2 million Aucklanders by 2031
A press release by Statistics New Zealand today indicates that Auckland’s population will be pretty close to 2 million by 2031 – only 21 years away. Here’s the press release in full:
Auckland home to 38 percent of population in 2031
The Auckland region is projected to account for 60 percent of New Zealand’s population growth between 2006 and 2031, with an increase of 570,000 from 1.37 million to 1.94 million, Statistics New Zealand said today.…
12 Comments Jane Jacobs on Downtown Planning
Courtesy of “Going Solar“, here are a number of extracts from an address made by famous urban writer Jane Jacobs, to the New York Motor Bus Association in 1958. 52 years later, her words still seem incredibly appropriate. I swing between being incredibly inspired and incredibly depressed by what Jane Jacobs writes.…
Zoning: the planner’s disease?
I had an interesting meeting at work last week, where we laughed about the fact that urban planning has for so long been about “colouring in” maps – into one zone or another. Somewhat ironically, later on in the meeting we were back in the situation of colouring in maps, but I’ll leave that aside for now.…
Joel Cayford on Urban Sprawl
Last weekend I did a post about a Herald article on possible changes to policies that currently restrict urban sprawl in the Auckland region. Now ARC councillor Joel Cayford has done a lengthy blog post illustrating his take on the matter.…
Protected: Queens Wharf cruiseship terminal rejected… again
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More on the Avondale-Southdown Line
A number of commenters on my post yesterday noted with great concern the potential effects of the latest Waterview Connection alignment on the viability of the Avondale-Southdown Railway Corridor. I figure that it’s probably worth exploring that matter in a little bit more detail, as I can impart a little bit of my knowledge of planning matters to help us analyse the situation.…
Urban Limits under threat
The “urban sprawl” versus “compact city” debate has long been a great interest of mine. In fact I wrote my Master’s thesis on the topic – “From Urban Sprawl to Compact City? An analysis of Auckland’s growth management strategies“. There’s a lengthy article in the NZ Herald today on the topic, and on the proposed legislative changes seem to be directing Auckland away from its focus on intensification (the ‘compact city’ approach) and more back towards sprawl, or greenfields development.…
Protected: Queens Wharf Options
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Protected: Queens Wharf – my thoughts
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Waterview Connection consenting bypasses local hearing
It’s no surprise, yet still fairly disappointing, to see NZTA announce today that the consenting of the Waterview Connection will bypass a local hearing and go straight to either a ‘Board of Inquiry’ or to the Environment Court. This ‘fast-tracking’ was made possible by last year’s changes to the RMA – which allowed for many more projects to be “called in” and have a “one stop shop” for consenting.…
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