Research Projects 2010
An archive of research projects from 2010 supported by Transforming Cities.
Active transport to reduce carbon emissions in Auckland: Health effects, equity, barriers and facilitators
Principal Investigator
Tricia Austin
Architecture and Planning
Researchers
- Associate Professor Niki Harré
Psychology - Dr Quentin Atkinson
Psychology - Dr Graeme Lindsay
Population Health - Dr Jamie Hosking
Population Health - Dr Alexandra Macmillan
Population Health - Dr James Woodcock
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Tania Utley
Architecture and Planning
This project used Vibat Auckland, a transport carbon emissions model calibrated for Auckland in a research partnership with researchers at Oxford University. It started by identifying the desired reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for Auckland by 2041 and the modelling the likely impacts of policies that could be implemented to achieve the targets.
Research aims
- Identify and model the health benefits of walking and cycling
- Understand the behavioural changes required for the diverse populations in Auckland to take up more active transport modes
- Understand the equity and health equity implications
Anchor organisations, sustainability and new forms of leadership in transforming Auckland
Principal Investigators
Professor Larry Murphy
Property
Dr Nick Lewis
School of Environment
Researchers
- Professor Richard Le Heron
School of Environment - Professor Brad Jackson
Leadership Institute, School of Business - Dr Charlotte Šunde
Transforming Cities, Research Fellow in Planning
This project investigated cross-organisational leadership initiatives among key economic actors (both public and private) with long term and defining commitments to Auckland. A sustainable future for Auckland must draw on a transformational political economy that is embedded in, and responsive to, its communities and environments. The team believes we need to actively engage alongside these actors in new ways to imagine and build a transformational Auckland.
The place of diverse ethnic communities and business innovation in transforming Auckland
Principal Investigators
Professor Robin Kearns
School of Environment
Professor Hugh Whittaker
Management and International Business, NZ Asia institute
Researchers
- Dr Wardlow Friesen
School of Environment - Professor Manying Ip
Asian Studies
This project asked the question: How does the contemporary ethnic diversity of Auckland promote positive socio-economic transformation of the city, enhance economic innovation, and foster engagement between New Zealand and Asia? The research team investigated Chinese and Indian businesses in Auckland and examined how their ‘host’ neighbourhoods think and feel about them; for example, in terms of employment, access to goods and services, and community engagement.
Transforming Auckland into a bicycle friendly city
Principal Investigator
Dr Judith Wang
Energy Centre
Researchers
- Dr Andrea Raith
Department of Engineering Science - Dr Hugh Byrd
School of Architecture and Planning
This project received seeding funds to look at why cycling in Auckland is lower than the national average and aimed to find out what puts people off bicycling and what encourages them. Researchers looked to international cities like Denmark, The Netherlands and Germany to see what Auckland can learn from their experience. This project is extended in the 2011 funding round "Transforming Auckland’s transportation system into a resilient, environmentally-friendly and health-enhancing system with a spatial decision support system".