Green Deal finance: Examining the Green Deal interest rate as a barrier to take-up

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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Household energy efficiency must become the UK’s top infrastructure priority, according to the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). In a new report, the Council calls on the Government to back energy efficiency, creating a national retrofit programme to help permanently reduce consumers’ energy bills and create thousands of new jobs.

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The evolution of event technology

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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This paper aims to discover the past, present, and future of event technology.

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10 social media tips to boost your event

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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Here are 10 quick tips to make social media boost your event marketing.

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10 vital things you should have on your event website

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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Web design and event planning professionals were asked to share tips on Web site essentials. Here are 10 things to include on your event web site.

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World Tourism Barometer: January 2014

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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The World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Barometer, which measures global holiday trends, found that international arrivals went up by 5% in 2013, and the organisation is forecasting further growth of between 4% and 4.5% this year. The regions to see the biggest rise in demand during 2013 were Asia-Pacific and Africa, which both saw a 6% increase, while European destinations enjoyed a 5% boost in arrivals. The biggest growth in international tourism spending came from China and Russia.

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AirPlus

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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A global specialist, dedicated to business payment solutions, also provides information on the business travel market. 

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Ginger Juice

Posted on: 21 January 2014
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Ginger Juice is a specialist social media agency for travel and tourism, based in London, UK.

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Cities and ageing

Posted on: 20 January 2014
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By 2050, for the first time in human history, there will be more older people in the world than children under 14 years of age. By that same year, 70 percent of the world population will be urbanized. This report examines the implications of these two converging global demographic trends and the policy and planning challenges associated with “age friendly cities.

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Design first or last? A fork in the road for Helsinki’s new City Plan

Posted on: 20 January 2014
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This blog looks at some of the newest master plans and development strategies European metropolitan cities are putting forward. The author argues that across Europe, and in  North America, one of the key reasons why cities are getting ecstatic about urban form is the poor performance of the conventional modernist zoning approach to this end.

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Should programs in architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture require a certain minimum level of learning about the fundamentals of ecology? Why?

Posted on: 20 January 2014
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Every month The Nature of Cities, a virtual magazine on cities as ecosystems, hosts a Global Roundtable on a specific question.  Writers from diverse perspectives offer a brief response. Then the Roundtable is open to all comments and ideas.

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