PERN Bulletin 6/10
14-May-10
Learning Outcomes Consultation
The Learning Outcomes for RTPI accredited courses are currently under revision, with the aims of explicitly addressing climate change, reducing complexity and ensuring that the outcomes are measurable in line with best educational practice. A consultation on the new proposals has now been launched and will run until Friday 11 June 2010. For further information and to respond, click here.
Bids sought for European research funding
A new call for tenders launched on 3 May by ESPON – a five-year programme for applied research into all aspects of European territorial development – provides a great opportunity for UK researchers to bid for substantial European research projects. Research teams are being sought for ten projects with a combined value of £3,900,000. More...
Health at the Heart of Spatial Planning
The most recent edition of Planning Theory and Practice includes an interface section which explores the nature of the links between spatial planning and health by eliciting views from a number of practical perspectives. More…
Sustainable Energy in the Built Environment: Best Practice for Scottish Planners
This publication by the Energy Saving Trust, in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute, is intended to help public sector planners to develop policies and make decisions that promote sustainable energy use and production at a domestic level. The resource aims to provide inspiration through case studies and signposts users to other useful resources. More…
Wales Planning Conference 2010, 8 June, Cardiff
This year's Conference will discuss The Making of Place – a core role of planning. More…
Planning Convention 2010, 28-30 June 2010, London
The full programme is now confirmed and you can download the Convention brochure including a booking form and can also book online.
Green infrastructure fit for 2012, 2 June 2010, Newcastle
This RTPI North East seminar explores emerging practice in delivering green infrastructure across the UK. More…
Catchment Change Network Annual Conference, 6 July 2010, Lancaster
This conference is designed to take forward the debate around catchment management in an uncertain future and explore challenges and opportunities for research to fill current gaps. It will summarise key elements of the CCN programme across flood risk, water scarcity and water quality. More…
Adaptation and resilience in a changing climate: the UK energy sector and its infrastructure, 14&16 June 2010, Internet Workshop
This online workshop aims to help scope research into climate change adaptation within the UK energy sector. Hosted by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the ARCC Coordination Network, it will produce information to prepare a call to tender for further research. More…
MORE NETWORK NEWS
Research Ethics Guidebook website launched!
Dr Janet Boddy and her team at the Institute of Education at the University of London have prepared an online research ethics guidebook for social science researchers as part of the ESRC’s Researcher Development Initiative. She is keen to receive your feedback. More…
Janet O'Neill reports from the World Urban Forum 2010 in Rio de Janeiro
Chair of RTPI's International Committee, Janet O'Neill, and Will French, Global Planners Network attended the 5th World Urban Forum, which took place in Rio on the theme of 'Cities for all – bridging the urban divide', with thousands of participants from across the globe. Read report…
Thesis competition on local and regional authorities in the European Union
The purpose of the competition is to reward the best doctoral thesis focusing on the local and regional dimension of the EU. Closing date for applications: 21 May 2010. More…
Community-based research projects
Queens University Belfast has set up a YouTube Channel with information on its Science Shop service, which puts students and community groups together to undertake community-based research projects.
Environment health and development network
A new set of web pages focussing on Climate and Health have been added to the main network website of the Environment, Health and Development Network, with the support of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. More...
Europe's 'Urban Atlas'
The Urban Atlas brings together thousands of images from European satellites and provides detailed and cost-effective mapping of larger urban zones, yielding accurate land cover and usage data. More...
Global study into planned communities is launched
The Norfolk Charitable Trust, as part of its annual fellowship programme, is sending three individuals on a six week tour around the world to investigate ‘community, economy and the environment in new places’. More…
CALLS
UKSS Systems Conference, 30 August- 2 September 2010, Oxford
The conference theme will be 'Perceptions of Systems - Management, Communication and Creativity'. Deadline for submissions is 1 June 2010. More…
Neighbourhood Restructuring & Resident Relocation: Context, Choice and Consequence, 4&5 November 2010, The Netherlands
The OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, based in Delft, is hosting this conference to explore international experience of neighbourhood restructuring programs. The deadline for outline submissions in 15 June 2010. More...
PUBLICATIONS
Making Better Places, The Planning Project in the Twenty-First Century, by Patsy Healey
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, is a major new introduction to planning by one of the leading figures in the field. It stresses the importance of planning’s potential to improve the quality of life in the 21st century. More…
Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management:
A new paper by Network member Mark Reed, based in the University of Aberdeen, and colleagues from Australia and the UK, evaluates the processes and mechanisms available for integrating different types of knowledge for environmental management. More…
Generating the Future: UK energy systems fit for 2050
This report, produced by a working group of Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering, considers possible energy scenarios that could meet the 2050 emissions reduction target.
Dimensions of the Sustainable City
A new publication, edited by Mike Jenks from Oxford Brookes and Colin Jones from Heriot-Watt Universities, reports on the CityForm consortium’s research into the economic, social, transport, energy and ecological dimensions of urban form. More…
2008-09 Citizenship Survey: Empowered Communities Topic Report
Using 2008-09 Citizenship Survey data, this report provides an in-depth examination of community empowerment: perceptions of the ability to influence decisions, trust in institutions, and people's civic engagement. More…
Evidence-based policy in planning: an analysis of housing trajectories in England
Planner Stephen Barton and Trudy Harpham from London South Bank University have published a paper analysing 'housing trajectories', which local and regional planning authorities are required to prepare as part of the supporting evidence base for the local development framework (LDF) process. See Barton, S and T. Harpham Local Economy, 25(1) Feb 2010, pp32-46.
Habitat Banking
A study for the European Commission led by UK environmental economics consultancy Eftec and the Institute for European Environmental Policy has concluded that "habitat banking" - a market where credits from actions with beneficial biodiversity outcomes can be purchased to offset the debit from environmental damage - could, along with other policies, be a useful instrument in helping the EU meet its goal of no net biodiversity loss. More…
Climate change policy in the European Union
A new edited publication from Cambridge Press with detailed case studies from across the EU. More...
- Author:
- Research Team
- Publisher:
- The Royal Town Planning Institute
- Date:
- 14-May-10
- Categories:
- PERN
This article has been read 1309 times.
