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TURAS green roof design guidelines: Maximising ecosystem service provision through regional design for biodiversity
Posted on: 20 November 2013
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Transitioning Towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS) is a European-wide research and development programme. The “TURAS” project aims to bring together urban communities, researchers, local authorities and small and medium sized enterprises to research, develop, demonstrate and disseminate transition strategies and scenarios to enable European cities and their rural interfaces to build vitally-needed resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. This report represents a dissemination tool from Work Package 2 (WP2) of TURAS, Greening Public and Private Urban Infrastructure. The aim of WP2 is to develop new visions, feasibility strategies, spatial scenarios and guidance tools to enhance the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of urban green infrastructure. This report represents an overview of the green roof design research carried out as part of TURAS to investigate the effect on ecosystem service provision of designing green roofs for regional biodiversity.
Transitioning Towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS)
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The “TURAS” initiative brings urban communities and businesses together with local authorities and researchers to collaborate on developing practical new solutions for more sustainable and resilient European cities.
Wish you were here: Music tourism’s contribution to the UK economy
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UK Music and VisitBritain have for the first time identified the value of international and domestic music tourism to the UK economy in a new Oxford Economics report tracking visitor numbers and their spending patterns at Britain’s many thousands of gigs and world famous festivals.
Experiences and effects of the benefit cap in Haringey
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In June 2010 government announced its intention to cap the total amount of welfare benefits any working age household with children can receive. This report presents early lessons from Haringey, one of the first areas to implement the benefit cap. It will be of interest to national policy makers; any local authority staff, councillors and local services involved with implementing the cap; and commentators with an interest in the impact and implications of welfare reforms.
Engineering the Shard: Blending the old and new in design and construction techniques when building tall
Posted on: 20 November 2013
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A free webinar on tall buildings will be taking place on Wednesday 4th December at 12:30 GMT, to be delivered by John Parker, Technical Director at WSP. John will be talking about his personal experience as project director of the construction of the tallest building in Europe, on a site that includes one of the capital’s busiest transport hubs.
Regional spread of inbound tourism
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The latest monthly issue of Visit Britain’s Foresight publication.
Natural resources and human well-being in a green economy
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Meeting European demands for food, water, energy and housing exerts major pressures on the environment, indirectly affecting human health and well-being. To reduce the impact of Europe’s resource use, a new assessment from the European Environment Agency reflects on integrating different policy areas and improved spatial planning.
Institute for Sustainability
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The Institute for Sustainability is an independent charity established in 2009 to support cross sector collaboration and innovation. Its mission is to significantly accelerate the delivery of economically, environmentally and socially sustainable cities and communities. This is done by driving innovative demonstration projects and developing programmes to actively capture and share learning and best practice.
CIB 2013 World Building Congress, Construction and Society. Brisbane, 5-9 May 2013
Posted on: 20 November 2013
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These are the 13 Proceedings from papers from the designated sessions that took place as part of the CIB World Building Congress, in Brisbane on 5-9 May 2013, under the responsibility of various CIB Task Groups and Commissions. For one event, several groups decided to merge together under the title “Architectural Management & IDDS; Improving Societal Performance of Architectural Design through Better Collaboration and Integration with the Aid of Information Technology and Knowledge Management.” This stream of the congress was organised on behalf of the following CIB Commissions: CIB W078 – Information Technology for Construction; CIB W096 – Architectural Management; CIB W102 – Information & Knowledge Management in Building; CIB’s priority theme Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions (IDDS). Other proceedings are available for: Disasters and the built environment; Energy and the built environment; Construction industry economics; Organisation and management of construction; Facilities management and maintenance; Education in the built environment; Procurement systems; Safety and health in construction; Construction in developing countries; Law and dispute resolution; Smart and sustainable built environments; Clients and users in construction.
Driving urban regeneration, sustainable living, employment and entrepreneurship
Posted on: 19 November 2013
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The objective of the URBACT Markets project led by the Spanish city of Barcelona is to understand and explore the role of urban markets as key drivers of change in terms of local economic development, regeneration and sustainable living.. The project is structured in three main themes: town centre regeneration; low carbon economy; and employment and entrepreneurship. A set of three thematic Guidelines written up by Barcelona, London and Torino have been developed to support this process and are now available.
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