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A new approach to public private partnerships
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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In 2011, the Government initiated a fundamental reassessment of the Public Finance Initiative (PFI). Concluding that the review presented a compelling case for reform, the government has published a document which presents the conclusions of the review of PFI and sets out the Government’s new approach, PF2, for involving private finance in the delivery of public infrastructure and services. The government has also published guidance, Standardisation of PF2 contracts, setting out the approach to be taken to structuring PF2 contracts.
City resilience in Africa: A ten essentials pilot
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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Lacking both early-warning systems and risk-reduction budgets, medium-sized towns in Africa are poorly equipped to respond to emergencies provoked by natural disasters, rural-urban migration and ecosystem destruction, according to a new United Nations report.
Smartspaces
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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This EU-funded project started on 1 January 2012 and will last for three years. It has set up 11 pilot sites in 11 cities in 8 countries with the aim of saving energy in Europe’s public buildings using information and communication technology.
On the move: making sense of car and train travel trends in Britain
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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The authors of this report analysed historical trends in car and train use and wider travel patterns, and found some significant shifts going on in car use by gender, age and by region, concluding that “the notion that car traffic peaked in the mid-2000s is at best an oversimplification.”
Women and climate change
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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This publication outlines some of the initial steps the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is taking to ensure that development is both climate compatible and fair to women and men.
The Olympic Park: A landscape legacy
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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The Landscape Institute has launched a short YouTube film which showcases the vital role that landscape architecture played in the design and realisation of the Olympic Park.
Responding to Climate Change
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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Responding to Climate Change (RTCC) is a Non-Governmental Organisation and an official observer to the United Nations climate change negotiations dedicated to raising awareness about climate change issues. RTCC also officially supports the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in its outreach programme through Climate Change TV, the world’s first online video broadcaster dedicated entirely to climate change issues.
Aviation capacity
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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This paper considers the remit of the Davies Commission, set up to identify and recommend to government options for maintaining the UK’s status as a global aviation hub, and the work programme for the Mayor’s new aviation policy unit. Given that the Mayor of London has a very strong stance on aviation policy, this report also invites Leaders to agree that London Councils should develop a set of principles on aviation policy which could be used to inform London Councils’ interactions with the Mayor of London and the Davies Commission. This set of principles would build on the work that London Councils undertook on this previously.
RICS BIM Market Forum
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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On 21-22 November 2012, the RICS Built Environment Group held a BIM Market Forum in order to identify global standards and protocol that the RICS can develop to enable this emerging technology and the new ways of working associated with it. Register on the RICS website to view this document.
Shutting in the poor: Beijing’s policy for sealing rural migrants into urban villages
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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Chengzhongcun are areas classified as rural villages which have been absorbed into China’s growing cities, becoming thriving unregulated rental markets for rural migrants in the process. The author of this article describes how Beijing’s new “sealed management” policy seeks forcefully to bring these areas back under state control.
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