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European Sustainable Development Network Case Studies
Posted on: 20 January 2012
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The ESDN Case Studies are published on specific or outstanding developments in relation to sustainable development strategies or policies.
Retrofit Guides
Posted on: 19 January 2012
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To explore the business opportunities emerging from the low carbon building and retrofit market, the Institute for Sustainability has produced a series of âBuilding Opportunities for Businessâ Retrofit Guides. The guides draw on leading academic and industry experts and provide practical and commercially focused advice and best practice to both trades and professions including architects, surveyors, builders, project managers, plumbers and electricians. The guides are: 1: Introduction; 2: Surveying and assessing buildings for low carbon retrofit; 3: Planning low carbon retrofit projects; 4: Funding and procurement for low carbon retrofit projects; 5: Managing low carbon retrofit projects; 6: Improving the building fabric; 7: Improving the building services; 8: Green retrofit; 9: Living in a low carbon home; 10: Identifying opportunities and promoting low carbon retrofit; 11: Promotion programmes for low carbon retrofit; 12: Skills, training and accreditation.
From chaos to collaboration: How transformative technologies will herald a new era in travel
Posted on: 19 January 2012
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Technologies and evolving social values and trends will combine to establish a new era of collaborative travel over the next decade and beyond, according a report developed by The Futures Company and commissioned by Amadeus.
Getting a good deal from the Green Deal: Views from local communities
Posted on: 19 January 2012
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This document from the Green Alliance presents the conclusions from three workshops held in late 2011 with coalition MPs and local stakeholders. These workshops, held under our Climate Leadership Programme, discussed opportunities for the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO)Â to enhance local energy saving, views on the existing policy design and how the schemes could be improved. The report concludes that there are a number of hurdles to overcome before this policy can really deliver on its promise. Five strong messages that emerged from the workshops are detailed in the report, highlighting necessary requirements for success: help to encourage take-up; give more support to the fuel poor; make sure local economies benefit; spread the message; and help to drive real demand reduction.
Views from the frontline: local reports of progress on implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action, with strategic recommendations for more effective implementation
Posted on: 19 January 2012
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In 2009 a Voices from the Front Line (VFL) study gathered views on progress in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) on risk reduction activity at the local level across 48 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. In 2011 VFL carried out a second survey, and this report presents its methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations, as well as an assessment of where progress has or has not been made over the two-year period.
Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction: A road towards sustainable urban development and creating safer urban communities
Posted on: 19 January 2012
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This paper, published by the US Agency for International Development in July 2010, examines the risks of natural hazards and disasters that challenge the development efforts of the urban or city development process. It also highlights how local government, as the key partner of the development process, could contribute effectively to reducing disaster risks in their respective operational areas.
Cruise traffic and urban regeneration: Final report and good practices guide
Posted on: 16 January 2012
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In order to find solutions to amplify the economic, environmental and social benefits for port cities that welcome cruise ships, twelve partners in the URBACT Cruise Traffic and Urban Regeneration (CTUR) project introduced actions to improve the interface between cruise traffic and urban renewal. This report highlights the conclusion of CTUR three years of exchange and learning activities.
Government Response to the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee Report of Session 2010-12: Regeneration
Posted on: 16 January 2012
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This Command Paper contains the Government’s formal response to the recommendations and conclusions set out in the Communities and Local Government Committee’s report on regeneration.
Co-production: A new perspective on partnership
Posted on: 16 January 2012
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A growing number of practitioners and policy makers use the term âco-productionâ when they refer to collaborations in the regeneration process. Many now frequently use âco-productionâ in place of âpartnership workingâ without being aware that there are important distinctions in the meanings that these terms have. This article suggests that the concept of co-production offers a fresh perspective on important aspects of partnership working in regeneration contexts. A number of examples from the SURE (Socio-economic methods of Urban REhabilitation in deprived urban areas) Network are used to illustrate how core elements of collaborative regeneration practice can be seen in a new light when looking at them through the lens of co-production.
Changing climate, changing business: Tourism business adapting to climate change
Posted on: 13 January 2012
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SW Tourism has produced a video which investigates the impacts of climate change on the tourist sector in the region. It highlights some of the changes that small businesses have seen in recent years and some of the measures that they have taken to adapt.
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