Category: urban design
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Housing affordability and urban form
Hugh Pavletich of Demographia has released its annual review of housing affordability. The results are not surprising. New Zealand continues to perform poorly on any matrix associated with affordable housing. From Radio New Zealand: The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability shows New Zealand has continued to be one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy…
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Auckland Transport’s reorganisation – no walking and cycling unit?
One aspect of corporate life that I have never understood is the random and occasional destruction of office morale by a good old staff restructure. Whole departments are consigned to oblivion and individuals face the terrifying prospect of sudden unemployment at the signing of a pen. Of course there is always a consultation, and the…