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Allowing ground floor living in inner city – four Dutch cities
Foot traffic in most Dutch and German city centres is okay, but some have lost their foot traffic and allowed the ground floors of buildings to be…
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Peter H Bos

July 2024

About Peter H Bos and cities
I’m Peter Harry Bos, the author of these blogs.
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Kirikiriroa Maaori by-election 2024, Living Streets Questionnaire to candidates
We asked Kirikiriroa Maari by-election 2024 Candidates that we could find email address for 5 questions, only Danielle Marks relied, thank you Danielle…
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Photo of the day: Founders Threatre demolition June 2024
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Ground floor - Mixing Retail and residential - History
The mixing of retail and residential use of buildings at ground floor level is normal in many cities around the world.
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Peter H Bos

June 2024

What's left of Hamilton Gardens Glass House
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Peter H Bos
The importance of protecting those driving for work
On any working day, 5% of people will drive to work in a work vehicle, and 33% will drive a private vehicle to work, which equals 38% (61,707) of…
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The city as an egg – Cedric Price
Cedric Price (1934-2003), an English architect, developed the ‘city as an egg’ image.
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Medium sized cities in Netherlands & Germany: 2024 update
With the release of the 2023 census data, now is a good time to update past population density ranking images.
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SL1 Northern Block flooding - Kahikatea Dr to Collins Rd
My concern with the SL1* original written proposal presented to Future Proof is that it makes no mention of the nature in the cities goal of 10% of the…
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Peter H Bos

May 2024

Long-Term 1999 to 2045 capital spend on wastewater
This post tries to identify when the measure of uncertainty in long-term planning increases over time due to random and political changes.
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Peter H Bos
Long-Term 1999 to 2045 capital spend on water
This post tries to identify when the margin of error in long-term planning increases over time due to random and political changes.
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Peter H Bos
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