New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities
The New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities states that it is an inter-disciplinary research centre "dedicated to providing the research base for innovative solutions to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development" of New Zealand urban centres. It states "87% of New Zealanders live in cities. The health and well-being of a significant proportion of population is reliant on developing environments that take into account the connections between transport, design, energy, health and governance and other issues."
Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman of the University of Otago is the director and states:
Professor Howden-Chapman has been quoted as expressing concern in 2012 at the clear absence of a central government agency in New Zealand that sees urban development and sustainable cities as a priority part of its brief.
The centre has been instrumental in researching the application of indigenous knowledge to sustainable urban design.
