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Status of black carbon monitoring in ambient air in Europe
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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This report from the European Environment Agency looks at the monitoring networks currently measuring black carbon, measurement methodologies and how this data is used. As the effects of this pollutant have become better understood in recent years, it is increasingly seen as an important target of environmental control. Authors of the report hope that the study will encourage more comprehensive monitoring of this pollutant, which is currently patchy.
ITF Transport Outlook 2013: Funding transport
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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The volume of global transport could double or even quadruple by 2050, according to a new study released today by the International Transport Forum (ITF), an intergovernmental organisation with 54 member states associated with the OECD. GDP growth, freight intensity of economic activity and demographic change are important drivers of this growth. But key determinants for the level of future increases are policy choices, according to the ITF Transport Outlook, an annual report containing long-run scenarios for global transport activity and related CO2 emissions.
UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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The UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium will inform the analysis, planning and design of national infrastructure, through the development and demonstration of new decision support tools, and working with partners in government and industry. The research deals at a national scale with: energy, transport, water, waste, and information and communication technologies (ICT) systems.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is having an upgrade, ready for the new launch on 6th January 2014, BoB will be closed from 5pm on 13th December until 23rd December 2013. The upgrade is the most substantial update to BoB National since its launch in 2009 and will result in a range of new features and much more content, including: Over 1 million TV and radio programmes available, including all BBC TV and radio content dating from mid-2007; More than ten foreign language channels; An extended 30-day recording buffer; Display and search transcripts and thumbnails; Watch BoB on your handheld device; An improved way to create clips, playlists and clip compilations; An easy one-click citation to reference programmes in your work; A new-look website and improved navigation; Share what you’re watching on Twitter; Add You-Tube style comments on programmes and clips.
Notes on Neighbourhood Planning: Issue 8
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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This bulletin from the neighbourhood planning team in the Department for Communities and Local Government provides an update on the latest news and policy developments, how the neighbourhood planning team can help communities, and how communities’ varied work on the ground fits with the national picture.
Open data or closed doors? Supporting research in cities
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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One of the factors constraining our ability to improve the functioning of UK cities is the lack of robust data at the city level, according to a new report from the Centre for Cities. It argues that the UK Government needs to do more to increase awareness of and use of the data it holds, and cities themselves need to recognise the value of the data they collect and begin sharing this data for the benefit of their residents. This report highlights some of the benefits seen around the world from opening up data, whether that data be classed primarilyas public, private or big data. It also highlights data currently held by the UK Government that if released would significantly improve the understanding of cities; and it sets out some important areas in which data collection needs to be improved.
Social, environmental and economic impacts of BRT systems: Bus Rapid Transit case studies from around the world
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a high-quality, efficient mass transport mode, providing capacity and speed comparable with urban rail (light and heavy rail). Its insertion in urban transport systems is relatively recent and as a result there remains a need to introduce the concept to several audiences, particularly urban transport decision makers, and to better understand its cost, performance and impacts. To that end, this report provides a synthesis of existing literature and new data, and develops a detailed analysis on selected case studies to explore the economic, environmental and social impacts of BRT. This report aims to synthesise available evidence regarding BRT performance, costs and impacts, and contribute new evidence from four case studies: TransMilenio, Bogota, Colombia; Metrobús, Mexico City, Mexico; Rea Vaya, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Metrobüs, Istanbul, Turkey.
Urban development with climate co-benefits: Aligning climate, environmental and other development goals in cities
Posted on: 9 December 2013
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This report highlights a number of successful initiatives that improved regional urban sustainability while also addressing other local problems, thus achieving co-benefits. The report and cases presented here not only detail the magnitude of the co-benefits that certain sectors achieved, but also provide insights into the conditions, which enabled local co-benefits to continue to evolve. They provide ideas on how positive changes can be attained as well as an understanding on how cities can generate solutions that have large, short and long-term positive benefits in terms of climate change mitigation and how this approach can be effectively embedded into local policy settings to contribute to cities’ ability to generate co-benefits at local level.
Skills assessment of local authority conservation staff
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This report represents an initial mapping of the skills available to England’s local authority conservation services in delivering their statutory and non-statutory duties. The report, commissioned by English Heritage, is based on data collected and collated in 2013 by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation.
Mayfair & St James’s: Developing Westminster’s Local Plan
Posted on: 9 December 2013
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This booklet sets out the Council’s proposed detailed planning policy approach to the three interrelated Special Policy Areas (SPAs) of Savile Row, St James’s and Mayfair. The aim of SPAs are to protect and promote specialist uses and clusters which are unique to Westminster. While the Savile Row and St James’s SPA’s are adopted in Westminster’s City Plan – Strategic Policies, this booklet contains proposals for a new SPA for Mayfair, focussed on and around Cork Street.
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