Exploring the concept of Christchurch as a ‘super city’ from a sustainability perspective
dc.contributor.author | Ching, Amelia | |
dc.contributor.author | Enersen, George | |
dc.contributor.author | Mills, Kelly James | |
dc.contributor.author | Whitehead, Jay | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-15T23:09:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-15T23:09:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-05 | |
dc.description | Group case study report prepared for lecturers Ton Buhrs and Roy Montgomery by students of ERST 635 at Lincoln University, 2013. | |
dc.description.abstract | The New Zealand Government’s decision to establish a unitary authority in the Auckland Region has provided much of the context and impetus for this review of current governance arrangements in the Canterbury region, to determine whether or not they are optimal for taking the communities of greater Christchurch into the future. A number of local governance academics, as well as several respected political pundits, have prophesised that the Auckland ‘Super City’ reforms of 2009 will have serious implications and ramifications for local governance arrangements in other major cities, particularly Wellington and Christchurch. Wellington councils have already responded to the possibility of change by undertaking a series of reports on local governance arrangements, as well as a major review led by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, to investigate options for governance reform. Alongside these developments, the Christchurch earthquakes beginning in September 2010 have raised a myriad of new and complex governance issues, which may or may not be able to be addressed under the status quo, while the replacement of Regional Councillors’ with centrally-appointed Commissioners is suggestive of government dissatisfaction with current arrangements. With these things in mind, the research group has considered local government in Canterbury and the greater Christchurch area in the wider governance context. It does not limit discussion to only the structure of local government in Canterbury but rather, as the brief (Appendix 1) indicates, considers more broadly the relationship between central, regional, and local tiers of government, as well as the relationship between local government and local communities. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ching, A., Enersen, G., Mills-Kelly, J. & Whitehead, J. (2013). Exploring the concept of Christchurch as a ‘super city’ from a sustainability perspective. Lincoln, New Zealand: Lincoln University, Faculty of Environment, Society, and Design. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10182/5788 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society, and Design. | |
dc.relation | The original publication is available from Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society, and Design. | |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Authors. | |
dc.subject | regional councils | |
dc.subject | Canterbury earthquakes | |
dc.subject | local government | |
dc.subject | city council | |
dc.subject | governance | |
dc.subject | super city | |
dc.subject | Christchurch | |
dc.subject.anzsrc | ANZSRC::160509 Public Administration | |
dc.subject.anzsrc | ANZSRC::160514 Urban Policy | |
dc.title | Exploring the concept of Christchurch as a ‘super city’ from a sustainability perspective | |
dc.type | Other | |
lu.contributor.unit | Department of Environmental Management | |
lu.subtype | ||
pubs.deleted | 2015-11-26T16:24:19.350+1300 | |
pubs.notes | Group case study report prepared for lecturers Ton Buhrs and Roy Montgomery by students of ERST 635 at Lincoln University, 2013. | |
pubs.place-of-publication | Canterbury | |
pubs.publication-status | Published |
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