The Quality of the Urban Environment : Essays on New Resources in an Urban Age 9781315680484, 9781138930360

Urban Growth, Liveability and Quality Urban Design: Questions about the efficacy of urban planning systems in Auckland, New Zealand

Preventing sprawl and concentrating future urban growth at transit centres, typifies many urban planning strategies in a number of Australian, New Zealand and North America cities. Newer iterations of these strategies also argue that compact development delivers public benefits by enhancing urban ‘liveability’ through good urban design outcomes. Where neoliberal economic conditions prevail, achieving these aims is largely dependent on market-driven development actions requiring the appropriate urban planning responses to ensure these outcomes. However, there are growing concerns that urban planning approaches currently used are not effectively delivering the quality urban design outcomes expected and enhancing residents’ liveability. This paper reports on an evaluation of three medium density housing developments located in areas designated for intensification in Auckland, New Zealand. Examined is the extent to which the development outcomes are aligned with the statutory urban planning requirements for quality urban design. The results indicated contradictions and points to limitations of the statutory planning system to positively influence quality outcomes, leading to enhanced residents’ experiences. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.3667

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The City Is the Factory: New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age 9781501708060

Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emb

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The New Urban Gothic : Global Gothic in the Age of the Anthropocene 9783030437763, 9783030437770

This collection explores global dystopic, grotesque and retold narratives of degeneration, ecological and economic ruin,

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Innovation for the Urban Age : Innovative Approaches to Public Governance for the New Urban Age 9789462744011, 9789462366114

Already more than half of the world population is living in large cities. The World Bank has stated that the growth of (

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Calcutta : essays in urban history

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Circulation and the City: Essays on Urban Culture 9780773536647, 9780773536654

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Circulation and the City: Essays on Urban Culture 9780773581012

How does movement affect the metropolis?

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Meaning in the Urban Environment [1 ed.] 0415418321, 9780415418324

This book was first published in 1979.

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Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe 9789048536221

This book addresses the ways in which authorities across Western Europe attempted to control urban space for the common

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Essays on the Impact of Urban (Dis-)Amenities on the German Real Estate Market 3658316225, 9783658316228

Understanding the relationship between urban amenities and real estate prices is a key for the future of our cities. Loc

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