Built environment
Working paper
Urban water security: assessing the impacts of metering and pricing in Aotearoa New Zealand
By combining a series of complementary data sets, the authors of this paper present some preliminary analysis that suggests metering and pricing does incentivise water conservation in Aotearoa.
Report
Choosing Victoria's future: five urban development scenarios
This document explores how different city shapes and growth patterns impact the state’s economy, the environment, and the quality of life of Victorians. The report makes five recommendations to the Victorian government to help achieve more compact and connected cities.
Report
Delivering freight decarbonisation: strategies for reducing Australia’s transport emissions
This report focuses on opportunities to reduce emissions from road freight with solutions that span the entire freight sector.
Strategy
Charging our future: national electric vehicle charging strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand 2023-2035
The New Zealand government has launched their electric vehicle charging strategy. The strategy outlines the government’s long-term strategic vision for a national electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure that can support a growing EV fleet, while helping New Zealand meet its climate commitments.
Report
Melbourne's missing middle: building a liveable, affordable, and sustainable city for all
This report outlines a vision for enabling denser, more lively streetscapes across all of Melbourne. It would be achieved through the report's signature recommendation: enabling six-storey, mixed-use development on all residential land within one kilometre of a train station and 500 metres of a tram – stopbuilding an interconnected network of 1,992 high-amenity, walkable neighbourhoods.