RUDI newsletter

RUDI, working in partnership with the Institute of Place Management, is launching a sister publication to PLACEmaking called 'Living Spaces'. Living Spaces will be focused on exploring the challenges and opportunities of creating and managing public spaces and the role of economic, social and cultural activity.

More than 5,000 copies will be distributed to place-making, place-shaping and management professionals including national, regional and local governmental agencies, town centre managers, neighbourhood managers, economic development officers, community development officers, operational managers and many more.

Living spaces is an ideal platform to promote your products and services to an expansive and enlightened audience, and we would like to invite you to take part in this year's publication.

The publication is guest edited by the Institute of Place Management, which invites contributions in the form of articles and case studies that illustrate the dynamics of managing urban places.

Managing an area - town centre management - BIDS - place partnership development - mixing traffic and pedestrians - shared space - marketing of place & urban tourism - events and spectacles - festivals, outdoor art, performances, urban screens - environment and nature - sustainability, green areas - inclusion & consultation - lighting & landscaping

For more information please contact matthew.knight@landor.co.uk

urban design news

Surplus of greenfield land with planning permission could render brownfield development unviable, says report

A new report initiated by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) contains a 'ground-breaking study, Brownfield Market Signals: Greenfield housing land supply and the viability of brownfield housing development' demonstrating that an excess of greenfield land with planning permission could... more >

New financial tools needed to boost regeneration, claims report

The All Party Urban Development Group (APUDG)ﾒs latest report, Regeneration and the recession:unlocking the money highlights the need for cities to have additional financial tools and revenue raising options. An APUDG inquiry has taken stock of conditions in the regeneration industry, has... more >

New tool and database will bring together local authority emissions evidence with housing, demographic, economic data

The Energy Saving Trust (EST) has launched TrACE, a new tool that will record CO2 saving evidence. The tool has been developed with input from the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has been created to help local authorities report and keep track of their actions to curb local carbon dioxide... more >

Policy guidance highlights potential of inland waterways for supporting low carbon placemaking and transport plans

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has published its latest Policy Advice Note on Inland Waterways - Unlocking the Potential and Securing the Future of Inland Waterways through the Planning System. The central purpose of the Note is to highlight areas of opportunity for the... more >

Support for 'breakthrough' ideas will help transform the UK into a sustainable society

The Sustainable Development Commission has unveiled a range of 'breakthrough' ideas which could transform the UK into a sustainable society. The SDC's Breakthroughs for the 21st Century project sets out to identify the ideas which could make the biggest impact on Britainﾒs efforts to tackle... more >

project overviews

PLACEmaking 2009: celebrating quality and innovation in urbanism

PLACEmaking 2009 provides an accessible overview of the most innovative and effective placemaking schemes currently being delivered and managed. UK and international case studies to illustrate how, and why, these schemes work

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feature

Ashford's shared space team

Scheme details

A pioneering public realm scheme in Ashford in the Garden of England is merging the boundaries between engineering and art to provide an innovative solution to transport and environmental issues. Here we reveal an in-depth analysis of the inter-disciplinarian nature of the design team as provided by Richard Stubbings - Kent County Council's design champion.

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forum - topic of the week

Contractors who can produce good flythroughs

Know any contractors who can produce flythroughs? The Design/Regeneration team at Brent is currently seeking tenders for the remodelling of Wembley town centre. They need to find companies capable of producing high quality 3d walkthroughs of a number of different development options for... more >

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events

Thursday 14th May 2009. Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London UK

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book of the week

Planning for Climate Change

Climate change is changing the context of planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened the environmental dimension of spatial planning and has become a new rationale for coordinating actions and integrating different policy priorities. This book provides authoritative guidance for spatial planners on how to meet the economic, social and environmental challenges that climate change raises for urban and regional development.

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urbandesignjobs.com

Essex £42,246 - £56,661	Development Management Team Manager Thurrock lies within the heart of Essex Thames Gateway. Together with partners, we are responsible for the delivery of a major jobs-led regeneration agenda involving the creation of 24,000 new jobs... Closes: 19 Jul 2009

Lancashire £29,714 to £32,475	Regeneration Projects Manager The post is within a highly motivated and diverse team. Your focus will be the delivery of key strategic economic development and regeneration projects. You must have a proven track record of... Closes: 17 Jul 2009

Cambridgeshire £30,168 - £38,001 pa (pay award and job evaluation pending)	Urban Designer North, South, East, West... Put your career in the right direction! The Cambridge area is growing in all directions – and this role will give you the chance to help meet the exciting challenges... Closes: 21 Jul 2009

For more jobs, go to UrbanDesignJobs.com

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