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Housing, homelessness, advice and prevention: joining the dots post-2012. Edinburgh, 9 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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Shelter Scotland’s second annual Homelessness Conference. Presentations are available online covering welfare reform and housing, and prevention and innovation.
Complexity, cognition, urban planning and design. Delft, Netherlands, 10-12 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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CTC (Complexity Theories of Cities) is a domain of research that studies cities from the perspective of the various theories of complexity. The aim of the 2nd Delft international conference is to create a conversation between people from several disciplines that not often talk to each other; namely, between practitioners of CTC, cognitive scientists of spatial behavior, planning and design; researchers of design thinking, urban planners and urban designers. Abstracts are available online.
Environmental and climate technologies 2013. Riga, Latvia, 14-16 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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The Conference has been envisaged as a regular scientific forum and its main aim is to acquaint researchers with achievements in the area of energy systems and environmental engineering and to give the scientists, especially PhD students, an opportunity to publish the results of their research. Presentations are available online.
Real Estate Investment Trusts: What are the conditions?
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This article examines what it takes to be a REIT and to qualify for the tax breaks, A link is also provided to an introductory article which looked at how the underlying property rental business is taxed, and how the tax position of the fund is effectively transferred to the investors.
Roots of the British socialist movement
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This pamphlet brings together the history columns published in Chartist since 2005. The intention of the column was to draw attention to the writings of earlier radicals and socialists. This was partly to inform current political activists of the history of the movement but also to provide inspiration. Each column provides a n extract the writings of the individual featured together with a short biography to set out the context in which the article or book extracted was written. This pamphlet covers the first fifty columns covering the period to 1907.
Up in smoke: How the EU’s faltering climate policy is undermining the City of London
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This report argues that the EU has a proud record of taking the lead in tackling climate change, and the City of London has been a major beneficiary of this leadership. However, recent criticisms of the EU’s approach and substantial problems with Europe’s emissions trading scheme risk snuffing out the EU’s momentum and undermining the City of London’s leading role in carbon finance.
Urban Markets Platform
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This website is designed as a place of knowledge exchange and expertise on urban marketplaces.
The U.K.’s misguided attempt to bring back the ‘Garden City’
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This article critically examines the recent call for the building of new garden cities in the UK.
Low and zero carbon technologies in new homes
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This research focuses on low- and zero-carbon (LZC) technologies, looking at actual occupant perceptions and experiences of LZC technologies in their homes, as well as the knowledge and practices of on-site sales teams in promoting awareness of the benefits of LZC technologies.
Jamaica sustainable energy roadmap: Pathways to an affordable, reliable, low-emission electricity system
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This report is the culmination of years of intensive investigation. It analyses the potential for energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment in Jamaica and discusses the social and economic impacts of alternative energy pathways.
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