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Posted on: 30 May 2013
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Europeans live longer and healthier lives than in the past, partly due to successful environmental policies that have reduced the exposure to harmful environmental contaminants in air, water and food, according to a new report. However, these contaminants are still a problem, and several new health risks are emerging, for example, from new chemicals, new products and changing lifestyle patterns.
The relevance of street patterns and public space in urban areas
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Well planned street systems in cities hold the key to better mobility, provision of urban basic services as well as economic productivity, according to UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos. In this working paper he argues that urban planners must address well thought out streets when coming with urban plans.
Retail
Posted on: 30 May 2013
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This supplement from Estates Gazette looks at the retail property market.
Re-framing sustainable development: A critical analysis
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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This report by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM argues that the current emphasis on an integrated consideration of environmental, social and economic components of sustainability is undermined by poor decision making, weak governance and institutional frameworks. The report proposes that the concept of sustainability be reframed to focus more explicitly on the environmental dimension within culturally sympathetic contexts.
Flying into the future: Key issues for assessing Britain’s aviation infrastructure needs
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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A bigger hub airport at either Heathrow, Stansted or in the Thames Estuary is needed to meet Britain’s aviation needs, according to a new report by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC). It argues that good aviation connectivity is “crucial” for the British economy and jobs, but the country faces capacity constraints in both long-haul and short-haul travel.
Sustainable tourism as driving force for cultural heritage sites development
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The publication analyses nine cultural heritage sites located in South-East Europe (Aquileia, Berat, Bitola, Cetinje, Dubrovnik, Hallstatt, Idrjia, Nafpaktos and Venice). The authors focused on the application of environmental planning and management approach to cultural heritage sites and studied the so called “Hit and Run Tourism” affecting some of the mentioned case study areas.
Flooding bibliography
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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The Institution of Civil Engineers published this bibliography to accompany a conference held on 23 May 2013 on developing flood resilient communities.
Large housing estates: ideas, rise, fall and recovery. The Bijlmermeer and beyond
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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The author compares the Bijlmermeer (Amsterdam region) with many other large housing estates in the Netherlands and abroad, and analyses what conclusions may be of use for other areas. His book might be of use for all who deal with large housing estates, especially those facing challenges.
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change Annual Report 2012
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change has published its latest annual report, providing an overview of the programme’s mission and objectives, and highlighting key activities of 2012.
REAL CORP 2013. Rome, Italy, 20-23 May 2013
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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REAL CORP conferences have been held annually since 1996. About 500 experts from around the world from the fields of urban planning, transport planning, information and communication technologies, architecture, social and environmental sciences, real estate, GIS, surveying, remote sensing and more meet to discuss current tasks and topics on urban planning, regional development and information society in an international and extremely interdisciplinary conference. The 2013 conference explored the relationship between time and space, and how the planning practise and theory relates itself to this complex synergy. Time and space work on different scales, dimensions and topics, and confront us with questions such as: How to plan taking into account time, both past history and future development? How to integrate monitoring within the planning decision processes, such as in the case of natural disasters? How to handle time that cannot be planned, such as long decision processes or real time decisions? A large number of papers are available online under the following themes: adapting cities for future challenges; fragile cities; smart cities; memory and imagination; monitoring to plan; governing green networks across borders; improving energy in urban areas; public participation; abandoned churches; cities for all; improving daily resilience of our cities; density and public space; data and planning; social housing; the role of real estate towards a sustainable future of cities; and climate change assessment.
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