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Afoa, E. & Brockbank, T. (2019). Te Ao Māori and Water Sensitive Urban Design. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 55pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Austin, P., Collins, J., Scanlen, K. & Smith, P. (2019). Designing Walkable Neighbourhoods: Considering Diversity. Working Paper 19-03 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 75pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Boarin, P., Allen, N. & Haarhoff, E. (2019). Assessing environmental sustainability outcomes at neighbourhood scale: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Hobsonville Point, Auckland. Working Paper 19-05 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 104pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2019). Laypeople’s collaborative immersive virtual reality design discourse in neighborhood design. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6, 97, 10 pgs, doi: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00097 |
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Dombroski, K., Diprose, G., Conradson, D., Healy, S. & Watkins, A. (2019). Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise. Final Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise, July 2019, 32pgs. Christchurch: BBHTC |
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Haarhoff, E., Allen, N., Austin, P., Beattie, L. & Boarin, P. (2019). Living at Density in Hobsonville Point, Auckland: Resident Perceptions. Working Paper 19-01 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 75pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Ira, S. & Batstone, C. (2019). An investigation of alternative funding and incentive mechanisms to support implementation of WSUD in New Zealand: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 40pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Ira, S., Moores, J., Simcock, R., & Batstone, C. (2019). Recommendations for future research: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 23pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Ira, S. & Simcock, R. (2019). Understanding Costs and Maintenance of WSUD in New Zealand. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 71pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Mawer, C. & Kiddle, R. (2019). Suburban shopping malls as spaces for community health and human flourishing: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study. Published online 03 Sep 2019. Journal of Urban Design, DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2019.1649594 |
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Mohammadzadeh, M. (2019). The disruptive mobility and the potential for land reclamation: the case of Auckland’s CBD and other metropolitan centres. Working Paper 19-02 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 31pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Moores, J. & Batstone, C. (2019). Assessing the full benefits of WSUD: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 33pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Moores, J., Ira, S., & Batstone, C. (2019). Study trip to Melbourne, November 2018 - Findings: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 17pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Vallance, S., Edwards, S., Conradson, D. & Karaminejad, Z. (2019). Soft infrastructure for hard times. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 57pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Witten, K., Opit, S., Ferguson, E. & Kearns, R. (2019). Summary report: Developing community: Following the Waimahia Inlet affordable housing initiative. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 8pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Yates, A.M. (2019). Whanake mai te mauri ora: Think piece – an expanded wellbeing framework and urban science data tool for integrated wellbeing governance. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Mauri ora and urban wellbeing. Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Yates, A.M., Nair, N. & Renwick, J. (2019). Whanake Mai Te Ara Hiko: Think piece – Wellbeing-led, home-based energy infrastructures and low emissions transport. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Mauri ora and urban wellbeing. Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland: BBHTC. |
All Urban Wellbeing publications by author
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Afoa, E. & Brockbank, T. (2019). Te Ao Māori and Water Sensitive Urban Design. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 55pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Allen, N. (2018). Concepts of Neighbourhood: A Review of the Literature. Working Paper 18-02 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods (SRA4), 78pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Austin, P., Collins, J., Scanlen, K. & Smith, P. (2019). Designing Walkable Neighbourhoods: Considering Diversity. Working Paper 19-03 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 75pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Boarin, P., Allen, N. & Haarhoff, E. (2019). Assessing environmental sustainability outcomes at neighbourhood scale: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Hobsonville Point, Auckland. Working Paper 19-05 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 104pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Boarin, P., Besen, P., & Haarhoff, E. (2018). Post-Occupancy Evaluation of neighbourhoods: A review of the literature. Working Paper 18-01 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 75pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2017). Generating urban codes for neighbourhoods. In M. A. Schnabel (ed.), Back to the future: The next 50 years (pp. 139–148), 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association. Wellington: Architectural Science Association. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2018). A communication system in urban design process: An algorithmic neighbourhood design approach. In M. S. Uddin, S-Y. Yoon, L. Kim, C. Welty (Eds.), Virtual + Actual: Process and Product of Design (pp. 271-279). 2018 Design Communication Associations (DCA) Conference, Ithaca, New York. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2018). An Algorithmic Methodology to Predict Urban Form. In T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (Eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping (pp. 401-410). Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2018). Communication and Participation in Virtual Environments: Towards a parametric participatory urban design decision-making platform. In P. Rajagopalan and M. M. Andamon (Eds.), Engaging Architectural Science: Meeting the Challenges of Higher Density (pp. 727–734). 52nd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), RMIT University, Australia. |
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Chowdhury, S. & Schnabel, M. A. (2019). Laypeople’s collaborative immersive virtual reality design discourse in neighborhood design. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6, 97, 10 pgs, doi: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00097 |
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Chowdhury, S., Schnabel, M. A. & Zhang, Y. (2017). An alternative means to generate urban codes: An instrument for urban design. In proceedings: Disruption, divergence and designed intervention – Making change happen, 10th International Urban Design Conference, pgs. 14. Gold Coast: Association for Sustainability in Business. |
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Curl, A., Fitt, H., Dionisio-McHugh, R., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Fletcher, A., & Slaughter, H. (2018). Autonomous vehicles and future urban environments: Exploring changing travel behaviours, built environments, and implications for wellbeing in an ageing society. Christchurch: BBHTC. |
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Dombroski, K., Diprose, G., Conradson, D., Healy, S. & Watkins, A. (2018). When Cultivate Thrives: Developing Criteria for Community Economy Return on Investment. Milestone Report No. 1 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise, 23pgs. Christchurch: BBHTC |
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Dombroski, K., Diprose, G., Conradson, D., Healy, S. & Watkins, A. (2019). Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise. Final Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise, July 2019, 32pgs. Christchurch: BBHTC |
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Fitt, H., Curl, A., Dionisio-McHugh, R., Fletcher, A., Frame, B., & Ahuriri-Driscoll, A. (2018). Think Piece: Autonomous vehicles and future urban environments: Exploring implications for wellbeing in an ageing society (Second ed.). Christchurch: BBHTC. |
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Fitt, H., Frame, B., Fletcher, A., Curl, A., Dionisio-McHugh, R., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Baldwin, N. & Hadfield, H. (2018). Four plausible scenarios for transport in New Zealand in 2048. Christchurch: BBHTC. |
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Fletcher, A., Fitt, H., Baldwin, N., Hadfield, H., & Curl, A. (2018). Initial scan of policy / issues relevant to autonomous vehicle development and deployment. Christchurch: BBHTC. |
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Haarhoff, E. (2016). Shaping places: A role for urban design?. Architecture New Zealand, 2016 (2), 29-31. |
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Haarhoff, E., Allen, N., Austin, P., Beattie, L. & Boarin, P. (2019). Living at Density in Hobsonville Point, Auckland: Resident Perceptions. Working Paper 19-01 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 75pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Haarhoff, E., Beattie, L., & Dupuis, A. (2016). Does higher density housing enhance liveability? Case studies of housing intensification in Auckland. Cogent Social Sciences, 2(1), 1243289. |
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Haarhoff, E. & Beattie, L. (2017). Can higher density enhance liveability? Build 160, June/July 2017, pp 70-71. Wellington: BRANZ. |
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Henry, E. (2017). Rangahau Māori (Māori Research): An indigenous perspective. 18pgs. International Social Innovation Research Conference, Swinburne University, Melbourne, December 12-15, 2017. |
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Ira, S. & Batstone, C. (2019). An investigation of alternative funding and incentive mechanisms to support implementation of WSUD in New Zealand: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 40pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Ira, S., Moores, J., Simcock, R., & Batstone, C. (2019). Recommendations for future research: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 23pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Ira, S. & Simcock, R. (2019). Understanding Costs and Maintenance of WSUD in New Zealand. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 71pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Kake, J. & Paul, J. (2018). Evaluating the application of Māori design principles to urban neighbourhood development projects to develop a Kaupapa Māori design framework and assessment tools. Paper prepared for 2018 Urbanism New Zealand Conference, 12pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Mawer, C. & Kiddle, R. (2019). Suburban shopping malls as spaces for community health and human flourishing: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study. Published online 03 Sep 2019. Journal of Urban Design, DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2019.1649594 |
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Menzies, D. (2017). Assessing the Māori cultural landscape. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 5pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Mohammadzadeh, M. (2018). The Disruptive Mobility and the Future of our Neighbourhoods. Working Paper 18-03 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 59pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Mohammadzadeh, M. (2019). The disruptive mobility and the potential for land reclamation: the case of Auckland’s CBD and other metropolitan centres. Working Paper 19-02 for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 31pgs. Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Moores, J. & Batstone, C. (2019). Assessing the full benefits of WSUD: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 33pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Moores, J., Batstone, C., Simcock, R., & Ira, S. (2018). Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities - Discovery phase: Results and recommendations. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 103pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Moores, J., Ira, S., & Batstone, C. (2019). Study trip to Melbourne, November 2018 - Findings: Activating WSUD for healthy resilient communities. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Activating water sensitive urban design for healthy resilient communities, 17pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Paul, J. (2017). Exploring Te Aranga design principles in Tāmaki. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 10pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Paul, J. (2017). Urban Wā Kāinga: Integrating and embedding Te Aranga and Kaupapa Māori into communities. Negotiated study, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons), 111pgs. Auckland: Unitec. |
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Paul, J. (2018). 2018 Youth Assembly at the United Nations. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 16pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Paul, J. & Hatton, W. (2018). Te Aranga Māori Design Principles. Article for Landscape Architecture Aotearoa, Auckland: New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects. |
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Paul, J. & Kake, J. (2018). ICOMOS 2018: Post conference overview. Reflections report for BBHTC on ICOMOS 2018 conference, Culture: Conserving it Together, Suva, Fiji, 1- 5 October 2018. |
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Schnabel, M. A. & Chowdhury, S. (2018). Virtual Instruments for Urban Design Decision-Making Process. Adv Civil Eng Tech. 2(2). ACET.000534.2018. DOI: 10.31031/ACET.2018.02.000534 |
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Vallance, S., Edwards, S., Conradson, D. & Karaminejad, Z. (2019). Soft infrastructure for hard times. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 57pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Witten, K., Opit, S., Ferguson, E. & Kearns, R. (2018). Developing community: Following the Waimahia Inlet affordable housing initiative. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 52pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Witten, K., Opit, S., Ferguson, E. & Kearns, R. (2019). Summary report: Developing community: Following the Waimahia Inlet affordable housing initiative. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities Urban Wellbeing: Shaping Places: Future Neighbourhoods, 8pgs. Wellington: BBHTC. |
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Yates, A.M. (2019). Whanake mai te mauri ora: Think piece – an expanded wellbeing framework and urban science data tool for integrated wellbeing governance. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Mauri ora and urban wellbeing. Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland: BBHTC. |
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Yates, A.M., Nair, N. & Renwick, J. (2019). Whanake Mai Te Ara Hiko: Think piece – Wellbeing-led, home-based energy infrastructures and low emissions transport. Report for Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities: Mauri ora and urban wellbeing. Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland: BBHTC. |
Other media
2018
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Baker, A. (2018, 30 May). Hobsonville Point high-density development. North Harbour News. |
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Henry, E. (2018, 2 July). Experts call for government to focus on Māori affordable housing, not just Kiwibuild, Nine to Noon Radio NZ interview with Ella Henry, 2 July 2018: |
Taylor, L. (2018, 28 May). The call of home for new graduate. Landscape Architecture Aotearoa. |