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Infrastructure workshop marks four years of research
The IPS/Motu Infrastructure Workshop (13 July) highlighted the importance of strategic infrastructure investment. The workshop also emphasised the many questions and challenges facing those planning infrastructure investments and the need to carefully evaluate and learn from past investments.
Arthur Grimes started the day by summing up four years of Motu-led research that evaluates infrastructure investments in New Zealand. This FRST-funded research programme, titled “Physical, Technological and Social Infrastructure: Maximising Contributions of Infrastructure Investments to New Zealand’s Economics Development” (2006-2010), funded research into transport, telecommunications, water, and local social/economic infrastructure.
Read more about this research on Motu’s infrastructure research web page.
Presentations:
Dr Arthur Grimes, Motu
Motu’s FRST Infrastructure Programme: Key Findings and New Questions (PDF 558KB)
John Boshier, New Zealand Centre for Advanced Engineering
CAENZ Infrastructure Programme: Key Findings (PDF 428KB)
Stephen Selwood, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development
Strategic Decision Making Frameworks (PDF 287KB)
Andrew King, GNS Science
Climate Change, Natural Hazards & Infrastructure Resilience (PDF 3.60KB)
Professor Lew Evans, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University
Infrastructure Investment & Uncertainty (PDF 609KB)
Dr Andrew Coleman, Motu
Transport infrastructure, ‘lock-out’, and urban form (PDF 395KB)
Colin Crampton, New Zealand Transport Agency
A Culture of Lead Infrastructure
Michael Deegan, Infrastructure Australia
Infrastructure Approaches in Australia (PDF 219KB)
An IPS publication following up on the key issues discussed during the this one day workshop will be available later in the year.
Posted 15-Jul-2010 by Emma Jellicoe