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Tomorrow’s city today: Eco-city indicators, standards and frameworks
Posted on: 8 February 2013
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This project deals with the international development and use of various ‘eco-city’ indicators, standards and frameworks. It is centred upon a deliberative process involving an international group of leading experts. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the project involved a three-day conference held in autumn 2012 in Bellagio, Italy. The project comprises three parts: (1) comparative analyses of contemporary eco-city indicator systems and endorsement schemes; (2) evaluation of eco-city indicator use within particular policy contexts; and (3) recommendations concerning policy needs and opportunities at local, national and international levels. This report contains the results of the project.
Focus on: London hotel developments 2013
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This report from Jones Lang Lasalle provides a comprehensive analysis of hotel development activity in London and its impact on hotel trading performance.
Investing in resilience: Ensuring a disaster-resistant future
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A new report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says that human and financial losses from natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific continue to grow. Yet, reducing such losses is possible through investments in risk assessment, risk reduction and residual risk management. The appropriate use of existing instruments and mechanisms in the legislative, regulatory, policy, planning, institutional, financial, and capacity-building arenas can increase resilience. Moreover, there is increasing awareness from decision makers of the need to build partnerships with all levels of society along with close cooperation with the international community. Disaster resilience is increasingly viewed as a critical component of efforts to achieve sustainable socioeconomic development and poverty reduction. In the context of increasing exposure and vulnerability to meteorological, hydrological and climate-related hazards associated with a changing climate, climate change adaptation also need to be combined with actions to strengthen disaster resilience under a single framework. This report contains an extensive bibliography.
International Eco-Cities Initiative
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The International Eco-Cities Initiative is a multi-national research network co-ordinated by scholars at the University of Westminster (London), the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), and the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC). The initiative undertakes and supports: research into contemporary urban sustainability and related governance and innovation issues; comparative analyses of diverse eco-city initiatives in various national and cultural contexts; seminars, workshops and conferences; knowledge transfer between academics, policy-makers and practitioners; and postgraduate and research training through the MPhil/PhD programme. You can sign up to receive issues of the International Eco-Cities Initiative newsletter. Published three times per year, it provides information about the project’s research, events and publications, and seeks to contribute to analysis and discourse on ‘eco-cities’ and sustainable urbanism of various kinds across the world.
Heritage works: The use of historic buildings in regeneration
Posted on: 7 February 2013
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This is an updated publication from the 2006 first edition that takes into account new national planning policy guidance and provides new case study evidence to show how heritage-based regeneration can work in practice. It is collectively written by the British Property Federation, English Heritage, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Deloitte Real Estate, combining their expertise and in-depth knowledge of heritage properties and the market. The practical step-by-step guide for developers, owners, local authorities and advisers provides invaluable advice and warns of common pitfalls and points to ways of overcoming them. It signposts more than 30 information sources and is intended as the ‘first-stop’ reference document or ‘toolkit’ for the regeneration of the historic environment and heritage buildings.
Crossrail 2: Supporting London’s growth
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A major new rail link connecting south-west and north-east London, via a tunnel beneath central London, is recommended in a new report by London First. The new line, Crossrail 2, would transform journeys for commuters from the south-west and the north-east, including Wimbledon, Kingston, Twickenham, Hackney, Islington, Tottenham, Cheshunt and Hertford East. It would also provide essential relief to major London interchanges, including Euston, Victoria and Clapham Junction, and reduce pressure on congested Tube lines. In some cases, journey times would be more than halved.
Cultural tourism in England
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Arts Council England and the national tourist board, VisitEngland, have announced a new partnership to boost cultural tourism in England. The partnership statement sets out how Arts Council England and VisitEngland will work together. A key priority will be to encourage and support destinations that have real potential to grow and improve cultural tourism.
The VALUE (Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy) Project: Final report
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The final report of the VALUE project is now available, indicating that economic value is associated with urban greening and associated improvements in economic quality. Based on a study of 10 investment sites across North West Europe, it shows that targeting innovative green infrastructure investments ensures a high social, ecological and economic impact.
Tourist Season Review & Outlook: Failte Ireland Annual Statement
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Provides a review of the Irish tourism industry in 2012 and outlook for the future.
Advancing agroforestry on the policy agenda: A guide for decision-makers
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released the first in a series of working papers on agroforestry. The guide is aimed at decision makers, NGOs and government agencies to promote the integration of agroforestry into national strategies. The guide outlines the conditions for, and barriers to, agroforestry development, as well as key drivers that can improve success. It provides ten tracks for policy action that include: raising awareness of agroforestry systems to farmers; reforming forestry and agriculture regulations; and clarifying land policy regulations.
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