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The cost of air pollution: Health impacts of road transport
Posted on: 5 June 2014
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Based on extensive new epidemiological evidence since the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, and OECD estimates of the Value of Statistical Life, this report provides evidence on the health impacts from air pollution and the related economic costs.
Safe development of housing on contaminated land
Posted on: 5 June 2014
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The government has published guidance on the development of housing on land affected by contamination. This guidance has been published to promote the adoption of good practice in the identification, investigation, assessment and remedial treatment of land affected by contamination so that development for housing can be undertaken safely and with confidence that no unacceptable risks remain. It reflects the new regulatory regime for contaminated land set out in Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act. It is aimed at house builders and developers, planning advisers, designers, financiers, and insurers and planning and regulatory authorities which must consider contamination in the context of their own statutory responsibilities.
Local Sustainable Transport Fund annual report 2012 to 2013
Posted on: 5 June 2014
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This is the second annual report for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. It highlights the achievements made during the second financial year (2012 to 2013), which was the first year that all 96 projects were in receipt of funding. It provides some top-level cross-programme figures, including a brief analysis of how much has been invested in each transport mode. It also provides some accountability to show how public funds have been invested towards important local, national and international goals.
Street-led city-wide slum upgrading
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This lecture proposes a fundamental shift in addressing the problems of slums, and suggests an approach that focuses on streets as the engine for urban transformation. The strategy brought forward by Claudio Acioly, from UN-Habitat, uses streets as the natural conduits that connect slums spatially and physically with the city and treats streets not only as physical entity for mobility and accessibility, through which water and sewerage pipes, power lines, and drainage systems are laid, but as the common good and the public domain where social, cultural and economic activities are articulated, reinforced and facilitated. A video and links to background material are included.
Six ways that thoughtful community planning can help fight climate change
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This blog considers how community planning can help fight climate change with examples from the USA.
Africa’s Urban Revolution, part 1: the second-generation policies our cities need
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In this first instalment of a two-part review of Africa’s Urban Revolution, a new series of essays from the African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kerwin Datu learns how policies surrounding issues such as decentralisation, food security and armed conflict must now adapt to the maturing of Africa’s urbanisation experience. The second part considers a provocative new theory that urbanisation is driven by demographic transition, not by economic growth, and that even rural development initiatives will directly cause increased urban populations regardless of where and whether economic opportunities even exist. This can be viewed here.
How much energy does your building use?
Posted on: 5 June 2014
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There is not enough investment put into FMs at a level appropriate to the complexity of the building and systems they manage, says a report to be published this week. How Much Energy Does Your Building Use, published by the non-profit National Energy Foundation (NEF), states that this oversight goes on to hinder the energy performance of buildings.
European Transaction-based Index
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DTZ Research has issued the first transaction based index (TBI) for Europe. The index measures the price performance of commercial property across Europe based on actual paired sales. This report shows the European results Q1 2014, including a UK focus as well as a discussion on how the TBI is constructed.
Growth with depth: 2014 African Transformation Report
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The 2014 African Transformation Report draws on the African Center for Economic Transformation’s research program of country, sector, and thematic studies to look systematically at transformation as a broad framework for economic growth and development. The report introduces the African Transformation Index to help African policymakers see how their countries are transforming and where they stand in relation to their neighbors. Videos of speakers from the launch event, held on 28 May 2014, are available here.
Design for climate change
Posted on: 3 June 2014
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Bill Gething, an independent architecture and sustainability consultant who specialises in climate change adaptation and thermally upgrading existing buildings, discusses his most recent book, ‘Design for Climate Change’, co-authored with Katie Puckett.
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