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Improving flood resilience in towns and cities

A new tool that assesses how resilient an urban area is to flooding has been ...

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Think tank calls for end to ‘perverse’ flood risk funding approach

England’s ‘contradictory’ approach to flood risk sees four times as much money spent on land ...

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Creating healthier, car-free cities

No cities are yet fully car-free, but many have managed or plan to restrict access ...

$More fracking gets go-ahead – but where’s the social licence?$

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More fracking gets go-ahead – but where’s the social licence?

This week saw councillors approving iGas’ planning application to frack two wells in Nottinghamshire. This represents another ...

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Report highlights link between greener cities, exercise and premature deaths

One in five deaths a year in Barcelona are premature and most could be prevented ...

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Parks are an asset, not a drain on resources

Parks and open spaces are arguably the most universal of all public services, used by ...

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Q&A with Ian Gardner, global energy leader at Arup

A new report by the international engineering firm Arup has called on local leaders to ...

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One city’s response to flood prevention

The city council in Sheffield, my home city, is consulting on its flood prevention strategy. In ...

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Will tip charges see fly-tipping surge?

The local tip has been the way to get rid of the clutter in your ...

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UK’s first on-street city electric bike hire scheme launches

Exeter has became the birthplace of an ambitious electric bike hire scheme which will be steadily ...