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High Streets 2021: Helping Town Centre Businesses and Creating New Opportunities
The restrictions introduced in response to Covid-19 triggered an unprecedented emptying of city centres and high streets across the country. Carol Pryah of the Historic Coventry Trust discusses support packages for town centre businesses.
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High Streets 2021: Supporting Places through Covid-19
High Streets have been decimated by Covid-19 and local communities are working hard to recover. Professor Cathy Parker from the Institute of Place Management shares their recovery framework for supporting places through the crisis.
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Introducing Clean Air Zones: Bath & North Somerset Council
In March 2021, Bath & North Somerset Council launched a Clean Air Zone in the city of Bath. This case study considers how the council planned and developed the project, highlighting its benefits.
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Redeveloping and Releasing Surplus Land to Generate Income
There are over 65,000 buildings in the school estate, estimated to cover more than 100,000 acres of land. In this article we’ll explore different ways to generate income from an existing estate.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Current Flood Risk Management Approaches in York
Steve Wragg, Flood Risk Manager City of York Council, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Driving Innovation amongst SME’s to Create New Flood Products, Services, and Processes
Pip Betts, Project Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre University of Hull, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Learning from BITC’s National Business Response Network
Hannah Tankard, Director of the Business Emergency Resilience Campaign at Business in the Community, spoke about BITC's national business response network at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure: The Role of Data in Decarbonising Infrastructure Assets
Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, University of Cambridge spoke about the role of data in decarbonising infrastructure at The Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure Conference, 2020.
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Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure: Transforming Transport Systems Through A Devolved Delivery Plan
Simon Warburton, Transport Strategy Director at Transport for Greater Manchester, spoke about the benefits of devolved transport deliver at The Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure Conference, 2020.
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Interview: Methods for Taking Climate Action at a Local Level
We spoke to Susan Halliwell, Co-Chair of ADEPT’s South East Network, about the steps ADEPT are taking to help local authorities take climate action.
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Why Birmingham Chose a Comprehensive Clean Air Zone
How Birmingham implemented a Clean Air Zone
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The Role of Local Authorities in Achieving Net Zero
300 out of 404 District, County, Unitary & Metropolitan Councils have declared a Climate Emergency [4]. In doing so, a local authority is acknowledging it ‘needs to act on the causes and impacts of climate change’. There are many changes local authorities can take to begin steps towards net zero,
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