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Hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in the UK: Examining the evidence for potential environmental impacts
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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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
Posted on: 19 March 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
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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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.
Can slums be used as laboratories for urban improvement?
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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Slums in the Global South are often used as “laboratories of urbanism,” where initiatives are experimentally “tried out.” The following examples from Cairo, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Cali have reported success with these “laboratory” initiatives, which indicates that this approach can work in certain contexts. While this approach encourages self-invention in slums, it can also be highly controversial to use informal communities as experimental territory. The example from Curitiba suggests that much of the city’s development success comes from integrating the favela into the formal city planning, as opposed to a running separate, isolated projects.
What makes a city resilient?
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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While many point to robust disaster defences, others claim social cohesion is what makes a city great. The author of this article suggests they are both right, and highlights new projects which aim to unearth dozens of other factors.
Disaster risk reduction: can public and private come together? London, 11 March 2014
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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Governments and the UN are drawing up a disaster risk action plan to succeed the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). A new agreement, HFA2, is due to be signed in March 2015. This event aimed to explore how the private sector can engage in disaster risk reduction within this new agreement. Videos of the proceedings are available online.
20 mistakes events make on social media and how to fix them
Posted on: 18 March 2014
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This blog looks at a few common mistakes and how to fix them.
Towards a greener future
Posted on: 18 March 2014
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This report from DLA Piper presents findings of a survey of people across the European real estate industry about trends in sustainability, green certification and documentation and the reasons for the increasing importance of sustainable real estate. The findings are based on a survey of more than 100 real estate investors across Europe including Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.
Hosting mega-events: Managing innovation in infrastructure
Posted on: 18 March 2014
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This report, published by The Economist Intelligence Unit, looks at the lessons learnt from hosting some of the biggest events in the world, from Olympics to the World Cups.
The state of African cities 2014
Posted on: 18 March 2014
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Growth of cities, towns and villages in Africa is continuing unabated, further adding to the continent’s already significant urban challenges, according to a new UN-Habitat report. This report argues for a bold re-imagining of prevailing models in order to steer the ongoing transitions towards greater sustainability based on a thorough review of all available options. That is especially the case since the already daunting urban challenges in Africa are now being exacerbated by the new vulnerabilities and threats associated with climate and environmental change.
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