London’s changing climate: In sickness and in health

Posted on: 15 August 2011
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The London Climate Change Partnership has produced this document as a tool to aid health and social care commissioners and providers as they begin to design and shape their services in the new delivery landscape.

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Westfield Stratford City: The inheritance before the Games

Posted on: 8 August 2011
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Volterra Consulting has been commissioned by Westfield to consider the economic benefits which will be created by Stratford City. Stratford City is a mixed use development in Newham, East London, which is being developed by Westfield. The whole mixed use scheme will include retail and leisure space, two hotels and a significant commercial district, along with housing and community facilities. Construction began in 2007 and the whole project is planned for completion in 2020. The retail element of Stratford City is due to open in September 2011. Comprising 1.9 million square feet of retail and leisure space, it will be the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. This report aims to investigate the impact on the Stratford, London and the UK economies of this major investment.

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Sporting legacies

Posted on: 29 July 2011
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One year ahead of the start of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, Estates Gazette is marking the occasion with a special edition focusing on the legacy of major sporting events around the world. Featuring video, audio, an interactive map, images and articles from a team of correspondents around the world, this issue at the impact of major sporting events from London, Manchester and Glasgow to Beijing, Athens and Sydney. The iPad edition is the best way to view the content but non-iPad users will be able to access highlights as well in digital magazine form.

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For a rainy day

Posted on: 22 July 2011
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This report by the London Assembly’s Environment Committee says London is at risk of serious flood damage in the event of extreme rainfall. The Committee makes a number of recommendations for the Mayor’s attention.

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A golden opportunity: London 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games Expenditure and Economic Impact

Posted on: 15 July 2011
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This paper from SQW consultants outlines the opportunities for British business that the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games presents.

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The Local Area Tourism Impact model results for 2008 and 2009

Posted on: 14 July 2011
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This report provides new Borough level estimates for tourism spend in the capital in 2008 and 2009 for international visitors, domestic overnight visitors and day visitors. A revised methodology section updates on how the 2008 and 2009 estimates are calculated.

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State of the Environment Report for London 2011

Posted on: 8 July 2011
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This report looks at how London’s environment has changed over the last 10 years, and what challenges the city still faces. This is the first joint State of the Environment report for London, produced by the Greater London Authority, Environment Agency, Natural England and Forestry Commission. The report looks at how the environment has changed over the last decade using a series of environmental indicators, highlighting the improvements that have been made and the challenges we still face. This environmental health check has shown that despite a rising population and challenges from climate change, the quality of London’s environmental is improving. In particular, there have been significant improvements in waste and recycling, public transport, wildlife habitats and urban greening. For the first time, the evidence base used to determine change over time has been published alongside the report, on the London Datastore website.

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Implications of the Affordable Rent Model in London

Posted on: 8 July 2011
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This report from the London Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee sets out a number of issues relating to implementing the Affordable Rent Model in London. The new model gives housing associations the flexibility to raise rents for new tenants to provide funding for new affordable homes now that government grant has been reduced. The Committee found that raising enough income through higher rents to build new affordable homes and setting rents at levels people can actually afford will be particularly difficult in London, where rents and need are already so high.

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Meta-Evaluation of the Impacts and Legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

Posted on: 5 July 2011
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This publication sets out the scope of the meta-evaluation, research questions and data strategy for each of the four legacy areas and for the overall evaluation of the 2012 Games legacy.

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London 2012: Planning for the Olympics

Posted on: 1 July 2011
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The papers in this special issue of Civil Engineering cover the early ‘planning and people’ stages of the project, from organisation and planning, through environmental and sustainability management, to procurement, employment, safety and transport. A special issue of Civil Engineering on the design and construction of the venues and infrastructure is currently in preparation, and a third issue, examining the legacy of the games, is planned for the not-too-distant future. A wide range of more technical papers is also being published in the specialist parts of ICE Proceedings journals – all of which will be free on-line from the ICE virtual library at www.icevirtuallibrary.com.

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