QP Library

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  - Doing a Subdivision or Doing a Community? (PDF 358.30 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2006
    This article discusses the need to think beyond merely plotting houses onto sites when designing a new subdivision. It covers ways to take a broader approach and anticipate and incorporate communi...
  - Second Generation Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (2Nd GEN CPTED (PDF 0.56 MB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 2006
    Progressing on from the CPTED principles comes 2nd Gen CPTED which looks at the factors that build healthy, happy neighbourhoods that can work to prevent crime. This article canvases the need for ...
  - Transport and the Urban Community (PDF 161.48 KB)
    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - June 1993
    Discusses the challenge to provide transport accessibility without destroying the city fabric in the process.
- Urban design
- Urban development
- Urban growth
Waste
Water

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