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Implementing LIUDD – Policy and Planning
A key component of this research programme is the recognition that it is vital to consider how to implement LIUDD, rather than merely provide the scientific and economic information to support the uptake of LIUDD. Without a clear understanding of what it means for end-users to uptake the information, our success in mainstreaming LIUDD may be limited. We believe that presenting the LIUDD programme findings as a series of implementation strategies is a more flexible and robust way of meeting the needs of end-users. It avoids being overly prescriptive about how end-users adopt programme findings. It will enable end-users to identify and use strategies that will meet their needs.
The role of our research is to develop, test and implement a set of strategies for LIUDD to support local government and other stakeholders to adopt LIUDD strategies. We are identifying the approaches judged to be the most likely to effect change. The strategies will be broad ranging in scope and extend from the identification of key concepts and principles for policy development (
152 KB) in council plans through to organisational changes necessary to effect LIUDD.
With the support of other research, we are taking technical and economic information and making it accessible to the end-users – quite a challenge we think! But one that is also necessary to ensure the success of our innovative research programme – and a challenge we are willing to take on.
What we have been up to lately:
- One technique that we have used to help us connect our research more with practitioners has been the National Task Force [NTF]. In 2009, we recently completed an evaluation of the NTF and identified a number of learnings that we believe will be helpful to those who want to use learning networks as a way to support the mainstreaming of new ideas and practices. See report by Rachael Trotman below (added August 2009).
- We have just released a report that focuses on operation and maintenance issues for LIUDD devices ( 1.7 MB). The report includes a checklist and discussion of key considerations in designing for the efficient and effective operation and maintenance of LIUDD devices is intended to provide an insight into how challenges around ensuring the ongoing operation and maintenance of LIUDD devices can be overcome. The emphasis is on good design and planning for maintenance.
- In late 2007 we released a report ( 257 KB) that reviews international best practice in terms of policy mechanisms that are used to successfully implement LIUDD. This was a joint project between the LIUDD Research Programme, Auckland Regional Council and Christchurch City Council.
- We ran a workshop at the Annual Ingenium Conference in June 2008. Ingenium is an organisation that represents all those people who manage, maintain and operate public infrastructure in New Zealand, with a particular focus on engineers. Viv Heslop and Jane Puddephatt ran an interactive workshop at the conference that aimed to get them excited about their role as place-makers and show how LIUDD can help them deliver better outcomes to their communities. The great news is the Viv and Jane won the award for the best technical presentation – this was quite an honour and Viv and Jane were chuffed. Check out the award winning presentation (3.6 MB ). Viv and Jane were also invited to run the place-making workshop at the Hawkes Bay/East Coast Planners Group monthly get-together in Hastings at the beginning of July.
- The Suburban Safari, run at the end of June, was also a great success. We have people from all over New Zealand who were interested in learning more about the approach being taken by Christchurch City Council. The Council has been very innovative in their thinking about policy and practice and are delivering some great examples of low impact urban design and development on the ground.
Example of LIUDD in Christchurch (Photo: David Sissons, CCC)
Example of LIUDD in Christchurch (Photo: David Sissons, CCC)
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Viv Heslop (LIUDD researcher) and Jane Puddephatt (MWH) also ran a workshop at the New Zealand Planning Institute annual conference in Greymouth in April 2008 (8.1 MB). The workshop aimed to get planners to think about a range of policy mechanisms from cooperative through to coercive that could be used to promote LIUDD in New Zealand. This workshop drew on the report prepared by Jane and Viv in December 2007, which looked at international practice in this area. Feedback from the participants was positive, with the ideas presented sparking much discussion on how planners can be more innovative in their approach to supporting most sustainable practices. The conference presentation led to an invite to present it to staff at the Boffa Miskell office in Auckland in early June.
- We continue to work on the case study portal, and plan to have a number of new case studies loaded this year.
Completed research
- Review of the land development process from the perspectives of the developers and councils in order to determine challenges and opportunities(
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187 KB) - Interviews with local government personnel and development practitioners to determine the challenges and opportunities to the uptake of LIUDD
- Established the National Task Force to assist researchers in identifying strategies for the uptake of LIUDD – this National Task Force continues to meet every six months to be updated on research and to provide us with information on how we can connect with end-users
- Identified change management issues for councils as they work towards implementing LIUDD
- Developing principles and methods to underpin development of plans and other local government instruments (152 KB).
Recent Publications
Feeney C. 2009.
If we adopt LIUDD, what will we measure to tell us how well it worked? .
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A summary report by Clare Feeney of Environmental Communications Ltd for Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and the University of Auckland drawn from her conference papers and other reports on this website..
Feeney C, Heremaia C. 2009.
Managing natural and physical assessts for intergrated outcomes .
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1MB
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A paper presented at the May 2009 Stormwater Conference of Water New Zealand in Auckland, New Zealand.
Feeney C, Hermaia C, Scott K. 2009.
Managing natural and physical assets for integrated outcomes.
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Proceedings of NZWWA Conference 2009.
Scott K. 2009.
Talbot Park residents perceptions' of sustainable urban design.
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5MB
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Landcare Research Report.
Trotman R. 2009.
Valuing learning networks: A review of the Low Impact Urban Design
and Development National Task Force.
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A report prepared for The University of Auckland as part of the Low Impact Urban Design and Development research programme.
Recent Presentations
Feeney C, Heremaia C, Scott K 2009.
Managing natural and physical assets for integrated outcomes
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Presentation at NZWWA 2009 conference
Heslop V, Puddephatt J 2008.
Low Impact Urban Design & Development: Policy mechanisms to support change
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Presentation to the New Zealand Planning Institute Conference in Greymouth, April 2008.
Hostetler M 2008.
Thoughts, Issues, and Research on Developing Sustainable Communities
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6MB
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Presentation to Ecan May 2008
Feeney C 2007.
The development process: critical path analysis.
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Internal Landcare Research seminar
Feeney C, Greenaway A 2007.
ICMP Policy effectiveness monitoring to meet LGA and RMA requirements
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In: Proceedings of Stormwater 2007:5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 16th - 18th May, Auckland
Links
New Zealand
- NZ Planning Institute
- Urban design protocol – MfE
- Quality Planning – The RMA Planning Resource
- Resource Management Law Association
- Auckland University Department of Planning
International
- Planning Institute of Australia
- American Planning Association
- Planning Portal – UK
- National Strategies for Sustainable Development – UK
- USEPA – Smart Growth
- USEPA - Green infrastructure
Contacts
| Jenny Dixon | Marjorie van Roon | Viv Heslop |
| Henri van Roon | Chris Dempsey | Shad Rolleston |
| Clare Feeney |
