Assignment 1 articles to post and share

Students at The University of Auckland have been writing articles for their first assignment explaining the approach of a place outside NZ to an aspect of urban sustainability.

Questionnaire for Lectures on Fiji

Please leave comments within this blog.

What is a squatter settlement?
	Illegal settlement
	Informal
	Without permission from landowner
pollcode.com free polls

What proportion of Fijian population live in squatter settlements?
	5-10%
	11-15%
	16-20%
	0ver 20%
pollcode.com free polls

Planning in Fiji

Today we started to look at the issues facing planning in Fiji. Students had the opportunity to see an interview with a planner in Fiji. Currently there are 3 planners serving the whole country of 850,000 people.

Summary of comments about this blog from 2009 332 students

Following is a list of summarised students' comments about this blog and relevant course materials made during the lecture on 25 August 2009.

• Like to do polls;
• Not enough information and sources for detailed discussions and debates;
• More graphics and images, more debateable topics, no topics related to Australia;
• Want to response to someone else comments, poll is a great idea;
• Blog - good learning tool;
• Helpful slides for how to make comments and links to a photo.