Local government plays a leading role in managing noise impacts in the community. So how are councils coping in the light of population increases, higher housing density, more construction, more traffic and the increasing use of portable speakers? Patricia Moore reports.
There was a time when we were mostly OK living with noise. It was...
Billions of dollars of local government infrastructure and assets are at risk from sea level rise, according to recent research by LGNZ and Tonkin + Taylor. The impacts will be most significant for water infrastructure and roads. Thousands of properties and businesses are also under threat. Patricia Moore talks with specialists from four...
When it comes to managing our local roading corridors, should councils focus on customer outcomes rather than physical assets? And what roles do big data, drones, ground-penetrating radar, early contractor involvement contracts and hardware on highways play? Patricia Moore talks with four local specialists about the roadside...
Online tools designed to solicit feedback, aid civic engagement, citizen science, ideation, social research and even deliberative democracy are there for the taking. Patricia Moore scopes out some of the options.
The term digital engagement is tossed about in a rapidly-evolving interconnected environment. Essentially, it refers to any...
Call Canute, writes Patricia Moore, who finds a huge number of issues for councils to battle as they face up to the implications of rising seas.
The majority of Kiwis live less than 10 kilometres from a shoreline. Some are even closer with more than 9000 homes on land less than 50 centimetres above spring high tide levels. But, as the...
The Canterbury earthquake sequence resulted in significant changes to the land drainage network in Christchurch. In a paper presented at the 2016 Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference specialists Tim Preston and Tom Parsons asked whether the Christchurch City mega model was magic or madness.
In order to better understand the impacts...
Personal assistant, executive assistant, executive officer.... whatever their title, these are the secret powerhouses behind some of local government’s best leaders. So Local Government Magazine put out a call to name and praise them. Here are some of the best accolades we received for people whose work goes well beyond the call of...
