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Cutting edge: A network approach to mixing delegates at meetings
Posted on: 12 February 2014
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This article outlines research which looks at techniques to improve the networking experience at events.
Decarbonising cities: Certifying carbon reduction in urban development
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Although carbon certification is now widely adopted as a voluntary carbon market instrument for a variety of sectors, it has not yet been applied to urban development. This PhD thesis therefore examines the implications of certifying carbon reductions within this sector. A framework is proposed, which includes a standardised approach to quantifying emissions at the precinct-scale and five core elements that would need to be considered when certifying urban development. It is argued that certification can help to acknowledge and reward progressive developers, increase the credibility of carbon claims within the built environment and help to provide benchmarks and baselines for the sector. Certification could also become a mechanism by which a variety of incentives can be offered to developers to encourage greater uptake of low carbon design. It is expected that a combination of factors, a standard approach to quantifying emissions, carbon certification and the provision of incentives, can help to mainstream this type of development, which will be essential in addressing many global challenges such as climate change and resource depletion. The first article in a series of three, based on this PhD thesis from Curtin University’s Dr Vanessa Rauland, looks at the myriad opportunities available for decarbonising our cities, demonstrating the potential for urban development to dramatically assist in tackling climate change. Click here to read.
Ten reasons why Helsinki needs do-it-yourself urban planning
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Helsinki’s City Planning Department is in the process of expanding the city into a 5.5 hectare piece of land on the northern edge of a neighborhood called Pikku Huopalahti that now hosts obsolete university buildings and green buffer zones. The author of this blog is a member of a seven-strong team of urbanists who have taken the initiative of illustrating their own interpretation of what the area could look like in the future. More than anything, their aim is to introduce the “urban” back into Helsinki’s urban planning. Their message with this plan is ‘no more sprawl’.
Residential Property Focus
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The latest report from Savills considers whether the UK housing market is becoming divided.
Access to nature
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Access to Nature is a grant programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund and run by Natural England. Natural England works on behalf of a consortium of eleven other major environmental organisations and distributes £28.75 million funding, which aims to bring lasting change to people’s awareness of, access to and engagement with the natural environment, particularly those with little or no previous contact with the natural environment. A total of 115 grants have been awarded. This paper is one part of the final round up of the formative evaluation process that has sat alongside the Access to Nature programme across its lifetime. It focuses on programme management, providing a brief overview of the five years of Access to Nature and how the management challenges have varied over that time.
Anticity and the future of “public spehere”
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This talk, the second in the UCL Development Planning Unit’s Dialogues in Development Anniversary series, explores the inter-linkages between research, design, media and politics through a transversal glance, particularly looking at the role architecture plays in redefining the contours of the public sphere in contemporary cities.
Meeting London’s housing need. London, 5 February 2014
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An interesting and lively discussion on the impact of London’s housing pressures and ways to increase supply, organized by London Councils. Videos of the event are available online.
Exploring pathways to sustainability. New Delhi, 10-11 February 2014
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The STEPS Centre carries out interdisciplinary research projects and policy engagement activities with partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. STEPS’ work looks at how pathways to sustainability, linking environmental integrity with social justice, can be built in today’s complex, dynamic world. The 2014 Annual Symposium focused on the theme of ‘pathways to sustainability’. Participants considered how particular mainstream, development interventions emerge as part of self-reinforcing trajectories for change, and the implications of these pathways for both environmental integrity and social justice. They examined a range of contemporary issues including urbanisation and environmental health, climate change, securisation and grassroots innovation. The event also provided an opportunity to explore future trajectories of change and possibilities for switching to more sustainable alternative pathways. Further details are available online.
Promoting mobility through mutual exchange: Learning lessons from the housing mobility demonstration projects
Posted on: 11 February 2014
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This research report sets out findings from an evaluation of 12 local authority-led demonstration projects, funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government to test innovative and cost effective ways of supporting mutual exchange. The research explores the effectiveness of different approaches taken by the demonstration projects and identifies transferable lessons for other social landlords.
Silk Cities
Posted on: 11 February 2014
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This network is the outcome of a UCL/Bartlett-hosted international conference held in early November 2012, focusing on urban change in Iran. Through knowledge sharing amongst peers, academics and practitioners alike, within the disciplines of planning and design, we aim to contribute to an improved built environment, which is: safer and more resilient to disasters; providing better quality of life for people; and positioned in its historical continuity. Outcomes from the conference are available online together with details of the Silk Cities online platform.
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