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The economic impact of the UK heritage tourism economy
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has published a follow-up to its 2010 Investing in Success study, showing that heritage-based tourism has actually grown despite general economic downturn. According to the revised report produced by Oxford Economics, heritage-based tourism is now worth £26.4billion to the UK economy annually, a rise of £5.8billion compared with data from 2010. The report also indicates that heritage is a growing concern among domestic tourists, over a quarter of all UK holiday activities undertaken by UK residents now involve heritage.
Vienna +10: National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe – Taking stock, new developments and future challenges. Vienna, 13-14 June 2013
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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The conference. organised by the European Sustainable Development Network, revisited National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDSs) and provides an opportunity to take stock of NSDSs processes and objectives, investigate past achievements, explore new developments, and identify future challenges. A full documentation of the conference, including the conference proceedings, the final agenda, the discussion paper, the participant list, all PPTs of keynote presentations, and a photo documentation.
The human city. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4-6 July 2013
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New Cities Foundation has published an e-book on its annual flagship event, New Cities Summit. The official Summit e-book includes written summaries and videos of all sessions, from keynotes to plenaries and breakouts. It also features the official highlights video of the Summit, and What Works series.
Retrofit incentives
Posted on: 11 July 2013
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This report produced by the Retrofit Incentives Task Group examines financial incentives to increase the uptake of domestic energy efficiency measures. It outlines proposals for the three most promising incentives – variable Stamp Duty, variable Council Tax and an Energy Efficiency Feed-in-Tariff – and includes economic analysis of their potential impacts.
Shifting the dial. The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games: Impact on the image of Britain and inbound tourism
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This report outlines the impact the 2012 Olympic Games had on the image of Britain and inbound tourism.
China’s urbanization imperative
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A video and presentations from McKinsey & Company, exploring China’s huge infrastructure program and the country’s plans to build sustainable urban clusters for hundreds of millions of its people.
Planning performance and improvement: the changing landscape
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The Government’s intention to designate councils under Clause 1 of the Growth & Infrastructure Act makes it clear that they see timely determination of major planning applications as an indicator of a good service. However, councils operate in complex environments and such a narrow definition of “performance” is risky. The Planning Advisory Service has spoken to several councils about how they locally define performance and their recent steps to improve their planning services. This case study looks at the variety of work being carried out in Aylesbury Vale, Lincoln, Croydon and Camden councils.
Ten principles for owning your housing number: finding your objectively assessed needs
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The Planning Advisory Service has produced a document outlining what it believes are the ten key principles necessary for owning your housing numbers and finding your objectively assessed needs.
Renewable energy and local plan policies case study
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The NPPF advises that to help increase the use and supply of renewable and low carbon energy local planning authorities should consider identifying suitable areas for renewable and low carbon energy sources, and supporting infrastructure, where this would help secure the development of such sources. The Planning Advisory Service has published a document which outlines the experiences of Hastings, Darlington, Bristol, Richmondshire, Stockport, Manchester and South Staffordshire councils in using this approach.
English Housing Survey
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Two 2011-12 English Housing Survey (EHS) Annual Reports, one on Homes and the other on Households, plus accompanying live tables, have been published on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website. These reports expand on statistics first released in the 2011-12 EHS Headline Report in February 2013 and cover a wide range of topics relating to both the physical condition of homes and the circumstances of the people that live in them.
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