scholarly journals Integrated Land Transport and Land Use Planning Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Urban New Zealand: A Case Study of the Wellington Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Leonie Waayer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Integrated Planning

<p>The New Zealand Government has the desire to be the first carbon neutral country in the world. Climate change policy has identified transport as a key contributor resulting in the goal to halve per capita domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. In order to reduce CO2 emissions whilst achieving core land transport outcomes, this study focuses on the Wellington region and explores the available frameworks for integrated planning in land transport and transport-related land use. Legislation and regional policy is reviewed and international best practice in integrated planning is identified. Perspectives from practitioners in land transport and land use planning in New Zealand are given. Integrated planning in urban transport and design is well established in many developed countries but is not prevalent in New Zealand. Recent and proposed legislation and policy in land transport management and climate change aim to rectify this but the policy and planning landscape remains complex. Transit oriented development aligns well with regional policy outcomes and could contribute to CO2 emissions reductions in the long term. A reprioritisation of land transport investment away from fossil fuel dependency to support low carbon transport via active travel modes and freight movement by rail and sea is recommended.</p>

scholarly journals Integrated Land Transport and Land Use Planning Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Urban New Zealand: A Case Study of the Wellington Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Leonie Waayer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Integrated Planning

<p>The New Zealand Government has the desire to be the first carbon neutral country in the world. Climate change policy has identified transport as a key contributor resulting in the goal to halve per capita domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. In order to reduce CO2 emissions whilst achieving core land transport outcomes, this study focuses on the Wellington region and explores the available frameworks for integrated planning in land transport and transport-related land use. Legislation and regional policy is reviewed and international best practice in integrated planning is identified. Perspectives from practitioners in land transport and land use planning in New Zealand are given. Integrated planning in urban transport and design is well established in many developed countries but is not prevalent in New Zealand. Recent and proposed legislation and policy in land transport management and climate change aim to rectify this but the policy and planning landscape remains complex. Transit oriented development aligns well with regional policy outcomes and could contribute to CO2 emissions reductions in the long term. A reprioritisation of land transport investment away from fossil fuel dependency to support low carbon transport via active travel modes and freight movement by rail and sea is recommended.</p>

Linking Land Use Capability classes and APSIM to estimate pasture growth for regional land use planning

Soil Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Vogeler ◽  
Rogerio Cichota ◽  
Josef Beautrais
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Land Resource ◽  
Pastoral Systems ◽  
System Models ◽  
Farm System ◽  
The Impact

Investigation of land-use and management changes at regional scales require the linkage of farm-system models with land-resource information, which for pastoral systems includes forage supply. The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) and associated Land Use Capability (LUC) database include estimates of the potential stock-carrying capacity across the country, which can be used to derive estimates of average annual pasture yields. Farm system models and decision support tools, however, require information on the seasonal patterns of pasture growth. To generate such pasture growth curves (PGCs), the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) was used, with generic soil profiles based on descriptions of LUC classes, to generate PGCs for three regions of New Zealand. Simulated annual pasture yields were similar to the estimates of annual potential pasture yield in the NZLRI spatial database, and they provided information on inter-annual variability. Simulated PGCs generally agreed well with measured long-term patterns of seasonal pasture growth. The approach can be used to obtain spatially discrete estimates of seasonal pasture growth patterns across New Zealand for use in farm system models and for assessing the impact of management practices and climate change on the regional sustainability.

scholarly journals Real-time urban regional route planning model for connected vehicles based on V2X communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 517-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pangwei Wang ◽  
Hui Deng ◽  
Juan Zhang ◽  
Mingfang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Route Planning ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Optimal Route

Advancement in the novel technology of connected vehicles has presented opportunities and challenges for smart urban transport and land use. To improve the capacity of urban transport and optimize land-use planning, a novel real-time regional route planning model based on vehicle to X communication (V2X) is presented in this paper. First, considering the traffic signal timing and phase information collected by V2X, road section resistance values are calculated dynamically based on real-time vehicular driving data. Second, according to the topology structure of the current regional road network, all predicted routes are listed based on the Dijkstra algorithm. Third, the predicted travel time of each alternative route is calculated, while the predicted route with the least travel time is selected as the optimal route. Finally, we design the test scenario with different traffic saturation levels and collect 150 sets of data to analyze the feasibility of the proposed method. The numerical results have shown that the average travel times calculated by the proposed optimal route are 8.97 seconds, 12.54 seconds, and 21.85 seconds, which are much shorter than the results of traditional navigation routes. This proposed model can be further applied to the whole urban traffic network and contribute to a greater transport and land-use efficiency in the future.

Building Resilience to Climate Change Through Adaptive Land Use Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2011 ◽  
pp. 349-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Storch ◽  
Nigel Downes ◽  
Lutz Katzschner ◽  
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Building Resilience

Balancing the competing needs of climate change, biodiversity and rural communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 249-249
Author(s):  
H Prosser
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Uk

The work of the UK Climate Change Commission (UKCCC) in recommending targets and options for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases is focusing attention on what agriculture and land use can contribute to deliver these targets. Although overall the major issue is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from energy use, agriculture and land use are significant emitters of methane and nitrous oxide. UKCCC has identified three main routes by which emissions can be reduced• Lifestyle change with less reliance on carbon intensive produce -eg switching from sheep, and beef to pig, poultry and vegetables.• Changing farm practices – eg to improve use of fertilisers and manures• Using new technology on farms – eg modifying rumen processes, anaerobic digestion.

scholarly journals Preparing for Sea-Level Rise through Adaptive Managed Retreat of a New Zealand Stormwater and Wastewater Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Kool ◽  
Judy Lawrence ◽  
Martin Drews ◽  
Robert Bell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Adaptation Option ◽  
Levels Of Service ◽  
Over Time

Sea-level rise increasingly affects low-lying and exposed coastal communities due to climate change. These communities rely upon the delivery of stormwater and wastewater services which are often co-located underground in coastal areas. Due to sea-level rise and associated compounding climate-related hazards, managing these networks will progressively challenge local governments as climate change advances. Thus, responsible agencies must reconcile maintaining Levels of Service as the impacts of climate change worsen over the coming decades and beyond. A critical question is whether such networks can continue to be adapted/protected over time to retain Levels of Service, or whether eventual retreat may be the only viable adaptation option? If so, at what performance threshold? In this paper, we explore these questions for stormwater and wastewater, using a dynamic adaptive pathway planning (DAPP) approach designed to address thresholds and increasing risk over time. Involving key local stakeholders, we here use DAPP to identify thresholds for stormwater and wastewater services and retreat options, and for developing a comprehensive and area-specific retreat strategy comprising pathway portfolios, retreat phases, potential land use changes, and for exploring pathway conflicts and synergies. The result is a prototype for an area near Wellington, New Zealand, where a managed retreat of water infrastructure is being considered at some future juncture. Dynamic adaptive strategies for managed retreats can help to reduce future disruption from coastal flooding, signal land use changes early, inform maintenance, and allow for gradual budget adjustments by the agencies that can manage expenditure over time. We present this stepwise process in a pathway form that can be communicated spatially and visually, thereby making a retreat a more manageable, sequenced, adaptation option for water agencies, and the communities they serve.

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