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Disaster risk reduction: Spending where it should count
Posted on: 21 March 2012
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This report from Global Humanitarian Assistance provides evidence of a challenge that disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners have been highlighting for many years: despite increasing public and political recognition of the need for a focus on DRR, reinforced by countless high level statements and commitments, the international community has been unable to provide the funding needed to sufficiently reduce risk in developing countries.
Zero Carbon Performance: cost-effective concrete and masonry homes
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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This document is intended to act as an update to the research document, ‘Achieving Code Level Five with Concrete and Masonry’, which is included, as an appendix, in this downloadable version, for reference. Zero Carbon Performance summarises the key design decisions reached by the design team for the original study and updates the fabric specification to take account of new Fabric Energy Efficiency Standards (FEES) and the revised definition of a zero carbon home.
Why does London’s economy need the Thames Tunnel?
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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A report, backed by business organisation London First and the Trades Union Congress, outlining how the Thames Tunnel will boost the capital’s economy.
Gender and climate change
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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An Overview Report, and the Cutting Edge Pack it is part of, are the result of a two-year collaborative Cutting Edge Programme, drawing on the experience and expertise of a wide range of people working on gender and climate change issues across the world.
Low and zero carbon homes: understanding the performance challenge
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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There appears to be a growing body of research evidence that new housing is failing to deliver the anticipated levels of CO2 emissions. But there is relatively little understanding within the wider industry of what might be causing this. It seems that somewhere between a home’s design and its occupation, a gap can develop between the expected and the actual energy consumption. With interest in the performance gap growing within both industry and government, this report considers the evidence for the gap, what factors might be contributing to it and how their effect could be mitigated. Registration is required to view this document.
Community Land Trusts: proof of concept
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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This report by Community Finance Solutions looks at the work of Community Land Trusts (CLTs) over the last decade, and how they have paved the way for communities across the country to set up CLTs to provide affordable homes.
Empowered citizens or hopeful bystanders?
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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The new political appetite for ‘localism’ in town planning has triggered anxiety within local communities and amongst those charged with making it work, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Living up to the hype?
Posted on: 20 March 2012
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This paper is based on emerging findings from an ongoing research project tracking the shift from regionalism to localism, with a specific focus on the extent to which Local Enterprise Partnerships can help rebalance the national spatial economy. The research explores the issues arising from the formation of LEPs over their first three years.
RICS Public Sector Asset Management Guidelines: Best Practice
Posted on: 16 March 2012
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RICS has released its Public Sector Property Asset Management Guidelines to facilitate savings across estates and services. The public sector is under constant pressure to cut costs and release capital. At the same time, service delivery and quality expectations are increasing, requiring more efficient and effective use of all resources. It is in the context of these challenges and opportunities that RICS has released its new Public Sector Asset Management Guidelines. Two separate documents, the Senior Decision Makers’ Guide and a Quick Start Guide, have been developed to sit alongside the main guide to educate senior decision makers of the business-related benefits of property asset management. The guidelines enable users to create a property asset management plan, deliver a portfolio of space in accordance with that plan and, thereafter, track the post-occupational results.
Implementing “community-led” local development in cities. Lessons from URBACT
Posted on: 16 March 2012
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How can community-led local development become a powerful tool for improving our cities? Drawing on URBACT’s experience, experts in urban development have put forward their first answers in an article.
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