About this resource
Introduction
This publication provides a selection of urban sustainability information (websites, website reports and books) from countries other than New Zealand.
It complements an earlier publication that compiled New Zealand information on urban sustainability [Urban Sustainability in New Zealand: An Information Resource for Urban Practitioners. January 2003. Sustainable Management Fund, Ministry for the Environment.]. The aim of these two publications is to provide useful information to urban practitioners to assist them in creating liveable and sustainable towns and cities.
The target audience for this publication includes architects and designers, engineers, landscape architects, builders and building organisations, investors and developers, consultants, manufacturers and suppliers, infrastructure and utility providers, and councils. The resource is also likely to be of interest to a broader audience including education, business and community organisations and the general public. The material was compiled by BRANZ Ltd on the basis of recommendations provided by people from a range of organisations and disciplines who are working on urban sustainability issues.
The material has been arranged according to a number of topics, or dimensions of urban sustainability:
- Urban design, landscape and form
- Sustainable building
- Social aspects
- Environmental quality
- Resource conservation
- Urban economics
- Transport
- Risk management
- Governance
- Measuring progress
To some extent these topics overlap. To avoid duplication, where an
item fits into more than one category, it is listed in a ‘composite
information’ category in the final table in the document. The
type of information (eg. book or website) is listed under the ‘Description’
column. The year of publication for books and website reports is noted
in the ‘Author’ column. Many of the items can be investigated
further by the reader through links and resources (such as newsletters,
fact sheets, pdf files and books) [There may
be instances where a website URL is no longer valid. It is suggested
the reader goes to the parent site, or uses the site’s search
engine and/or an external search engine to locate the updated URL, or
desired organisation/document].
