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Economics of investment in high-speed rail. New Delhi, India, 18-19 December 2013
Posted on: 8 January 2014
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The roundtable has been convened to examine the key factors that drive the costs of high-speed rail investment and review the economic benefits delivered by high-speed rail services on the basis of papers that review experience in a range of countries that have developed large high-speed rail networks. Participants with expertise on the economics of smaller scale high-speed rail systems will also be invited to the discussions. The Roundtable will be held in New Delhi in order to contribute to deliberations on the potential for investment in high-speed rail in India. Presentations are available online.
Sustainable Development Goals: Briefing papers
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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The Women’s Major Group, which aims to assure effective public participation of women’s non-governmental groups in the UN policy processes on sustainable development, has issued a series of briefing papers from for the 7th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, being held on 6-10 January 2014. These papers include analysis and key recommendations by Women’s Major Group members on the specific issues being covered in this session. These include: Sustainable cities and human settlements and sustainable transport; Sustainable consumption and production, including chemicals and waste; and Climate change and disaster risk reduction.
Indian Hotel Industry Survey 2012-13
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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The survey, representing 1,450 hotels in various cities across different star categories in India, presents key statistics for the industry. It provides information about financial performance, marketing media usage patterns, guest segmentation, etc.
The official event app: Buyers’ guide
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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Choosing a mobile event app partner isn’t always easy. DoubleDutch has published a guide which sheds light onto what to look for when evaluating mobile event app providers.
Urban Land articles
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Five of the most popular articles from the 2013 issues of Urban Land, published by the Urban Land Institute, can be read online. They include: the fading differentiation between city and suburb; Medellin voted most innovative city; new suburbanism: reinventing inner-ring suburbs; eight qualities of pedestrian- and transit-oriented design; and rail-centric construction gets back on track.
Trends in extreme weather events in Europe: implications for national and European Union adaptation strategies
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A new report from the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), warns that climate change will bring more severe weather to Europe’s door, and that urgent action is required if member states are to be adequately prepared. Noting that ‘heat waves, floods and storms do not respect national frontiers’, the report calls for policy makers to act now at both national and EU levels.
UK Real Estate Predictions 2014
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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Deloitte Real Estate presents predictions for UK real estate during 2014.
Skiddle
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Established on 2nd May 2001, Skiddle.com has become one of the UK’s market leading live events websites.
Modern Building Services
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Modern Building Services Online is the web edition of Modern Building Services (MBS) journal. Modern Building Services covers the entire Building Services Engineering industry. This site contains archived content from the journal, plus web-specific content.
Modelling sustainable urban transition dynamics. Cardiff, 3-4 July 2013
Posted on: 7 January 2014
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This event offers a platform for interdisciplinary collaborations regarding long term urban planning, bringing together academics and practitioners to discuss experiences, opportunities and limitations of using system dynamics modelling approaches to investigate suitable urban transition. A book of abstracts is available online.
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