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On the move: making sense of car and train travel trends in Britain
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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The authors of this report analysed historical trends in car and train use and wider travel patterns, and found some significant shifts going on in car use by gender, age and by region, concluding that “the notion that car traffic peaked in the mid-2000s is at best an oversimplification.”
Women and climate change
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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This publication outlines some of the initial steps the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is taking to ensure that development is both climate compatible and fair to women and men.
The Olympic Park: A landscape legacy
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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The Landscape Institute has launched a short YouTube film which showcases the vital role that landscape architecture played in the design and realisation of the Olympic Park.
Responding to Climate Change
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Responding to Climate Change (RTCC) is a Non-Governmental Organisation and an official observer to the United Nations climate change negotiations dedicated to raising awareness about climate change issues. RTCC also officially supports the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in its outreach programme through Climate Change TV, the world’s first online video broadcaster dedicated entirely to climate change issues.
Aviation capacity
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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This paper considers the remit of the Davies Commission, set up to identify and recommend to government options for maintaining the UK’s status as a global aviation hub, and the work programme for the Mayor’s new aviation policy unit. Given that the Mayor of London has a very strong stance on aviation policy, this report also invites Leaders to agree that London Councils should develop a set of principles on aviation policy which could be used to inform London Councils’ interactions with the Mayor of London and the Davies Commission. This set of principles would build on the work that London Councils undertook on this previously.
RICS BIM Market Forum
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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On 21-22 November 2012, the RICS Built Environment Group held a BIM Market Forum in order to identify global standards and protocol that the RICS can develop to enable this emerging technology and the new ways of working associated with it. Register on the RICS website to view this document.
Shutting in the poor: Beijing’s policy for sealing rural migrants into urban villages
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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Chengzhongcun are areas classified as rural villages which have been absorbed into China’s growing cities, becoming thriving unregulated rental markets for rural migrants in the process. The author of this article describes how Beijing’s new “sealed management” policy seeks forcefully to bring these areas back under state control.
Opportunities to overcome the barriers to uptake of low emission technologies for each commercial vehicle duty cycle
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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Road freight accounts for around 7% of the UK’s total CO2 emissions, with long haul and regional deliveries responsible for 70% of this figure. The Task Force on Fuel Efficient, Low Emission HGV (heavy goods vehicle) Technologies is a joint industry/Government initiative aimed at promoting the use of fuel efficient, low emission road freight technologies. The Task Force’s objectives include identifying measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions without detriment to air quality, and making suggestions on how to implement these measures in a way that would minimise burdens to industry. This report identifies typical HGV duty cycles, their share of CO2 emissions and which technologies and alternative fuels (excluding liquid biofuel) could best reduce these emissions. It then examines the opportunities to overcome the barriers to uptake of these low emission technologies and fuels that offer the greatest potential greenhouse gas savings for different duty cycles.
Meeting Londoners’ housing needs: Investing in housing infrastructure
Posted on: 5 December 2012
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Up to 54,000 new homes in the capital could begin construction almost immediately if the government lifts an artificial cap on local housing authority borrowing, according to a new report by London Councils, the organisation which represents the capital’s 33 local authorities. It calls on the government to support an amendment (New Clause 10) to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which is currently making its way through parliament. At present, an artificial cap on borrowing mean that local authorities are not able to borrow against the full value of their housing assets to finance new homes.
CycleLogistics
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Running from May 2011 until April 2014 and spanning 12 countries, the EU-funded project CycleLogistics aims to reduce energy used in urban freight transport by replacing unnecessary motorised vehicles with cargo bikes for intra-urban delivery and goods transport in Europe. CycleLogistics will expand its niche market position and be regarded as a serious alternative for the transportation of light goods in inner cities.
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