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European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities: Strategic Implementation Plan
Posted on: 28 November 2013
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The High Level Group of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities presents its Strategic Implementation Plan for speeding up the transformation of European Cities into “Smart cities”. The plan outlines ideas on how to best harness innovative technologies, innovative funding mechanisms and innovative public private partnerships. It highlights actions needed to create the right framework conditions to make our cities better places to live and to do business in, to reduce energy use, carbon emissions and congestion.
Homes for older Londoners
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A report from the London Assembly’s Housing Committee calls for the Mayor to push for more specially build retirement housing to accommodate an expected doubling of the number of Londoners over 85 over the next twenty years. The report argues that specially designed housing, combining self-contained homes with access to on-site support and care, improve independence and quality of life for residents, reduce costs to the NHS of avoidable accidents and free up much needed family homes.
Melbourne Planners’ Guide 2013/2014
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The Melbourne Convention Bureau has launched the 2013-14 edition of the Melbourne Planners’ Guide, a comprehensive manual for planning a business event in Melbourne and regional Victoria. The guide offers planners a directory of the state’s business events products and services, including venues, accommodation, conference and event organisers, and pre and post touring options.
Transport readiness for climate finance: A framework to access climate finance in the transport sector
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This paper aims to highlight the existing funds and opportunities, to provide a clear understanding on how to have access to these climate finance flows, and to catalogue what is needed in terms of performance tracking.
Satellites going local 2013: The water edition
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This report presents operational examples of local and regional administrations and companies who use geospatial information, satellite navigation and satellite communications to improve water management locally, regionally and cross-border. It touches on sectors as diverse as water supply and management, agriculture, risk management, environmental protection and energy. Also for the first time, each good practice is linked to a specific reference to water-related regulations or policy objectives that the satellite service helps users comply with. Local and regional administrators and private companies who use or manage water sources can draw ideas and inspiration from these good practices so as to improve water management, and thus contribute to the sustainability of this vital resource on the long run.
Planning for healthier places
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The Town and Country Planning Association has launched a new report to help local authorities seize the public health agenda and create healthier and happier places for people to live and work in, especially in areas of deprivation.
Deloitte Infrastructure Investors Survey 2013
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This is Deloitte’s third survey of the infrastructure investor sector. The only study of its kind brings together interviews with 22 leaders from a wide cross-section of infrastructure investors (both funds and direct investors), with in-depth analysis of historical trends from our surveys in 2010 and 2007.
Help to heat: A solution to the affordability crisis in energy
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This report sets out a comprehensive and cost-neutral policy framework to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock. It argues that this would provide an immediate and long-lasting solution to energy affordability, boost GDP through job-creation, and reduce both carbon emissions and the UK’s reliance on gas imports. This report sets out the reasons why current policy, such as the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation, is failing, and proposes a new integrated energy efficiency and fuel poverty framework called ‘Help to Heat’. The policies included in this framework would make improved efficiency and substantial bill reductions available to thousands more households through free energy efficiency assessments, low-cost financing options, local economies of scale and improved supply chains, greater competition and effective targeting of fuel poverty need.
Balancing the future of Europe’s coasts: knowledge base for integrated management
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This new report from the European Environment Agency calls for better information, planning and management decisions to balance multiple demands on the coastal environment.
New Cities Foundation
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Created in 2010, the New Cities Foundation is a non-profit institution. Its vision is more inclusive, dynamic and creative cities benefiting people and society. To realise this vision, the Foundation seeks to incubate, promote and scale urban innovations through collaborative partnerships between government, business, academia and civil society. The work centers around two main areas of activity: design and implementation of scalable pilot projects and initiatives that provide new solutions to key urban challenges; hosting agenda-setting events, including the annual New Cities Summit, bringing together thought-leaders and decision-makers that will shape the urban future.
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