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Dezeen Magazine
Posted on: 4 July 2012
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This website aims to highlight a carefully edited selection of the best architecture, design and interiors projects from around the world before anyone else. Dezeen was launched at the end of November 2006 and has grown rapidly to become one of the most popular and influential architecture and design blogs on the internet. Dezeen was included in Time magazine’s Design 100 list of the most influential forces in global design and in Design Week magazine’s Hot 50 list of key figures in design.
Financial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme
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The National Audit Office has today published its report on the Government’s new Affordable Homes Programme, aimed at delivering below market price housing. While the report found the launch of the Programme by the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Homes and Communities Agency to be a success, with providers committing themselves to building some 80,000 homes for the £1.8 billion of government investment, compared to the initial target of 56,000, the report highlights a number of key risks. Nearly a fifth of contracts with housing providers remain to be signed; more than half of the planned homes are not currently due to be delivered until the final year of the Programme; and some providers are concerned that they may not be able to charge rents at the levels they originally agreed with the Programme.
Survival of the fittest: Sustainable tourism means business
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A new report from the Travel Foundation in partnership with Forum for the Future, argues that the tourism business is facing a “perfect storm”, as destinations face the impact of climate change alongside economic volatility and rising costs. The paper calls on the industry to consider its stance on sustainability, set ambitious targets and work as one to meet the environmental, economic and social challenges ahead.
Ecosystems News
Posted on: 4 July 2012
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The Ecosystems Knowledge Network is part of Defra’s work to champion an ecosystems approach, including its Ecosystem Approach Action Plan, which was last updated in 2010. The Network builds on a number of existing initiatives designed to help demonstrate the benefits of applying an ecosystems approach in practice. The first issue of the Network’s newsletter is available online.
Designation of structures and features for flood and coastal erosion risk management purposes
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This information note is about the statutory designation of structures and other features (natural or manmade) as defined by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (the 2010 Act), and the implications of designation for designating and responsible authorities in England and Wales. It sets out recommendations on the practical considerations for designating and responsible authorities to enable designations to be made, recorded and managed effectively in the interests of flood and coastal erosion risk management.
Designing Buildings Wiki
Posted on: 4 July 2012
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This free, open-access resource aims to help the construction industry move towards a less fragmented, more open and better informed way of working. The site has recently launched with 350 articles already uploaded, about property, procedures, legislation, design and construction. Because it’s a wiki site, if you don’t see what you want – you can add it, and if you don’t like what you see – you can change it.
Beautiful, green, smart and inclusive: Colourful cities
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As part of the Committee of the Regions’ 5th European Summit of Regions and Cities, which was held on 22 and 23 March 2012 in Copenhagen, the Committee invited its members as well as a variety of European associations and cities from across Europe to showcase their recent urban projects in the following four areas: architecture and town planning (’Beautiful Cities’); energy efficiency, sustainable transport and development (’Green Cities’); innovation and smart specialisation strategies (’Smart Cities’); and inclusion, social innovation and employment (’Inclusive Cities’). This brochure accompanied the exhibition.
RICS Small Retail Business Lease
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a free small business retail lease to attract new and independent retailers into vacant high street space. The lease, developed in collaboration with the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has been devised to simplify the often complex and time-consuming process associated with commercial property leases. The new, freely available contract will enable quicker occupation of retail premises by SMEs, helping to support the independent retail sector and stimulate the British high street.
Re-thinking neighbourhood planning: From consultation to collaboration
Posted on: 3 July 2012
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This discussion paper is a work of collaboration between the Royal Institute of British Architects and think tank Respublica. It argues that involving communities in neighbourhood planning on a collaborative, rather than purely consultative basis will not only lead to a more successful and meaningful process, but can also generate social capital and value: stronger and more cohesive communities.
New knowledge for resilient futures
Posted on: 3 July 2012
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The Transition Research Network (TRN) is a self-organising peer group of academics and community activists which aims to: help advance understanding and practice in transition; support transition groups to address their research needs; help transform the crisis in our universities into an opportunity for positive change in research culture, making research relevant, fulfilling, and fun. A report has been published which highlights the outcome of two recent meetings. The first, held in Manchester on 28 November 2011, identified some of the key issues, along with approaches through which they might be addressed. The second meeting, held in Plymouth on 29 February 2012, aimed to identify solutions.
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