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Learning from Europe 2014
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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The Learning from Europe seminar at BDP brought together the finalists of the European City of the Year Award to give a more in-depth presentation of the challenges and changes facing their cities. The Awards recognise the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments. Video presentations are available for Istanbul, Malmo and Marseille.
Taking stock: current research, policy and practice in “eco-city” indicators, standards and frameworks
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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The International Eco-Cities Forum Managers at University of Westminster has published the reports from a series of parallel workshops hosted by its Leverhulme International Network during the summer: in Daejeon (South Korea), Görlitz (Germany), London (UK), Shenzen (China), and Vancouver (Canada). The resulting reports provide comparative insights into the emergence of various eco-city frameworks within local, regional and national policy contexts; and they serve as input into our ongoing international research.
What conference planners need to know for 2014
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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With the past year experiencing lots of changes and developments within the convention industry, Martin Sirk, CEO of ICCA, presents insights on new ways of marketing to the latest technology trends. Sirk shares his insights on how the business is changing, and what planners need to know for the new year and beyond.
International property measurement standards: Consultation
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The International Property Measurement Standards Coalition (IPMSC) was formed on 30 May 2013 after meeting at the World Bank in Washington DC. The Coalition aims to bring about the harmonisation of national property measurement standards through the creation and adoption of agreed international standards for the measurement of office, residential, industrial and retail property. This Consultation Document for the measurement of offices is the first prepared by the Coalition’s Standards Setting Committee. The aim of the Coalition is to enable properties to be measured on a transparent basis that promotes market efficiency through greater confidence between investors, occupiers and funds. The growth of cross‐border property investment and expansion by global corporate occupiers underpins the demand for transparency against the background of many differing national and local measurement conventions. Comments are requested by 4 April 2014.
Reporting climate science
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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This resource was set up in 2010 with the aim of reporting on the latest research in climate science. Most of this research is consistent with the mainstream consensus on climate change; but some is not. It publishes reports irrespective of the implications they may have in the climate debate.
From Right to Buy to Buy to Let
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The data compiled for this study, through a series of Freedom of Information requests, shows that across London more than 36% of all the homes sold by councils now appear to be let through the private rented sector. In some boroughs, this figure is as much as half of all the homes that were sold.
Priced Out
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First time buyers would be better off renting than buying a house under Help to Buy, according to new analysis of housing market figures by PricedOut , the campaign for affordable house prices.
Drowning in money
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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George Monbiot, a writer in environment and politics, presents his argument on why devastating floods keep happening. This piece contains a number of useful references.
Low carbon innovation in China
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This new project, led from Lancaster University, is an international collaboration between researchers in the UK and at leading institutions in China to investigate different models of innovation and their role in low carbon transitions. Running from late 2013 to 2016, the project will compare government-led, high-tech ‘indigenous innovation’ approaches with emergent, lower-tech approaches in the areas of agriculture, energy and mobility. The project’s aim is explore the extent, nature and social implications of low-carbon transitions in China, a key concern for the whole world.
Disaster risk reduction makes development sustainable
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This briefing paper from the UN Development Programme argues the case for disaster risk reduction.
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