Growing NZ cities eat up fertile land – but housing and food production can co-exist
- Written by: Shannon Davis, Lecturer in Landscape Planning, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Donald Royds, CC BY-SAAuckland Council recently voted to decrease the amount of city fringe land available for development, citing flood risks and infrastructure costs.
Meanwhile in Christchurch, plans for an 850-home development north of the city have been rejected because of the area’s “existing rural nature and the lack of public...
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