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URBAN DESIGN Journal (View All)
 Working Together with Trees |
 Placemaking Tools |
 Low traffic neighbourhoods |
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January 2025
17
January 2025
Which measures actually reduce congestion and why?
The planning system as a barrier and a cause of delay – evidence of a failing system or an urban myth?
How the local environment affects the cognitive functioning of middle-aged and older adults
How to promote healthier and more...
10
January 2025
New Year - New Urgency
Jane Manning – Joint Editor of Urban Design writes….
December 2024
13
December 2024
Two proposals on Good Town Form from the Urban Design Group
Good town form
Strategic infrastructure delivery
England - Changes to the Planning System
NPPF - changes summarised and available as a download
Planning Decisions - committees vs officers - summarised
Using trees to...
6
December 2024
Tackling Air pollution using Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure - comprehensive review of effectiveness
Restarting Housebuilding - two reports from the Centre for Cities
Communities strategy for Britain
Vehicle tyres responsible for 1/4 of microplastics in the environment
Photos of London...
November 2024
29
November 2024
How AI will transform urban mapping etc
New development in England locking in Car Dependency - New Economics Foundation
ONS Data on net Housing Additions
US Life expectancy declines - poor diet and insufficient physical activity among challenges
UK population stats - link to ONS data ...
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Introduction
Towards an Urban Renaissance, the report of the Urban Task Force was published on 29 June 1999. The Urban Task Force was one of many task forces that had been set up by the new Labour Government brought to power in May 1997.
