The changing regulatory environment for speculative housebuilding and the construction of core competencies for brownfleld development

Speculative housebuilding in the United Kingdom faces an ever tighter regulatory environment owing to the increasing impact of the sustainable development agenda. For example, 60% of all new homes in England are now expected to be constructed on previously developed land or provided through the conversion of existing buildings. As speculative housebuilders are responsible for about 80% of all new dwellings built in the United Kingdom, the achievement of this important government target is critically dependent on the ability and willingness of the private sector to respond to public policy. By exploring the main components of the residential development process, the author investigates how far speculative housebuilding will need to change to ensure the successful implementation of the government's brownfield housing target. He suggests that those speculative housebuilders that are enthusiastically building up core competencies in brownfield housing are likely to emerge as the market leaders of the future whereas those companies that continue to rely on past practices and technologies will face an uncertain future as greenfield development opportunities begin to reduce

Macclesfield Countryside Visitor Survey, 1986

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To establish present levels of use of the Middlewood Way and Macclesfield Canal. To measure public response to improvements made to these facilities in recent years. To identify implications for management and planning policies for both the facilities themselves and for the wider countryside of the Borough of Macclesfield.Main Topics:Variables Origins and distance travelled by visitors; frequency and length of visit; mode of transport to site and on site (walk, cycle, horse). Point of entry to site; how visitors heard of site; use of interpretive aids and attitude questions; size of groups; social and economic characteristics of visitors

A planning strategy for rural Northern Ireland

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A design guide for rural Northern Ireland

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Towing Path User Survey : Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 1986

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey was undertaken to determine levels of use and attitudes of users to each other; to determine the change in levels of use and user attitudes after opening the towing path to unrestricted cycle use; to establish whether the new facilities encourage new visitors; to establish whether the towing path functions as part of a wider leisure path network; to obtain users' views on the new facilities.Main Topics: Group size, age, sex; origins, distance travelled, destinations, purpose of visit, frequency of visits; method of transport; use of local footpaths and country roads; how visitors heard of site, attractions of site, attitudes to other users, difficulties in using the towing path. In addition to the interview data, observation data was collected for different types of user for forty minutes per hour between 10 a.m. and 6.40 p.m. on each survey date for 1 mile stretches of towing path centred on the survey points

Moving away from paper corridors in Southeast Asia

[Extract] Among biodiversity conservation solutions, corridors often receive much public and political support. Nonbiologists can easily connect with the concept (Van Der Windt & Swart 2008), and corridors have the potential to reach a middle ground between land development and biodiversity conservation. However, this political convenience can be taken too far, especially given that corridors need substantial research and planning to be successful. At best, a poorly implemented corridor is a waste of public funds; at worst, it is a consolation measure that legitimizes habitat destruction. Corridors may even accelerate the decline of rare native species by allowing invasive species to spread easily across the landscape (Beier et al. 2008). Recently, attention has been directed toward distilling the best practices in designing linkages (Beier et al. 2008; Lacher & Wilkerson 2013) to help practitioners maximize ecological connectivity while avoiding common pitfalls