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URBED (Urban and Economic Development) Ltd is a leading independent research and consultancy firm specialising in
the fields of urban regeneration, local economic development, sustainability
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The report of the TEN Group’s study tour to Helsinki and Stockholm shows how much the UK can learn from Scandinavian approaches to housing.
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The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Network (SUNN) was launched in November 2009 to share best practice in building new neighbourhoods in cities and towns.
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Chairing an event on learning from European ecotowns at London’s Ecobuild conference and exhibition on March 1st, Nicholas Falk sets out seven steps for achieving quality growth in smaller cities, and launches a new report for Regional Cities East.
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In his keynote presentation to a conference on the future of London’s suburban town centres, Nicholas Falk drew on a wide range of URBED research to pinpoint the common challenges facing the smaller centre, and set out possible responses.
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After five years in Holborn, URBED is moving back to Store Street, to the Building Centre. From April 1st our address will be: URBED, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT and our new telephone number is 07714 979 956.
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A report from English Heritage based on URBED’s draft should help local authorities and community groups to reach agreement.
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Models for sustainable development
The report of the TEN Group's study tour to Copenhagen and Malmö highlights the way the two cities are collaborating across national boundaries, thanks to the Øresund Bridge.
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Nicholas Falk's report for Cambridgeshire Horizons was launched at their annual conference in Ely, and sets out proposals for how the principles of the Quality Charter can be implemented in practice.
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Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood is the title of a new book by David Rudlin and Nicholas Falk published by the Architectural Press. It updates the 1999 edition Building the 21st Century Home that has come to be seen as an important text in the rediscovery of urbanism in the UK.
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Conclusions from new research into the success of new settlements in four European countries were debated at a crowded launch event in London's new Kings Place in October.
A panel of experts led by Professor Sir Peter Hall welcomed the findings. The research, sponsored by Scott Wilson, The Guinness Partnership and Grainger plc, analyses how some of today's exemplary European Eco-town projects have successfully delivered high quality and sustainable housing.
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Cambridgeshire Horizons have appointed URBED to undertake a third phase of work on the Cambridgeshire Quality Charter for Growth, focussed on how new developments in the Cambridge Growth Area can be made truly sustainable.
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