#Auckland is expanding but we lack a clear urban strategy for #SustainableGrowth to prevent #UrbanSprawl. We need more scientific studies to compare the impacts of the city growing to the north/west/south with those of urban #densification (#MediumDensityHousing).
Urban sprawl negatively affects #traffic, #energy use, the #UrbanMicroclimate, and the environment.
In the following paper, published in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), we discuss the urban microclimate of #NewZealand and argue that it deserves more multifaceted attention: https://lnkd.in/gCsnKpyT
Authors: Zahra Jalali, Amir Ghaffarianhoseini, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Michael Donn, Abdulbasit Almhafdy, PhD, FHEA., Charles Walker and Umberto Berardi
Auckland City Challenges
Do we know the city's expansion challenges and their negative impacts?