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Posted on: 26 November 2013
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has published the results of an inquiry which examines Government policy on provision and access to ports.
How good could it be? A guide to building better places
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The Town and Country Planning Association has published a brief guide for communities on understanding the opportunities for development along garden city principles in their locality.
Infrastructure Carbon Review
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The Infrastructure Carbon Review sets out a series of actions for government, clients and suppliers to reduce carbon from the construction and operation of the UK’s infrastructure assets, in line with the UK’s climate change commitments. It is argued that recommendations have the potential to reduce up to 24 million tonnes of carbon and save the UK £1.46 billion a year by 2050. The Review is developed jointly by government and industry though the Infrastructure Cost Review and Green Construction Board.
Urban development with climate co-benefits: Aligning climate, environmental and other development goals in cities
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Rapid urbanization in developing countries demands a massive provision of infrastructure, public transportation, housing and jobs for their population, as well as a healthy environment. Consequently, urban areas in those countries contribute increasingly to climate change, and suffers its impacts. The climate co-benefits approach in this report refers to the development and implementation of policies and strategies that simultaneously contribute to addressing climate change and solving local environmental problems, which also have other development impacts. Relying on the results of research carried out in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Japan, this report offers lessons to understand projects and policies that generate co-benefits and the factors that influence them.
A new breed of traveler: How consumers are driving change in the hotel industry
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This article highlights how hotel companies are starting to embrace the demands of modern travellers. A number of high-level hotel executives from international hotel companies were interviewed to get their views on this new era.
Lombok, Indonesia: In focus
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Whilst the tourism sector in Indonesia is continuing to expand at a rapid pace in many parts of the country, the island of Lombok has traditionally seen less growth and development activity, until recently.
Kazakhstan – Almaty and Astana: In frocus
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The profiles of Kazakhstan’s two main hotel markets are evolving. Astana thrives on strong government support and the planned Expo 2017. Almaty lost part of government and oil and gas segments, however is set to develop as a leisure destination.
Sustainable Development Goals e-inventory: Analysis of proposals in the SDGs e-Inventory related to the themes of the Fifth Session of the Open Working Group on SDGs
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This is an interactive online tool which enables stakeholders to outline their visions for new post-2015 global goals. This may be in the form of fully formed proposals, which include detailed targets and indicators, or simply principles and themes that should be applied to the goals. The e-Inventory also enables stakeholders to search existing proposals. The UN General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs was mandated by Member States at Rio+20 to propose a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) by September 2014. The Fifth Session of the OWG (November 25-27) will consider the thematic areas of: Sustained and inclusive economic growth, Macroeconomic policy questions (including international trade, international financial system and external debt sustainability), infrastructure development and industrialisation (all of which, for the purpose of this report, will be referred to collectively using the abbreviation, SIGMIDI); and Energy. In order to inform the deliberations of the November OWG meeting, Stakeholder Forum has conducted an analysis of the proposals currently housed within the SDGs e-Inventory which relate to the thematic areas of the Fifth Session.
The power of travel promotion: Spurring growth, creating jobs
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This report from the US Travel Association includes new case studies and data on the positive return on investment states and destinations have reaped from substantial travel promotion. The report provides valuable ammunition to inform elected officials on the value of travel and tourism and how travel promotion strengthens economic vitality.
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill 2013-14
Posted on: 26 November 2013
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This Bill, presented to Parliament on 25 November 2013, makes provision for a railway between Euston in London and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre in Staffordshire, with a spur from Old Oak Common in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to a junction with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at York Way in the London Borough of Islington and a spur from Water Orton in Warwickshire to Curzon Street in Birmingham; and for connected purposes. The Department for Transport has also published several other documents which have interdependencies with the Bill. These are: a command paper setting out outcomes of the Phase One design refinement consultation for 12 design refinements; a command paper on impacts on social rented housing; and a command paper on properties above tunnels. These can be found here. HS2 Phase One: Environmental Statement documents can be found here.
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