Archives for August 6th, 2010

NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOME SWAP SCHEME LAUNCHED

Headlines, PublicNet: 6 August, 2010

Communities and Local Government has launched a scheme that will give eight million tenants the chance to see details of every council and housing association tenant looking to exchange homes across the country.

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CUTTING COSTS THROUGH BETTER COMMUNICATION

Headlines, PublicNet: 6 August, 2010

More councils are using Airwave to cuts costs by co-coordinating time better and using resources more effectively. A key feature is that they no longer need to form a control room to co-ordinate communications and activity.

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URBAN SOIL

Features, PublicNet: 6 August, 2010

By Sue Charlelsworth

“Urban geochemistry” is a rapidly evolving science. With the UN Population Division estimating that almost all global population growth in the next 30 years will be in urban areas, it needs to be. Greater concentrations of people in intensely developed areas of asphalt and concrete are creating more “artificial” environments with their own particular issues around contamination and health.

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