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Design and Sustainability Business Plan 2013-15
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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The Homes & Communities Agency has published a plan which outlines how through working with partners and responding to the needs of customers, it aims to improve design and sustainability across its outputs and that of its partners. The Plan includes references to work to improve environmental sustainability of existing stock.
First steps to home ownership in London
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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FIRST STEPS is the official intermediate housing programme from the Mayor of London helping low and modest income Londoners to buy or rent at a price they can afford. On this site you can find all the FIRST STEPS properties in one place.
EU bioenergy potential from a resource efficiency perspective
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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The main objective of this report is to review the implications of resource efficiency principles for developing EU bioenergy production.
Qualitative research and focus group research measuring public awareness of and attitudes to HS2: February and March 2011
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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The Department for Transport has published the findings of quantitative research and focus group research to measure public awareness of and attitudes to high speed rail.
Building an effective safety net for home owners and the housing market
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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This new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation evaluates the options for market and policy reform to provide an effective safety net for individual home-owners and for the UK housing market as a whole.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends in the African conference industry
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The author of this article, head of African Agenda, a leading South African professional conference organiser (PCO) and the only sub-Saharan member of the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO), has identified several key trends in the African conference industry.
Infrastructure is firmly valued: but delivery is down the road
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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In this commentary from construction consultants Davis Langdon, experts have analysed the Spending Round 2013 and summarised what it means for the construction industry, with a particular focus on its investment plans for infrastructure, transportation, energy, housing, healthcare and science.
National Adaptation Programme
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The National Adaptation Programme report sets out what leading businesses, councils and communities, as well as government, are doing to tackle climate threats. The Programme is divided into chapters looking at the: Built environment; Infrastructure; Healthy and resilient communities; Agriculture and forestry; Natural environment; and Business and local government. A separate analytical annex contains the current evidence base for adaptation decision-making. It presents the analysis that informs the National Adaptation Programme’s approach to adaptation to climate change.
The Knowledge Navigator: Your guide to key climate change platforms
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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The ever-growing number of knowledge sharing platforms on climate change and development has meant that users of climate knowledge are often unsure which services are most appropriate to their needs. Eldis has recently added a new interactive tool, the Knowledge Navigator, to the Climate Change Resource Guide which aims to help users tackle this problem.
Surface water management and flooding: Plans, delivery and funding. London, 26 June 2013
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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The aim of this conference was to set out the context, scale and impact of surface water flooding and show how we are moving beyond the important phases of mapping and planning to deliver schemes to manage the risk of flooding to communities. Presentations are available online.
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