Building resilient large scale new communities
This webinar will explore the ways in which new development can be made intrinsically resilient to the impacts of climate change, including discussing the critical importance of site selection, the role of sustainable urban drainage systems and how to address the risk of overheating.
A Peaceful Path to Real Reform: Delivering non-sectarian housing in Belfast
Online - Zoom , United KingdomNegotiating conflict within and between communities is, in many ways, an everyday part of planning practice around the world. However, for planners, campaigners and communities in Belfast, it takes on a more pressing, life-and-death, significance.
The Garden City opportunity – making it happen
Online - Zoom , United KingdomAcross the UK there is a chronic shortage of affordable housing, and this housing crisis is damaging people’s life chances. At the same time, much of the new housing being delivered is badly designed and in places which lack the basic social infrastructure needed to make healthy and vibrant communities.
TCPA Annual Conference: Beyond beauty: Building hope for the future
Online - Zoom , United KingdomIn the context of ongoing uncertainty about next steps with the Westminster Government’s proposed radical reform of the planning system, and following COP26, the TCPA’s Annual Conference will consider what we need the planning system to deliver for the future, and whether the proposed reforms will help achieve outcomes which are better for people’s health, are democratic and will also help deliver the country’s carbon commitments.
