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  • Toward a Framework for Resilience Assessments

    In a recently published article arising out of the Resilient Urban Futures programme the authors seek to develop … understandings of urban infrastructure and resilience in urban systems. Coulson G, Moores J, Waa A, Kearns R, …
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  • Pukehinau Kai Hub Project

    … is skilled mahi, required to address food insecurity (in pursuit of food sovereignty), generate climate action, and build resilient communities. Kaicycle Urban Farm and Composting, in … provider Te Toi Mahana, has received funding to establish a community food growing hub that includes a kōhanga tipu …
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  • David Jacobs

    … Dr. Jacobs was a contributing author on the Guidelines on Housing and Health … He helped launch the Healthy Homes Initiative in the US in 1999 with a report to Congress, where he has … assessment and mitigation, healthy housing, asthma, green building design and policy development. He also was the …
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  • Sustainable living: Housing, transport and the city

    … Housing prices around New Zealand are a hot topic. One view is that if we build more houses, prices … Chapman Sustainable living: Housing, transport and the city, pdf Speakers Ralph Chapman is an associate professor in the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, …
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  • Kimberley O’Sullivan

    … Kimberley is a Senior Research Fellow at the New Zealand Centre for … the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on home energy use in New Zealand and health outcomes of the Winter Energy … on an international project exploring energy poverty in Canada. She holds a Marsden Fast Start research grant …
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  • The Impact of Transitions from Emergency Housing to Public Housing

    A critical phase in addressing severe housing … to stay. Emergency housing provides temporary relief in times of crisis, but the move to public housing often signifies a more permanent solution that can offer security, …
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  • New Vaping Legislation Important, but Evaluation Will be Crucial

    … help ensure people who smoke but who wish to switch to a less harmful option can access these products. Importantly, … when people could smoke anywhere, smoking was seen as a normal and socially accepted practice, which increased the … Reducing young people’s exposure to vaping is important in shifting perceptions of vaping as an accepted recreational …
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  • Cohousing or Creating Collective Urban Housing

    … ways of living. Cohousing or collective urban housing is a new model of shared housing that has sparked growing interest at grass roots level in New Zealand and internationally. Watch the video. … place on Wednesday 18 April 2018 at the Adam Auditorium, City Gallery , 101 Wakefield St, Wellington. For more …
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  • Master's project - Keren Love

    … felt about new bus stop bypass designs around Wellington City. The research was done in collaboration with Wellington City Council (WCC) as part … points with both pedestrians and moving traffic along a cyclist’s journey. Bus stop bypasses can be designed at …
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  • When the home is on Māori Land: beware the legal issues

    … We held a seminar with speaker Jacinta Ruru . At a time when housing … This seminar considers some of the pertinent issues in law for building residential homes on Māori freehold land, … place on Wednesday 8 November 2017 at Adam Auditorium, City Gallery , 101 Wakefield St, Wellington. For more …
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