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Cities and energy: Urban morphology and heat energy demand
Posted on: 27 March 2014
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LSE Cities has published a new report and paper on the impact of urban morphology on heat energy demand in cities in collaboration with the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The research focuses on heat energy efficiencies created by the spatial configuration of cities and is based on the identification of the five most dominant residential building typologies in each of the four largest European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Istanbul.
Asia Pacific Offices 2020
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What will the office landscape look like in 2020? Research from JLL aims to answer this crucial question through a suite of reports that explore trends affecting office real estate in six cities across Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. These forward looking insights have been distilled from roundtable discussions with over 40 industry experts throughout the region.
Berlin airfield is battleground for scarce housing: Real estate
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Berlin beginning to face same housing pressures as London, preserve open space or contain price growth. This article looks at the debate over the redevelopment of the former Tempelhof Airport site.
Supurbia: A study of urban intensification in outer London
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The Supurbia project is a collaboration led by Ben Derbyshire, Managing Partner of HTA Design and Richard Blakeway, the Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property at the GLA, working with members of HTA’s team and others. The study aims to identify how urban intensification of suburban London might contribute to an increase in housing supply, promote economic activity, improve local service provision, reduce congestion, improve the quality of life, the choices available and sustainability in the suburbs of the outer Boroughs.
Rotterdam’s Water Square
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On the Benthemsquare in Rotterdam, Dutch landscape architecture firm De Urbanisten has finally achieved what they set out to do seven years ago: create a water park for the community fed entirely by storm water. Instead of hiding runoff in underground pipes and cisterns, the square has been designed to make water the main feature. The designers say this is the world’s first “water square.”
UK Travel Management Study
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UK version of the ninth AirPlus International Travel Management Study, the annual snapshot of how travel managers in 24 countries around the world view corporate travel trends.
Northstowe new town
Posted on: 26 March 2014
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Plans for the next phase of Northstowe, a proposed new town of up to 10,000 new homes in Cambridgeshire, have been published, and local people have the chance to input into how it could take shape.
Central London Offices: Review and outlook
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Current figures suggest the future of the central London office market looks relatively stable for some years to come.
Cultural Metropolis
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The Mayor of London has published an update to London’s culture strategy first published four years ago.
Topic Guide: Land
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This guide provides a summary of the latest thinking around contemporary global land issues in developing countries. It also gives guidance on and evidence for how this thinking can be used in practice; provides signposting to reliable sources that can inform development professionals on issues not covered in the Topic Guide; and highlights where there are gaps in knowledge and evidence.
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