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Urban Growth Management in Christchurch
Author(s) -
MEMON P A
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2003.tb02112.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , growth management , scope (computer science) , environmental planning , urban planning , geography , regional science , interpretation (philosophy) , urban management , resource (disambiguation) , urban policy , environmental resource management , land use , business , civil engineering , economics , engineering , archaeology , computer science , computer network , programming language
This article provides a critique of urban planning in the Christchurch metropolitan region. It is argued that pressure from land owners and developers in the urban fringe, self interest of constituent territorial local authorities, and inadequate national policy direction based on limited interpretation of the planning scope of the Resource Management Act 1991 have constrained a strategic approach to urban growth management in Christchurch. This situation stands in contrast to the apparent success of the Regional Growth Forum in Auckland.