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Responding to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation. Bath, 30 September 2011
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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This half-day workshop was held in order to clarify the implications of the National Planning Policy Framework for the historic environment and give guidance on how to prepare a response. Presentations are available online together with the response to the consultation from the Historic Towns Forum.
Planning Summer School. Swansea, 3-7 September 2011
Posted on: 30 September 2011
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The Planning Summer School, launched by the Town & Country Planning Association in 1933, has continued its objectives of providing an opportunity to promote education and discuss principles and methods of town and country planning and related issues. The overall theme of the latest Summer School was “Planning with communities”. Presentations from the event are available online.
Resilience in urban design: 4th International Urban Design Conference. Gold Coast, Australia, 21-23 September 2011
Posted on: 23 September 2011
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This event provided an opportunity to reinforce and highlight resilient solutions for city-wide planning, design and infrastructure in order to successfully address emerging challenges brought about by climate change, peak oil crisis, population growth, social disengagement, technological disparity, rising pollution and waste, demands on food production, rising carbon emissions, and diminishing habitat and biodiversity. A 350-page book of proceedings is available online.
Sustainable tourism: Community involvement and staff development. Inverness, 22 September 2011
Posted on: 22 September 2011
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This event was organised by CIFAL Findhorn and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Presentations are available online.
Creative regions in Europe: Second Research Seminar. Poznan, 21-22 September 2011
Posted on: 21 September 2011
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This event focused on two research questions. First one concerns what role the concentration of creative and cultural industries plays at different geographical scales and contexts? In particular, how do these concentrations work in small towns and rural areas versus the more traditional larger city perspective? The second key theme of the workshop was the challenges and opportunities of the development of creative regions in Central and Eastern Europe. Speakers were asked to present papers on case studies, investigations and experiences of the creative industries in cities and regions with special reference to their contribution to region’s competitiveness and innovativeness. The range of papers covered both theoretical perspectives and practical examples of the problems faced by researchers in trying to understand the role of creative industries in peripheral areas as well as the issues on creative regions in Central and Eastern Europe. Presentations are available online.
Innovation in redesign cities. Gdansk, Poland, 18-20 September 2011
Posted on: 18 September 2011
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In the framework of Polish Presidency of the EU Council the European Forum for Architectural Policies organised this international conference. The goals of the conference were: to indicate an innovative role of architecture in redesign of European cities that is aimed at their development and increase of attractiveness, while challenged by global competition; to indicate an innovative role of architecture and urban design in sustainability and harmony of urban environment, while responding to the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; to indicate an innovative role of architecture that aims at the life quality, as opposed to short-term and territory-limited profits of mostly financial character, observed at all levels: national and regional, municipal, corporate and individual; to indicate a need for cooperation of the state and local authorities, the NGOs, research institutes and profession in support of innovative architecture; to indicate the needed actions, carried by EU and governmental bodies in processing the redesign of European cities’ structure; to indicate the priorities of the Architectural Policy, accepted by all parties engaged in innovation and architectural quality, aimed at sustainable.
A video summarising the main issues debated at the conference and illustrated by several case studies and site visits is also available here.
Retrofit: Moving in and moving on. Nottingham, 16-17 September 2011
Posted on: 17 September 2011
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The annual conference of the sustainable building association, AECB, looked at issues around refurbishment as many of the Retrofit for the Future projects were coming to a conclusion. While recent focus has been on energy issues, this event aimed to look at some other areas that may have been bypassed. These include community involvement, usability, embedded carbon, ethics and language. Some presentations are available online.
BIM – Are you ready for the digital switchover? London, 16 September 2011
Posted on: 16 September 2011
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Following on from the success of the NBS BIM Roundtable held in May 2011, this joint NLA-NBS conference has provided a timely opportunity for construction professionals to hear the latest thinking on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Videos of the presentations are available online.
First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism. Madrid, 15-16 September 2011
Posted on: 16 September 2011
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The 1st International Congress on Ethics and Tourism called for the urgent placement of ethics at the core of tourism development, so as to achieve a truly responsible and sustainable tourism sector. Jointly organized by the Spanish General Secretariat of Tourism and Domestic Trade and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the event was attended by participants from over 50 countries, bringing together some 350 tourism officials, business leaders, academics, representatives of international organizations and NGOs, and experts in the field of ethics and tourism. The UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations ten years prior to the Congress, set the tone for the event’s five panel debate sessions which addressed such issues as ethical frameworks for tourism development, fair tourism, sustainable practices in both the public and private sectors, poverty reduction, the prevention of exploitation, gender equality, accessibility, corporate social responsibility, and environmental protection. General conclusions from the event are available online together with a copy of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
RICS Oceania Sustainability Seminar 2011. Sydney, 15 September 2011
Posted on: 15 September 2011
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This seminar aimed to deliver practical guidance on sustainability in property. The session showcased new RICS guidance on how to value sustainability in buildings. Presentations are available online.
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