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Cities for growth: Solutions to our planning problems
Posted on: 23 November 2011
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This report from the Policy Exchange think tank sets out two solutions to solve our housing crisis and boost growth. It calls for a more liberal and competitive planning system, and where local people and business agree, new garden cities.
Integrating multiple facets of river corridor development. Sheffield, 17-18 November 2011
Posted on: 18 November 2011
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The last of the URSULA (Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas) conferences provided a forum for the presentation of a wealth of research conducted during the URSULA project. Topics included how the River Don affects Sheffield’s microclimate, how the river could be harnessed to deliver hydropower, the effect of weirs in river ecology, the effect of biodiversity on wellbeing, as well as the approach developed in URSULA to design sustainable urban river corridors. Presentations are available online.
All London Green Grid: Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance
Posted on: 7 November 2011
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The All London Green Grid takes the principles of the East London Green Grid and applies them across London. The concept of a “green grid” – an integrated network of green and open spaces together with the Blue Ribbon Network of rivers and waterways – is at the centre of the London Plan’s approach to the provision, enhancement and management of green infrastructure. Comments are requested by 27 January 2012.
National Planning Policy Framework: Written evidence
Posted on: 1 November 2011
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This is the written evidence submitted to the House of Commons Selection Committee on Communities and Local Government as part of their inquiry into Government proposals for a National Planning Policy Framework.
47th ISOCARP Congress: Liveable cities – urbanizing world. Wuhan, China, 24-28 October 2011
Posted on: 31 October 2011
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The theme of the 47th Congress is “Liveable Cities – Urbanising World, Meeting the Challenge”. This theme reflects the central problem of the acknowledged world wide phenomena of the exponential and inexorable inward flow of people to cities and the consequent rapid expansion of urban development. The city of Wuhan, with its ever increasing population base, has acknowledged the importance of this Congress theme especially with regard to learning how their particular range of urban, transportation congestion and spatial problems are being dealt with sustainably across the globe. The Congress contains four workshops exploring the major theme in terms of low carbon environments, sustainable networks, all transportation pathways including waterways, recreational provisions, heritage and the green environment. Click on “Paper platform” link on the left of the page to access papers.
Informed Cities Forum 2011: Rio+20, local performance and the role of research. Naples, 26-27 October 2011
Posted on: 31 October 2011
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This event brought together local policy makers, researchers working on urban sustainability and the representatives of the institutions behind the main European local sustainability schemes to take stock of local governments’ achievements so far and outline a new vision for local sustainability, in preparation for the Rio+20 UN conference in 2012. Presentations are available online.
Green buildings and the future of urban development. Freiburg, 27-28 October 2011
Posted on: 31 October 2011
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The fourth conference of the Local Renewables Series focused on green buildings and the future of sustainable urban development”. Organised by ICLEI, the conference looked at the evolving role of renewable energy in sustainable buildings and addressed the issue of energy efficiency, both from a technological and city development point of view. Issues covered in the conference included: the political framework for sustainable construction and urban planning from a European, national and regional perspective; upgrading options for the existing building stock; best practice examples of zero emission districts across Europe; cutting-edge technologies and clever design for energy efficient solutions; district heating and cooling; financing models and mechanisms, in particular, the new Energy Efficiency Fund; and challenges in the value chain of energy efficient building. Presentations are available online, together with presentations from the previous three conferences in the series.
Place visioning in Scotland: Lessons learned
Posted on: 27 October 2011
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The issues of ‘place’ and ‘placemaking’ are central to the reform of the Scottish planning system. Since 2009, the Urbanism team at Architecture and Design Scotland have been working with five planning authorities and communities across Scotland to explore what visionary and ambitious plans are, and how they can be achieved. This work took the form of partnership working on place visioning, using a variety of participatory techniques. The results of these exercises have been written up by Andrew Guest to share learning as a series of short reports. The visioning exercises worked at different scales of place, from strategic development plan scale to small city, small town and city district.
Stopping the rot: A guide to enforcement action to save historic buildings
Posted on: 24 October 2011
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This publication aims to help local authorities make better use of a range of statutory enforcement measures to prevent buildings deteriorating and the costs escalating beyond the point where they are affordable to repair.
Connecting councillors with strategic planning applications
Posted on: 21 October 2011
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London First and the Planning Officers Society London have produced a guidance note on how councillors can be involved in determining a strategic planning applications. This guidance is designed to illuminate the uncertainty that exists about councillors being involved in the pre-application stage.
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