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China’s new urbanization plan: Obstacles and environmental impacts
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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On 16 March 2014 China’s State Council released the “National New-type Urbanization Plan,” a long-awaited top-down effort to utilize urbanization as an engine for economic growth in the near future. The plan details an ambitious series of goals the government seeks to accomplish by 2020. This blog argues that speeding up the urbanization process will have far-reaching environmental and social effects for China.
Midtown 2014: London market focus
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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Midtown is an evolving prime residential market. This report provides an overview of sales and lettings activity in the area.
How cities in developing countries are becoming more resilient
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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This blog argues that good development provides the basis for climate change adaptation both in the sense of resilient infrastructure (piped water, drains, all-weather roads) and better quality houses. It adds that providing these, also develops the institutional and financial base for climate change adaptation. A link is also provided to the urban chapter in the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Integrated by design. Housing and care for older people in the UK: Current provision and emerging trends
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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This is the third report by PRP summarising the current provision and emerging trends in housing and care for older people in the United Kingdom. Presentations from the launch event are also available online here.
The OECD Metropolitan Governance Survey: A quantitative description of governance structures in large urban agglomerations
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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Even though metropolitan areas account for half of the population, and an even larger share of economic activity of OECD countries, almost no systematic information on governance structures in these areas exists. This study presents an overview of governance arrangements in OECD metropolitan areas. It shows that organisations dedicated to metropolitan area governance are common, but often have little powers. Nevertheless, the existence of such organisations is related with better performance on a range of important outcome variables, such as public transport systems, environmental issues, and urban sprawl.
Student Construction Journal 2014
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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To encourage new entrants into the quantity surveying and project management surveying professions, RICS produces the Student Construction Journal yearly to inform undergraduate and postgraduate students of the very latest in industry news and innovations. This year’s edition includes an introductory message from leading figures in the RICS construction environment, as well as useful information on working in this dynamic sector. Each of the articles selected for inclusion has been written by leading construction industry professionals at the cutting edge of the latest thinking and technological advances. Building information modelling (BIM), the RICS new rules of measurement (NRM3) and important new guidance designed to improve industry best practice all feature alongside articles covering ‘soft skills’ and the current education debate covering the sector. Registration is required to view the journal.
Integrated by design. Housing and care for older people in the UK. London, 14 May 2014
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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This seminar was held to launch the latest report from PRP which looks at the current provision and emerging trends for older people’s housing in the UK. Presentations are available online together with a link to the report.
ACI Europe
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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ACI EUROPE is the European region of Airports Council International, the only worldwide professional association of airport operators. ACI EUROPE represents over 450 airports in 44 European countries.
Financing sustainable, low carbon transport
Posted on: 15 May 2014
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The sustainable transport community got a boost on 4-5 May 2014 at the Ascent Meeting in Abu Dhabi, which was an important staging post for the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit on 23 September 2014 in New York. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has decided to engage directly on climate change to help ensure that the new climate change agreement that is to be agreed in December 2015 in Paris, will be sufficiently ambitious. Six transport related initiatives were presented in Abu Dhabi divided over 4 impact areas: transportation; cities; energy; and short-lived climate pollutants. The six initiatives reflect well the growing consensus that effective action on transport needs to combine an expansion of transport infrastructure and services with a reduction of the negative externalities of transport including greenhouse gas emissions.
Building repertoires of methods for appreciating alternative pathways
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This section, on the STEPS website, acts as a gateway to research methods that help ‘broaden out’ and ‘open up’ pathways to social, technological and environmental sustainability that favour the rights, interests and values of marginalised and excluded peoples. The STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement centre uniting development studies with science and technology studies. Our cross-cutting work covers agriculture and food; energy & climate change; health & disease and water & sanitation.
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