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Creating Places – A policy statement on architecture and place for Scotland
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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A new national policy on architecture launched by the Scottish Government has stressed the importance of enriching the people of Scotlandâs lives through quality buildings and places.
Smart cities: How to build sustainable and resilient environments in an increasingly urbanized world
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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This white paper aims to provide a framework for understanding the definitions, market indicators, key metrics and value propositions smart cities hold for numerous industries. The emergence of smart cities as the receptacle for ideas, thoughts, policies and strategies about the future of the worldâs cities is an important milestone because it comes amid rapid innovation, convergence and a redefinition of what it means to live and work in an urban environment in the 21st century.
Cities of tomorrow: Action today
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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In October 2011, the European Commission published a report, Cities of tomorrow: Challenges, visions, ways forward, which examined the possible impact of a series of major trends on different types of European cities in the coming years. Six âworkstreamsâ, launched by URBACT at the beginning of 2012, examined a theme which corresponds with one of the threats identified by Cities of Tomorrow and, over the period of a year, has brought together evidence from URBACT projects but also from a wide range of stakeholders from all around Europe. Reports on these themes are now available:
From crisis to choice: Re-imagining the future in shrinking cities
This report calls for a new realism with regard to urban regeneration in cities affected by shrinkage.
More jobs: Better cities. A framework for city action on jobs
This report provides a framework for city action on jobs, which aims to help cities support and grow more and better jobs for the recovery. It is aimed at practitioners and policy-makers at the city level, as well as those at national and international levels, concerned with urban employment and skills policy and practice.
Supporting urban youth through social innovation: Stronger together
This report examines how cities can promote social innovation to address chronic social challenges. Although our specific focus is young people, the conditions identified for promoting social innovation have wider relevance.
Against divided cities in Europe
This report intends to provide an overview of the concept of urban segregation and related public policies that have been studied and explored within URBACT. The objective is also to bring forward some of the most interesting practices from URBACT partner cities working on integrated sustainable development, which have implemented innovative policies against segregation.
How cities can motivate mobility mindsets
This report focuses on the ways in which cities can facilitate the transition to a new urban mobility, which is more fundamentally linked to the quality of space, to a new mindset, and is built on integration between policy priorities and multi-stakeholder buy-in.
Building energy efficiency in European cities
This report examines how cities can mitigate climate change by reducing energy consumption in the construction, maintenance and refurbishment of buildings.
Cities of tomorrow: Action today. URBACT II Capitalisation. Key message
This report highlights some of the main points previous six reports make, with a particular focus on those that are relevant for cities concerned with supporting integrated sustainable urban development in the next round of EU programmes.
State of the Nation 2013: Transport
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The State of the Nation report has been compiled by the Institution of Civil Engineers each year by a panel of recognised experts drawn from the various fields of expertise across ICE’s membership. Its aim is to stimulate debate and to highlight the actions that needed to improve the state of the nation´s infrastructure. The most recent report looks at the state of the UKâs transport infrastructure, to inform government policy and decisions through this electoral cycle and beyond.
How to build a Smarter City: 23 design principles for digital urbanism
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The author presents âdesign principlesâ for a city that is considering how their next planning strategy could reflect the impact of the technology agenda.
The importance of trees in the urban landscape
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The latest presentation on the Urban Design Group website.
After five long yearsâŚthe jobs market reawakens
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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This article from Construction Manager looks at signs of growth in the construction jobs market, examining who is in demand, where and why.
Rebalancing the housing and mortgage markets: critical issues
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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This report, produced for the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association, aims to review the complex and important issues around the future of the UK housing and mortgage markets, and to raise questions about the unintended (or at least unacknowledged) implications of the new regulatory regimes. It is hoped the paper will contribute to a much needed debate about the government and industry objectives for the future of the UK housing and mortgage markets, and the measures required if those objectives are to be met.
The Green Investment Report: The ways and means to unlock private finance for green growth
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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This report is a first step by the Green Growth Action Alliance to deliver on the G20 Leadersâ request. It aims to provide a common point of reference to guide policy-makers, financial institutions and investors as they seek to better understand, and address, the global gap in green investment. This report documents and synthesizes the best available green investment data, research and case studies from a number of leading organizations, including Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Climate Policy Initiative, the International Energy Agency, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank Group and the World Resources Institute, and provides important messages for different groups of stakeholders. New analysis is also presented on clean-energy asset finance flows, the findings of which can be used to guide investment decisions and priorities in other sectors.
SpecifiedBy
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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A new online platform for architects and other specifiers within the construction industry to source detailed building product information has been launched. Edinburgh based SpecifiedBy, who are responsible for popular Twitter service #SocialSpec, aim to take the convenience and search capabilities of online product directories and add modern functionality that can make sourcing, organising and processing building product information much easier.
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