Draft New Zealand Urban Design Protocol

• Advisory Group
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• Vision and Mission Statement
• 1 - Introduction
• 2 - Attributes of Successful Towns and Cities
• 3 - Key Urban Design Qualities - The Six Cs
• 4 - Making it Happen
• 5 - Signatories to the Protocol
• Appendix 1 - Guiding Documents
• Appendix 2 - Action Pack
• Your Commitments
• Feedback

Vision and Mission Statement

Vision

Making our towns and cities more successful through quality urban design.

Mission statement

The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol calls for a significant step-up in the quality of urban design in New Zealand and a change in the way people think about our towns and cities. It aims to ensure New Zealand's towns and cities are successful places for people as part of a co-ordinated programme of sustainable development.

It will achieve this by:

• creating a national cross-sector commitment to quality urban design
• providing a national resource of tools, actions and experiences
• working in partnership between government, private sector and professionals
• increasing the awareness of quality urban design and demonstrating its value.

The Urban Design Protocol recognises that:

• towns and cities are complex systems that require integrated management
• quality urban design is an essential component of successful towns and cities
• urban design needs to be an integral part of all urban decision making
• urban design requires alliances across sectors and professionals
• quality urban design is necessary at many scales, from small towns to large cities
• urban design has a significant influence on people and how they live their lives.

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