Wellington Regional Strategy Centre for Sustainable Cities 7 September 2011.
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Transcript of Wellington Regional Strategy Centre for Sustainable Cities 7 September 2011.
Wellington Regional Strategy
Centre for Sustainable Cities
7 September 2011
Urban Form WRS based on considerable research on urban
form and economic development
Regional Policy Statement (RPS) reinforces much of the urban form parts of WRS
RPS directs councils to include policies relating to centre development, integrating land use and transport, rural development, intensification & urban design
Centres & Intensification
• Understanding economic geography is the key
• Policies focus on need for integration of land use & transport – but we don’t have the tools to effectively achieve this
• Lot of research done around NZ but limited sharing or working together
Needs for Research
SP2, Creating Futures
-Councils involved in research
-Research embedding into council processes
Spatial planning (Auckland style & Resource Management Act Phase II)
-Fully integrated
-Latest scientific information
Auckland Spatial Plan