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New Zealand needs an urbanisation project
A collection of essays about cities, housing, land, the built environment and transport which collectively make the case for New Zealand to implement a wide ranging urbanisation project
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What if Landlords Built Hot New Things?
What if Landlords Built Hot New Things?
“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us” Winston Churchill
Brendon Harre
Apr 1
Housing as a Human Right: Restoring New Zealand’s Egalitarian Dream?
Housing as a Human Right: Restoring New Zealand’s Egalitarian Dream?
New Zealand is bad at housing its people — very bad. Relative to income, homes in the country are among the most expensive in the world.
Brendon Harre
Mar 8
The Christchurch Green Thumb Plan
The Christchurch Green Thumb Plan
A Bike Orientated Development could provide funding and developmental impetus for transitioning Christchurch’s red zone into a green thumb
Brendon Harre
Mar 5
Is the Housing Crisis Bad for Productivity as well as Wealth Inequality?
Is the Housing Crisis Bad for Productivity as well as Wealth Inequality?
People might vote with their feet
Brendon Harre
Feb 7
Depoliticising Housing
Depoliticising Housing
New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis, Part Three: Political Precommitment
Brendon Harre
Dec 19, 2020
Who are the Jedi Knights of Housing Affordability?
Who are the Jedi Knights of Housing Affordability?
New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis, Part Two: Economic Opportunity
Brendon Harre
Dec 9, 2020
New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis: Five Part Series
New Zealand’s Rack-Rent Housing Crisis: Five Part Series
“We might make mistakes but we will make other things too”– Michael Joseph Savage
Brendon Harre
Nov 30, 2020
If Not Now When?
If Not Now When?
Contents
Brendon Harre
Oct 15, 2020
High Land Prices: Added Value or Exploitation?
High Land Prices: Added Value or Exploitation?
Philip George Hayward response to the paper High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug? by Brendon Harre
Brendon Harre
Sep 6, 2020
High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug?
High Land Prices: A Feature or a Bug?
Societal reform is not genuine reform without land-use change
Brendon Harre
Sep 4, 2020
Pumped Hydro -Introduction
Pumped Hydro -Introduction
Transitioning to a carbon-zero economy will require big initiatives, such as, pumped hydro
Brendon Harre
Mar 16, 2020
Build the Dam -Save the Planet
Build the Dam -Save the Planet
As environmental concerns go from local to global “Stop the Dam -Save Manapouri” becomes “Build the Dam -Save the Planet”
Brendon Harre
Mar 8, 2020
Pumped Hydro: Extended Comment by Prof Bardsley
Pumped Hydro: Extended Comment by Prof Bardsley
Question: What is the best way to meet resource adequacy needs as we transition away from fossil fueled electricity generation and towards…
Brendon Harre
Mar 8, 2020
Living Rent: Introduction
Living Rent: Introduction
Introduction
Brendon Harre
Feb 20, 2020
Living Rent: The 10 Minute Community — The 30 Minute City
Living Rent: The 10 Minute Community — The 30 Minute City
Living wage workers not only need housing that is affordable in price and of good quality they also need housing which is located close to…
Brendon Harre
Feb 11, 2020
What I think Christchurch will be like in 2030?
What I think Christchurch will be like in 2030?
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. Neil Armstrong
Brendon Harre
Dec 21, 2019
WHY MaRTI?
WHY MaRTI?
For Greater Christchurch to be successful it needs a better spatial plan
Brendon Harre
Dec 5, 2019
A Just Climate Change?
A Just Climate Change?
Being warm and dry is a basic physiological necessity according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need
Brendon Harre
Nov 19, 2019
MaRTI: Executive Summary
MaRTI: Executive Summary
Delivering transport hubs and a new urban neighbourhood
Brendon Harre
Nov 16, 2019
The Crippling Cost of Bureaucracy
The Crippling Cost of Bureaucracy
Guest post by Dr Eric Crampton
Brendon Harre
Oct 24, 2019
Living Rent: A Twelve Hour Home
Living Rent: A Twelve Hour Home
Paying the rent should be a reasonable task for all full-time workers
Brendon Harre
Oct 11, 2019
Can Wellington Transform Itself?
Can Wellington Transform Itself?
Wellington hopes to become a city with good quality, warm, dry affordable housing
Brendon Harre
Aug 9, 2019
The Differential Pricing of Cities
The Differential Pricing of Cities
by Philip Hayward -originally submitted as a response to Geometric considerations: Intensification vs extensification
Brendon Harre
Aug 8, 2019
The Christchurch Hand Plan
The Christchurch Hand Plan
Christchurch has a well defined spatial problem but it lacks a well defined spatial solution.
Brendon Harre
Jun 6, 2019
The Kiwi Right To Housing Choice
The Kiwi Right To Housing Choice
Written in Collaboration with Anthony Ireland
Brendon Harre
May 21, 2019
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