets in small towns lifestyle centres aim to provide mall like convenience in a setting reminiscent of an old fashione...
  - Town Centres - or Just Places to Shop? (PDF 1.04 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 2007
    This article explores international and New Zealand retail trends and discusses the role of town centres in spatial planning strategy.
- Subdivision
- Urban Regeneration
- Urban amenity
- Urban community
- Urban design
- Urban development
- Urban growth
Waste
Water

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