Despite adopting the goal of creating medium-density neighbourhoods to end urban sprawl, our cities have struggled to achieve it. Confused debates about ‘good density’ are part of the problem.
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Pressure for more housing often runs up against a desire to preserve urban heritage areas. International best practice offers ways to navigate the impasse.
New Zealand’s Medium Density Residential Standards already didn’t go far enough. But by abandoning bipartisan support for them, National risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
New Zealand’s urban green space has dwindled over the past six decades. The Commissioner for the Environment has issued a warning and a challenge – get greener before climate change gets meaner.
Ageing brick apartment buildings of two to three storeys are being redeveloped in many suburbs. Typically, they are knocked down to be replaced by much bigger developments. But here’s an alternative.
Affordable housing has become a middle-class problem, and Ontario’s latest housing report reflects an approach that continues to marginalize those with the greatest need.
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer, Director of The Master of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Academic Fellow in Architectural Practice, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
