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Improving Implementation - Town Centres

Here you can find information and notes from a seminar which explored approaches to town centre development from a sustainability viewpoint and discussed practical actions underway in comparable cities to Auckland such as Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

The seminar was held as part of the implementation focused review of the Auckland Regional Growth Strategy.

The seminar presenters provided practical examples of city and town centre development around the world. This will be helpful for the continuing challenge of managing growth in the Auckland region and the issues being raised in the Long Term Sustainability Framework.

Speakers at the seminar were:

Session 1 - Sustainable Cities and Town Centres

• Dr Guenther Bachmann, Director, German Council for Sustainable Development
• Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Canada
• Prof Peter Newman, WA Sustainability Roundtable and Director, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

Session 2 - Practical Actions for Town Centres

• Chris Johnson, Executive Director, Cities and Centres, Department of Planning, New South Wales
• Mark Hedges, Executive Director, Planning and Development, East Perth Redevelopment Authority, Western Australia
• Dominic Arcaro, General Manager, Urban Revitalisation, VicUrban, Victoria

Here you can find:

Please note: some of these presentations have been compressed due to size issues. If you require a full version of the presentation, please contact John Smith by email or telephone 09 366 2000.