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UDGUrbanUpdate

  1. Take part in the #NationalConferenceonUrbanDesign for 2012. Call for abstracts on the theme 'The Value of Urban Design' bit.ly/KjtMIx
  2. Garden Cities - a new model for 21st century development? Don't miss the UDG's event tomorrow evening to find out: bit.ly/KjBjoD
  3. Not to be missed - next Wednesday,23/5/2012 - UDG event on Garden Cities bit.ly/KjBjoD See you there!
  4. Housing & sustainability: demolition or refurbishment? Free lecture tonight 18:00 - One Great George St, Westminster tinyurl.com/7q3sjpo
  5. Daily Mail article stumbles on urban design: bit.ly/wwH6Tn - Why not add a comment and help promote design quality?
  6. How to make a city healthy tinyurl.com/778jxm5
  7. How can high quality urban design & planning help to improve public health? Find out at the UDG's next event: bit.ly/xvqpUQ
  8. I created group Urban Design Group on Linkedin.: http://lnkd.in/ch9TnV
  9. White Paper on Public Health in England presents urban designers with new challenges and opportunities bit.ly/nUQGic
  10. CABE at Design Council in spat with “Traditional Architecture Group” tinyurl.com/3v4b7sh
  11. Leading urban design expert Lindsay Smales speaks on EU Car-free Cities Proposal – BBCR4 You and Yours @ 4’ 28” tinyurl.com/3m2z5wj
  12. Matthew Parris (The Times) rails against clutter. bit.ly/5qvcEC
  13. 20mph speed limits introduced in Cambridgeshire where supported by community http://bit.ly/4SgWM7
  14. Motorists with speeding convictions pay twice as much for car insurance - reflecting increased accident risk. http://bit.ly/6FjxqH
  15. Sustainablility policies may weaken as political parties woo "Motorway Man" in election run-up. http://bit.ly/4FbHJs
  16. Public art spreading like virus (The Times 18 Jan) http://bit.ly/4Ec8c1
  17. Thyroid disease linked to PFOA - common chemical used as stain repellent http://bit.ly/6yE90Q
  18. Global warming could turn Hull into the Venice of the North - Telegraph 7:30AM GMT 15 Jan 2010