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Shrinking areas: Front-runners in innovative citizen
Posted on: 8 January 2013
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It is argued, that with few exceptions, cities and towns all across Europe currently face the effects of ageing and depopulation. In the future, the entire continent is expected to feel the impact of shrinkage on its towns, cities and regions. In shrinking areas, the existing physical and social structure is under pressure. Houses are difficult to sell, schools need to close, services and amenities become too expensive to maintain. To overcome the consequences of shrinkage joint action is needed with local authorities cooperating with citizens to find ways to maintain the quality of life in their city or town. This publication, which forms part of EUKN’s 2012 Annual Conference, presents a thorough overview of the effects of shrinkage on European towns, cities and regions. It provides a scientific analysis of the phenomenon and the ways different layers of government could deal with it efficiently by using the potential of residents in the shrinking areas.
Nature works for regions
Posted on: 8 January 2013
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In recent years, the European Centre for Nature Conservation has collected an extensive number of practical examples which aim to encourage people who wish to become involved with biodiversity, inspire them and show them that local biodiversity can effectively deliver services. As part of this collection, numerous examples of biodiversity activities by local and regional authorities and businesses from around Europe have been included. The booklet is divided into six themes which deal with food, water management, climate change, pollution, human well-being and biodiversity conservation.
The 40 percent symposium: Understanding the impact of sustainability on commercial property value and investment. London, 28 November 2012
Posted on: 8 January 2013
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The 40 Percent Symposium is described as the key event for the commercial property sector and for all senior executives looking to manage the impact and realise the value of sustainability in their property portfolios. It provides practical advice and examples for developing a sustainability strategy to support value, measure and improve the performance of property assets and demonstrate credibility to stakeholders, customers and your employees. Presentations are available online.
Electric city. London, 6-7 December 2012
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The 11th Urban Age Conference focused on the “Electric city”, a detailed investigation of how the combined forces of technological innovation and the global environmental crisis are affecting human society. Videos of the event presentations are available online.
Quietening the environment for a sustainable surface transport (QUIESS). Brussels, 10 December 2012
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The QUIESST Consortium, after 3 years of intensive research in Noise Reducing Devices (NRD), presented the results of its work and launched the “QUIESST Guidebook” an essential tool for any NRD’s manufacturers and end-users willing to optimise his products and their use. Presentations are available online.
Reducing transport noise in cities: CityHush final expert seminar and city workshop. Stockholm, 11 December 2012
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The European CityHush project supports city administrations with the development and implementation of noise action plans according to the directive EC 2002/49. Noise action plans made with existing technology suffer from major shortcomings: there is a poor correlation between hot spots and annoyance and complaints, most measures lead to increased emissions, and only indoor noise comfort is addressed. In order to reduce noise in city environments, CityHush developed suitable problem identification and evaluation tools and designed noise reduction solutions for hot spots that show a high correlation with annoyance and complaints. The final results on research and recommendations regarding quiet zones, noise score rating models, low-noise vehicles, low-noise road surfaces, and noise barriers were discussed at this conference. Presentations are available online.
European Network for Housing Research Conference 2011. Toulouse, 5-8 July 2011
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The main theme of this conference was Mixité” (“Mixité”:an urban and housing issue?).While many researchers have reservations about a certain ideal of diversity that is supposed to banish the evils afflicting contemporary societies (segregation, ghettoisation, the disintegration of social ties), they also question the normative or prescriptive dimensions of the injunction for social diversity that inspire a number of public policy acts. Mobilising debate and analysis of researchers from various countries is of quite some interest in that Europe, as a whole, encompasses different views of what it means to live together. Papers are available online.
Achieving the goals of the White Paper on Transport: how civil society can help with delivery. Brussels, 7 December 2012
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The EU Transport White Paper requires swift implementation. So far, the lack of progress in EU transport policy has been partly due to the fact that there has been insufficient involvement of civil society in both policy-making and policy implementation, and any involvement there has been has not been adequately structured. This conference aimed to assess the weaknesses in current practice and propose new means of getting the civil society on board. It also provided insight into the forms that a truly cooperation-based decision-making process could take at different levels of governance (European, national and local). Presentations are available online.
Land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change
Posted on: 7 January 2013
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This report provides a collection of land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change being used by municipalities across Canada.
Rail 2020
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee had published the findings of its rail inquiry launched in March 2012. It took the McNulty report and the Government’s rail Command Paper as its starting points but sought from the start to take a broad view of the rationale for Government support for rail and the strategic vision for rail for the rest of the decade.
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