Appraising infrastructure for new towns in Ireland

Copyright © 2013 ICE Publishing Ltd. Permission is granted by ICE Publishing to print one copy for personal use. Any other use of these PDF files is subject to reprint fees.Over a 20 year period 1996–2016, a new 223 ha town is being developed 10 miles west of Dublin's city centre on the south side of Lucan, County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). This €4 billion ‘Adamstown’ development is the first of four planning schemes in ROI to be approved as a strategic development zone – an integrated planning framework deemed suitable for creating sustainable neighbourhoods in sites of strategic economic or social importance to the state. The creation of sustainable neighbourhoods in ROI is facilitated through the implementation of a checklist of 60 indicators. This paper critically examines the attempts being made to consider sustainability within the development's overall infrastructure plan, specifically: transport, energy and water services, information technology and waste. Inadequacies in the existing development are linked to shortfalls in the sustainability checklist, by way of a comparison of infrastructure-related indicators from the ROI checklist with those derived for the UK and exemplar European projects (i.e. Bedzed, UK and Freiberg, Germany). The subsequent legacy for future residents of Adamstown is then considered in the context of ‘what if’ scenarios

Historical emissions of carbonaceous aerosols from biomass and fossil fuel burning for the period 1870–2000

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Access and quality of parks and associations with obesity: A cross-sectional study.

Public health is increasingly engaging with multi-faceted obesity prevention efforts. Although parks represent key community assets for broader public health, they may not be distributed equitably and associations with obesity are equivocal. We investigated park access and quality relative to deprivation and obesity with individual-level data from the Yorkshire Health Study. Compared to the least deprived areas, the moderately and most deprived areas had a greater park access and park quality in terms of features and amenities. However, parks in the moderately and most deprived areas also had the most safety concerns and incivilities. Although deprivation was associated with obesity, contrary to current policy guidance, both park access and quality appear less important for understanding variations in obesity within this study. Although sub-group analyses by deprivation tertile revealed that low quality park amenities in highly and moderately deprived areas may be important for understanding obesity prevalence, all other associations were non-significant

Heritage Conservation Services Office of Environment and Heritage

Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory commissioned the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to conduct an archaeological survey of the proposed expansion of the car park and camping grounds at Wangi Falls in Litchfield National Park. The survey was conducted on 28 October 2004 by Gerard Niemoeller and Dianne Bensley. This survey was conducted in response to concerns raised by Werat Traditional Owner Daisy Marjar over the proposed expansion. The current survey follows a preliminary inspection conducted by OEH in February 2004 that recommended a more detailed assessment of the area be conducted once a higher level of visibility was available (Appendix 1). Three aims were identified for this study: 1. Identify cultural heritage values through consultation with Werat Traditional Owners 2. Identify previously recorded heritage places on relevant Territory and Commonwealth registers 3. Conduct a survey of the proposed expansion to identify archaeological places and objects protected under the Northern Territory Heritage Conservation Act 1991 and provide management options. This report has been prepared for Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Government.Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).1.0 INTRODUCTION -- 2.0 ABORIGINAL CONSULTATION -- 3.0 ABORIGINAL HERITAGE LEGISLATION AND DATABASES -- 4.0 EXISITNG ENVIRONMENT AT WANGI FALLS -- 5.0 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- 6.0 METHODOLOGY -- 7.0 RESULTS -- 8.0 DISCUSSION -- 9.0 SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 10.0 REFERENCES -- APPENDICES.Date:2004-12Cover titl

Office of Environment and Heritage spatial data online access

WHAT IS DELIVERED IN THE DATA PACKAGE Data for Download is presented as an information package compressed in Zip format. It includes spatial data in the GDA94 Geographic Coordinate System and metadata statements. Depending upon the product, users may also find associated reports and output maps.Some of the datasets are very large in size and may require a high-speed broadband internet connection to download or will be unavailable for direct download. These will be provided on a request basis. Users will be notified via the application when this occurs and no further action is required by the user for supply. Users will be required to provide personal details to enable the download. This information is held confidentially and used only for OEH reporting purposes. Each data package is supplied under a licence. The licence terms can be found in the Readme file within each package

Wind energy guideline for state significant wind energy development

The Wind Energy Guideline (the Guideline) provides the community, industry and regulators with guidance on the planning framework for the assessment of large-scale wind energy development proposals that are State significant development (SSD). This Guideline identifies the key planning considerations relevant to wind energy development in NSW. It will assist stakeholders in the design and siting of SSD wind energy projects. It will also guide the assessment and evaluation, determination of wind energy development proposals, and, where approved, their construction and operation. The Guideline is not intended to be a comprehensive ‘how to’ manual for wind energy development, nor will all issues be relevant for every proposal. However, the NSW Government’s intention is that this Guideline becomes the key reference document for decision-making on SSD wind energy development in NSW. This Guideline delivers on the Government’s commitment in the NSW Renewable Energy Action Plan (2013) to implement wind energy planning guidelines in NSW. While the assessment process for SSD wind energy projects is generally the same as it is for other types of SSD projects, there are certain aspects that are unique for wind energy development and warrant special consideration. The Guideline provides the overarching planning framework for assessing SSD wind energy projects and is supported by additional Assessment Bulletins which the Department of Planning and Environment (the Department) issues periodically to provide technical guidance on key issues, such as noise and visual assessment. Consultation with communities, proponents and other stakeholders is an integral part of the assessment process for SSD wind energy projects. This Guideline also provides guidance to the community, proponents and consent authorities in understanding the level of engagement expected from proponents of SSD wind energy projects