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The environmental impact and sustainability of new places and developments, including energy efficiency, carbon reduction and greening..
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Case study: Creating a pedestrian link between city buildings
A new walkway in Melbourne, Australia, improves access and provides a more engaging and flexible form of urban infrastructure, Josephine Smit finds.
Advice: Planning urban areas for water
As climate change brings greater risk of heavy rainfall, new initiatives are needed to store water in urban areas and minimise potential for damage to property, finds Ben Kochan.
Need to know: Plans for Birkenhead regeneration progress
Public-private Wirral Growth Company is poised to bring forward regeneration plans for Birkenhead's town centre.
Analysis: How local authorities are stepping in to tackle declining shopping centres
Councils are having to take the lead in town centre regeneration as retail declines, and that can involve making some tough decisions about shopping centres, Josephine Smit finds.
Review: Civic quarter regeneration
Regeneration of Lambeth's civic quarter creates a less intimidating public realm, and new sympathetic uses have been found for some historic buildings, writes Genevieve Hayes.
Advice: Maximising the benefits of trees in development
There are strong environmental imperatives for including more trees in developments, but it is important to get the location and planting right, finds Ben Kochan.
Review: Creating an attractive and safe cycle route in outer London
New cycle lanes have been accompanied by imaginative public realm improvements in a project carried out as part of Transport for London's Mini-Holland initiative, writes Ian Hingley.
Opinion: Floods problem requires smart thinking
Last month's serious floods, affecting large areas in the north of England, have put the issue of development on the flood plain back in the news.
Coming up: Green light for Oxford homes and employment district
Oxford college's development company wins backing for Oxford North innovation district, including 480 homes and employment space.
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- Head of Regeneration Basildon Council Basildon, Essex
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