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Tokyo Olympics: A city examines itself in preparation for the 2020 Games
Posted on: 22 May 2014
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Considers issues being considered in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo.
Neighbourhood planning bibliography
Posted on: 22 May 2014
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A bibliography of open source material on neighbourhood planning. This list can be added to by anyone.
Garden city principles: from theory to practice. London, 15 May 2014
Posted on: 22 May 2014
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This conference considered how we can overcome the practical, economic and political barriers to delivering new large-scale communities built to Garden City standards. It explored issues such as whether the existing New Towns legislation needs updating; how land value increases can be used to fund up-front infrastructure investment; how we can ensure that high quality new developments remain attractive and successful places for generations to come. Presentations are available online.
Here and there: One year of the Bedroom Tax
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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A new report from a group of housing associations has revealed that 12 months after its introduction, the Government’s controversial Bedroom Tax, has failed to ease under-occupancy in social housing. The report from six housing associations is the first to analyse a complete year’s data on the impact the Bedroom Tax has had on their tenants.
A harmonised definition of cities and rural areas: the new degree of urbanization
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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This regional working paper explains the new degree of urbanisation. This new classification of local authorities into (1) cities, (2) towns and suburbs and (3) rural areas. Eurostat uses this classification to produce a wide range of indicators, including poverty, employment, educational attainment and ICT use. In the period 20014-2020 period of Cohesion Policy this classification will be used to provide a spatial breakdown of expenditure. This classification is based on a new tool: a 1 square km population grid. This improves the accuracy as each grid cell has the same area size, while using local authorities differ widely in area which distorted older methodologies. Due to these distortions, older methodologies sometimes misclassified cities as rural areas and vice versa.
Africa’s urban revolution, part 2: de-urbanisation is futile
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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In this second instalment of a two-part review of Africa’s Urban Revolution, Kerwin Datu considers a provocative new theory that urbanisation is driven by demographic transition, not by economic growth, and that even rural development initiatives will directly cause increased urban populations regardless of where and whether economic opportunities even exist.
Residential Property Focus: 2nd quarter 2014
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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Recently there has been increasing publicity over whether the housing market is overheating. The latest Property Focus from Savills looks at the long term price growth trends given the prospect of rising interest rates and the mortgage market review coming into play.
Asia Pacific Prime Office Index: 1st quarter 2014
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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Published quarterly, the Asia-Pacific Prime Office Index provides occupiers, landlords and investors with a regular analysis of the rental performance of prime office properties across key markets in Asia Pacific.
Insurance and flooding
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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This blog considers the particular insurance issues relating to flooding and listed homes.
What you should know about megaprojects and why: An overview
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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This paper takes stock of megaproject management, an emerging and hugely costly field of study.
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