Realistic sustainability?: Urban transport planning in Wellington, New Zealand
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Dodson, Jago
Mees, Paul
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2003
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Urban transport systems have key roles in supporting environmental sustainability. New Zealand's transport planning arrangements are promoted as a model by agencies such as the World Bank. This paper explores the New Zealand transport planning framework using a case study of the Wellington region's strategic balancing of transport modes and projects. The paper argues that despite some positive rhetoric, concerns about the sustainability of transport planning in Wellington remain. The paper concludes by discussing the need to reassess New Zealand's national framework, and identifies some directions for reform.Urban transport systems have key roles in supporting environmental sustainability. New Zealand's transport planning arrangements are promoted as a model by agencies such as the World Bank. This paper explores the New Zealand transport planning framework using a case study of the Wellington region's strategic balancing of transport modes and projects. The paper argues that despite some positive rhetoric, concerns about the sustainability of transport planning in Wellington remain. The paper concludes by discussing the need to reassess New Zealand's national framework, and identifies some directions for reform.
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Journal Title
New Zealand Geographer
Volume
59
Issue
2
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© 2003 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Subject
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Human Geography