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Planning essentials: Planning calculations. London, 13 February 2014
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This practical session gave advice on calculations used for key scheme data and how to scrutinise technical information on daylight and sunlight requirements, viability, density, and BREEAM scores for building sustainability. A summary of presentations is available online.
Tourism as a key sector for development in island states. Nassau, Bahamas, 19-20 February 2014
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This event addressed a whole range of relevant issues for island destinations, from the competitiveness and sustainability perspectives, to regional integration, air connectivity, travel facilitation and risk management, to identifying specific challenges and vulnerabilities and examples of relevant actions. Presentations are available online.
Reviving Famagusta: from ghost town to eco-city? London, 21 February 2014
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A half-day conference organised by the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE. Recent citizens’ initiatives in Cyprus have proposed the opening of the ghost town of Varosha and have imagined the revitalisation of the Famagusta area. This conference brought together town planners, architects, and economists to discuss the anticipated social, economic, and ecological consequences of a potential opening. A podcast of the event is available online.
Delivering SuDS not duds: Local authorities and developers working together. London, 11 March 2014
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This event focused on approaches to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Oxfordshire and Leicestershire with presentations from developers and local authorities involved n delivering SuDS schemes voluntarily in lieu of the National Standards. Presentations are available online.
Urban Design London
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Urban Design London aims to help practitioners create and maintain well-designed, good quality places. It does this by offering training, events, meetings, design reviews and surgeries, online resources and more. Register for free to access material and contribute to the debate.
Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation: progress report
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report is an update on progress in delivering that commitment.
Six power-user methods to promote your event with Twitter
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Twitter can be powerful at generating event sign ups or enquiries. The author of this blog highlights some ingenious ways to give your Twitter efforts a little boost.
Hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in the UK: Examining the evidence for potential environmental impacts
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This report, developed with the Angling Trust, RSPB, the Salmon & Trout Association, The Wildlife Trusts and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, sets out 10 recommendations for Government to make fracking safer. The recommendations are based on a full technical evidence report which has been peer reviewed by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, one of the UK’s leading ecological research institutes. It calls for all protected wildlife areas, nature reserves and national parks to be frack-free zones, for full environmental assessments to be carried out for each drilling proposal, and for the shale gas industry to pay the costs of its regulation and any pollution clean-ups.
Travel and tourism: Economic impact 2014
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Travel and tourism’s contribution to the world economy has grown for the fourth consecutive year and is expected to show even stronger growth in 2014. However, policies need to be implemented to increase tourism receipts and jobs, according to the latest annual economic impact report published by the World Travel and Tourism Council. An infographic is also available allowing you to explore the impact that travel and tourism has had on individual countries. Use the globe or the side panels to reveal detailed information from a single country, or compare the statistics of two different countries.
All that is solid: The great housing disaster
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Tracing how we got to our current crisis and how housing has come to reflect class and wealth in Britain, the author of this book radically shows that the solution to our problems, rising homelessness, a generation priced out of home ownership, is not, as is widely assumed, building more homes. Inequality, he argues, is what we really need to overcome.
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