Planning Education and Research Network (PERN) Newsletter

Posted on: 26 April 2013
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The latest ‘Planning Education and Research Network’ (PERN) Bulletin, published by the Royal Town Planning Institute, is now available online. It features upcoming conferences, events, awards, new call for papers & the latest publications.

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Delivering London 2012

Posted on: 26 April 2013
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology has published two reports which identify and demonstrate the innovation, legacy, best practice and lessons learned from the ICT delivery of the Games. The first publication was issued before the Games and the second, following the Games.

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Regenerating our communities: a snapshot in time

Posted on: 26 April 2013
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This publication offers a flavour of current regeneration activity based around new or refurbished housing provision. It is simply a snapshot, taking its material from 13 entries to the 2013 Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland/Scottish Government Excellence in Regeneration Award.

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Road freight transport statistics: Cabotage

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This article presents the road freight cabotage  transport in 2011 in the European Union, from the points of view of hauliers performing cabotage abroad and of the countries where cabotage is performed. Cabotage is transport carried out in country A by hauliers registered in country B. Since national transport markets are not yet fully liberalised, the level of cabotage, together with cross-trade, may be seen as a sign of market integration.

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Tourism statistics – occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments

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This article focuses on the short-term evolutions in the occupancy of bedrooms and bed places of hotels and similar accommodation establishments in the European Union.

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Have EU structural measures successfully supported the regeneration of industrial and military brownfield sites?

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A new report from the European Court of Auditors, the EU spending watchdog, calls on the European Commission to improve the running of regeneration projects on brownfield. Sites, former industrial and military areas which are often derelict and contaminated. The Auditors found that results could have been achieved at a reduced cost to national and EU budgets because the need for public funding was not always established and rules governing EU funded regeneration projects do not sufficiently allow public money to be clawed back if projects generate more revenue than expected. They also found that the ‘polluter pays’ principle has not been fully applied so that national and EU funds have borne part of the cost of environmental clean-ups.

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Green Paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters

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This Green Paper poses a number of questions concerning the adequacy and availability of appropriate disaster insurance and accompanies the Communication entitled “An EU strategy on adaptation to climate change”. The objective is to raise awareness and to assess whether or not action at EU level could be appropriate or warranted to improve the market for disaster insurance in the European Union. More generally, this process will also expand the knowledge base, help to promote insurance as a tool of disaster management and thus contribute to a shift towards a general culture of disaster risk prevention and mitigation, and bring in further data and information.

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Financial support for energy efficiency in buildings

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This report, and the Staff Working Document , presents the results of an analysis and draws conclusions as to how EU-level funding, funds from the European Investment Bank and other public finance institutions together with national support programmes could be better employed for increasing energy efficiency in buildings in the future.

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Potential impacts on the UK of future migration from Bulgaria and Romania

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This report was commissioned to provide evidence from which the UK Government can assess the potential impacts of migration from EU2 countries following the lifting of transitional controls at the end of 2013. To assess potential impact, we look at migration from Bulgaria and Romania and at patterns and characteristics of migrants, within the EU and currently to the UK. We examine the factors which may affect the scale and direction of EU2 migration after 2013. We then explore the potential impact of any further migration from the EU2 countries on services within the UK. Analysis has found that the UK private rental housing sector could be placed under further pressure by more European migration.

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Guidelines for project managers: Making vulnerable investment climate resilient

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The European Commission has published a new set of guidelines aims to integrate climate resilience into the standard project lifecycle appraisal commonly practiced by developers. The step-by-step guidelines will encourage practical application of climate adaptation measures by practitioners by providing clear guidance on how to implement resilience measures. The guidelines are not intended to replace existing project development processes, instead it is hoped that they will complement existing frameworks in order to help manage the additional risks that climate change poses.

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