How well are councils adapting to the longer timeframes and deeper analysis now required under 30-year infrastructure planning regimes? Ruth Le Pla takes a look at a recent Audit New Zealand report.
Six councils got a pat on the back for good performance by Audit New Zealand in its first major review of asset management plans since...
In the first of our new series focusing on the future, Mary Searle Bell asks what local authorities should expect when it comes to placemaking and urban design.
For James Rosenwax, market sector director for cities at AECOM, great places in our cities are achieved when there is “a mixture of flexibility, spontaneity, diversity,...
AECOM’s buildings and places specialist Guy Perry says that by focusing on our own health as people we’re also focusing on the wellbeing of our planet. He talks with Ruth Le Pla about what we could learn from Barcelona, Dubai, Warsaw and Hong Kong, and why it’s important not to make our lives too comfortable.
For Guy Perry’s...
An AECOM specialist has warned against building too much infrastructure in some New Zealand cities saying that experience overseas shows ‘walkable’ cities are a much healthier and more viable alternative for both people and the environment.
Hong Kong-based Guy Perry is executive director, buildings and places, for the Asia Pacific...
Why we need to integrate green and grey infrastructure in our towns and cities. By Shaun Jones.
Without the constraint of cost, the multiple priorities juggled by our cities’ decision-makers would be easier to manage. But cost is often the biggest constraint, and as the government, local councils and business deliver capital...
