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Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres (2014)
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Lamond, J., Wilkinson, S., Rose, C., & Proverbs, D. (2014). Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres. London: RICS Research Trust

AIM The aim of this research was to examine the potential for mitigation of predominantly pluvial flooding in CBDs through retrofitting of such systems. The research used two case study areas to explore the challenges and opportunities for retrofit... Read More about Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres.

Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future? (2014)
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Lyons, G., Davidson, C., Forster, T., Sage, I., McSaveney, J., MacDonald, E., …Kole, A. (2014). Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?

New Zealand’s land transport programme has a current expenditure target for the next ten years of $38.7bn including $10bn to change the shape of the road network and improve its quality and capacity. Yet such investment plans are in the face of a cou... Read More about Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?.

Future demand: Summary report (2014)
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Lyons, G. (2014). Future demand: Summary report

New Zealanders are driving nearly 30 billion kilometres each year in their cars, vans, utes and SUVs. The road network also carries 70 percent of all of our freight. As a nation we have built and continue to maintain a network of roads to allow us to... Read More about Future demand: Summary report.