Tagged: roading

The real increase in infrastructure - The Dismal Science

Donal Curtin • May 28, 2017 •

• Budget,
• infrastructure,
• roading

The government made a decent effort in the Budget to boost the spend on infrastructure, as it showed in this graph, taken from the ‘Capital at a Glance’ document handed out yesterday as part of the Budget material. But if you thought that we will have an extra $32.5 billion worth of shiny new infrastructure in four … Read More

New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies - Guest Work

Guest Author • Aug 23, 2016 •

• Environmental,
• environmental management,
• govrnment,
• Pollution,
• roading,
• Science and Society,
• Water quality

By Stephen Knight-Lenihan, University of Auckland Balancing the environment with development is tricky. One way for policymakers to include the value of ecosystems in development is to set limits for pollution and other environmental impacts, known as environmental bottom lines (EBLs). These can be a helpful way of embedding into an economy the value of ecosystems. They also help … Read More