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Modern cities, towns and neighbourhoods seem almost designed to suppress activity and create poor health, says Scott Cain.
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23.09.2021Becky Howarth and colleagues at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils devised a five-day virtual work experience programme for local sixth-formers
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16.09.2021The proposed environment bill has much to recommend it, says Kimberley Ziya, but there are fears about enforcement and the funding of local nature recovery strategies...
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16.09.2021In June 2019, Hounslow declared a climate emergency. In doing so, we put sustain-ability at the centre of our borough's development agenda.
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08.09.2021More than 50 per cent of humankind lives in urban areas. By 2050 this number will increase to 70 per cent, leaving no doubt that our ability to transform the cities we live in plays a crucial role in...
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02.09.2021The ‘levelling-up’ agenda calls to mind a previous effort to reduce social inequality. Louise Brooke-Smith wonders what we can learn from the Levellers (not the band).
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Plymouth City Council has extended the scheme in which crowdfunding helps allocate the neighbourhood proportion of its community infrastructure levy – a climate emergency bonus now incentivises environmental projects. Martin Read reports
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COP26 will accelerate the drive for climate finance, and planning has a role to play in directing this money to where it’s needed. But major policy reforms are needed to unleash further investment, finds Huw Morris
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Achieving net-zero requires all tiers of government to work in concert to a shared set of ambitions and standards. But is this happening? Matt Moody and Simon Wicks and consider how UK local planning authorities are managing the drive to net-zero
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