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Managing the land in a changing climate
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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This report, a progress report from the Adaptation Sub-Committee, reviews some of the key ecosystem services provided by the land. Specifically, the report addresses the use of land to continue to deliver important goods and services in the face of a changing climate, supplying food and timber, providing habitat for wildlife, storing carbon in the soil, and coping with sea level rise on the coast. It explores the extent to which decisions about the land are helping the country to prepare for climate change.
Quality of government and the returns of investment: Examining the impact of cohesion expenditure in European regions
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects the returns of public investments, whether this is effectively the case has seldom been proved. The results of the analysis underline the importance of the quality of government both as a direct determinant of economic growth, as well as a moderator of the efficiency of structural and cohesion funds expenditure. The analysis finds that both EU investments targeting regions and quality of government make a difference for regional economic growth, but that above a significant threshold level of expenditure, the quality of government is the key factor determining the returns of public investment. In many of the regions receiving the bulk of structural funds, greater levels of cohesion expenditure would, in the best case scenario, only lead to a marginal improvement in economic growth, unless the quality of government is significantly enhanced.
Opportunities & challenges for the railway:
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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The Office of Rail Regulation has published a statement which sets the framework for financing and delivering improvements in the infrastructure and operation of Britain’s railway during the period 2014-2019.
Keeping work: Longitudinal qualitative research on homeless people’s experiences of starting and staying in work.
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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This research shows that work can be a central part of the journey away from homelessness: building self-esteem, enabling financial independence and bringing a sense of meaning and possibility to people’s lives. However, only around two to 14% of people living in homelessness accommodation work. This research aimed to explore how more homeless people can be supported to move into and stay in work, through in-depth interviews with 50 homeless people over up to their first year after starting a new job.
Public Procurement of Innovation Platform
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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The Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) Platform has been launched. The platform is a brand new system that aims to make public procurement of innovation a wide-spread reality in Europe. The Platform has been developed to help public authorities, procurers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders harness the power of PPI.
London Legacy Development Corporation: Community Infrastructure Levy
Posted on: 16 July 2013
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The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has begun consulting on its preliminary draft charging schedule for its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which also proposes charges of £100 per square metre for hotels, student accommodation, and for “convenience supermarkets”, superstores, and retail warehouses above 280 square metres. A background report, prepared by BNP Paribas, tests the ability of a range of development types throughout the LLDC to yield contributions to infrastructure requirements through the CIL.
National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe 2013
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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This ESDN (European Sustainable Development Network) Quarterly Report (QR) is based on up-to-date information from the ESDN Country Profiles and continues the NSDS stock-taking that has begun with the ESDN Quarterly report September 2010. It also includes and reflects on the work and debates at the ESDN Conference 2013 on the same topic. The intention behind this QR is to provide an analysis of the situation of National Sustainable Strategies (NSDSs) in Europe. Therefore, it aims to investigate past achievements, explore new developments, identify future challenges, but we also take into consideration the discussions and insights with delegates during the ESDN Conference 2013.
Home truths: How affordable is housing for Britain’s working families?
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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This report from the Resolution Foundation is described as the first to give a comprehensive assessment of where less affluent families can reasonably afford to live, revealing that even a very modest rented home is beyond the reach of low income households in 33 per cent of all local authority areas.
Global Sustainability Perspective 2013
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Smart buildings are leveraging emerging technologies to become even smarter and help yield a return on investment for building owners within one to two years, according to the latest Global Sustainability Perspective from Jones Lang LaSalle. The report highlights six of the top smart building technologies: wireless meters and sensors; internet and cloud computing; open data communication protocols; powerful analytics software; remote centralized control; and integrated work-order management.
Earthquake-proof precast buildings
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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Innovative solutions to make ready-made building structures safer in earthquake-prone areas is the subject of a new EU-funded project. An EU-funded SAFECAST project (Performance of innovative mechanical connections in precast buildings structures under seismic conditions) will study ways to make precast buildings in earthquake areas safer.
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