QP Library
The QP Library contains links to a comprehensive range of publications, journal articles and other documents on the Resource Management Act and planning.
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Air quality
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Density
Better Neighbourhoods Making Higher Densities Work (PDF 509 KB)
Published by Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - March 2005
This report considers how barriers to successful higher-density housing can be overcome. It analyses the challenges associated with building at higher densities, and shows how housing intensificati...
Reconsidering Density: Alternatives for New Zealand (PDF 278.15 KB)
Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - June 2007
This article questions whether the status quo of density regulation in New Zealand is the best regulatory tool available; an alternative “flexi-density” system is discussed by the author.
Housing
Peri-urban areas
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Residential areas
Retail
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Urban Regeneration
Urban amenity
Urban community
Urban design
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Waste
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