Tag: Infrastructure

Those Colour Pens Again: Ben Goes Spatial Planning – the City Centre | Waikato Part 6.0 | #citiesskylines2

Those colour pens are back out again! If Spatial Planning is about Spatial Form Influencing Behaviour AND Behaviour Influencing Spatial Form, while Land Use Planning is to carry out the Spatial Plan, then what do both have in common? COLUR PENS (and paper)! So, let's go Spatial and Land Use Planning with a new mod … Continue reading Those Colour Pens Again: Ben Goes Spatial Planning – the City Centre | Waikato Part 6.0 | #citiesskylines2 →

Waikato Grows Up: Reviewing Waikato Round 2 – 173,000 Cims | #citiesskylines2

Time for our SECOND review, as Waikato hits LARGE city status #urbanplanning When Waikato was first "reviewed" the city was at medium city status and around 50-62,000 cims. Now, after Part 5 of the Waikato Series heading into Part 6 the City has grown to 173,000 and definitely sits in LARGE city status for a … Continue reading Waikato Grows Up: Reviewing Waikato Round 2 – 173,000 Cims | #citiesskylines2 →

Ben Tours His Urban Creation | Waikato Special – Part 1 | #citiesskylines

Getting under the hood of Ben's urban creations In the first of three specials with Waikato, I take a tour of Waikato Gardens while explaining urban concepts. Waikato Gardens was built as part of Waikato 5.2 to support the metals and concrete industries, but was not extensively covered in that video. Urban Planning, Urban Design, … Continue reading Ben Tours His Urban Creation | Waikato Special – Part 1 | #citiesskylines →

DRILL THAT OIL. Also hello Howick | Waikato 5.1 | #citiesskylines2

Industry powers the city while I need 13,000 new working residents for Waikato The Drill Baby Drill MAGA and Shane Jones bravado aside, resources and subsequent industry are often the primary reason cities are founded, live, and sometimes die (if the resource is depleted or deindustrialisation went horridly wrong and urban renewal did not happen … Continue reading DRILL THAT OIL. Also hello Howick | Waikato 5.1 | #citiesskylines2 →

Zoning 101: Preparing for the First Cims in Waikato | Part 3.0 | #citiesskylines2

First Cims itching to move in HOWEVER, where will they live and work. I also go for a ramble We are nearly there everyone! Waikato is nearly ready to receive YOU the first Cims and businesses into this brand new city. But first? Where will everyone live and work? Enter Zoning 101 aka THOSE ZONES! … Continue reading Zoning 101: Preparing for the First Cims in Waikato | Part 3.0 | #citiesskylines2 →

The Infrastructure that Binds: Waikato – Part 2.2. #CitiesSkylines2

After some roadblocks, preparations for first residents and businesses to move into Waikato continue to take shape The glue that binds a city together continues apace with the placing of the (larger) public infrastructure into Waikato. As I note in the video, some of the more localised infrastructure like local roads, and pocket parks will … Continue reading The Infrastructure that Binds: Waikato – Part 2.2. #CitiesSkylines2 →

Can AI be used in Planning? And could an existing Urban Simulator like #CitiesSkylines 1 and 2 assist?

Could Large Language Models (AI) be used as a tool in Planning? It was used in my submission to the Planning Bill that had included "blueprints" if my submission was to be followed. So, could it now be used alongside an urban simulator like Cities Skylines which has already been used as an illustrator and … Continue reading Can AI be used in Planning? And could an existing Urban Simulator like #CitiesSkylines 1 and 2 assist? →

A Brand New City Continues: Waikato and That Infrastructure. | Part 2.1 | #citiesskylines2

Slow but methodical; continuing to lay the skeleton and arteries that will support the brand new city! Infrastructure building can be rather dry, or wet, smelly, electrifying, soothing, enlightening, administrative or any other term you can think of. And certainly it might not make the most enthralling video in Cities Skylines but without infrastructure your … Continue reading A Brand New City Continues: Waikato and That Infrastructure. | Part 2.1 | #citiesskylines2 →

Waikato City, Part 2.0: Continued infrastructure building for new city | #citiesskylines2

Skelton and Arteries continue to be laid down. Game Infrastructure Planning Mechanics Explained The laying down the foundational infrastructure that will support the first urban centre, and first set of industries for Waikato continues. Most of it is the roading network for which the rest of the infrastructure will follow in the Part 2.X of … Continue reading Waikato City, Part 2.0: Continued infrastructure building for new city | #citiesskylines2 →

NEW CITY 2026, NUMBER 2: Neo Manukau Ranges, Part 1. #citiesskylines2

Time to introduce the second of my two new cities for 2026 Introducing our second new city for 2026; Neo Manukau Ranges using the Volchoria Map (available from the PDX Mods site). Now if Volchoria sounds familiar it is because it was used for the original Manukau Ranges the predecessor to Neo Manukau Ranges. However, … Continue reading NEW CITY 2026, NUMBER 2: Neo Manukau Ranges, Part 1. #citiesskylines2 →