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SDC Reports & Papers
Know your environmental limits: A local leaders’ guide
| Date: | 01/03/2011 |
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| Classification: | Natural Resources Sustainable Communities Governance Local Government |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Equal Value: Can a major Severn Tidal Power scheme be compatible with enhancing the Natura 2000 Biodiversity Network?
| Date: | 30/11/2010 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Energy Natural Resources |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Improving Young People's Lives: The role of the environment in building resilience, responsibility and employment chances
| Date: | 28/10/2010 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Education |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Mae'r Dyfodol Yn Lleol - crynodeb Cymraeg
| Date: | 27/07/2010 |
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| Classification: | Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities Local Government Welsh |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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The Future is Local: Empowering communities to improve their neighbourhoods
| Date: | 06/07/2010 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Local Government |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable development: The key to tackling health inequalities
| Date: | 12/02/2010 |
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| Classification: | Health Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Breakthroughs for the twenty-first century
| Date: | 01/07/2009 |
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| Classification: | Food Sustainable Communities Breakthroughs |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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SDC Scotland Climate Challenge Alliance Factsheet
| Date: | 02/06/2008 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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SDC Scotland Response The Right Ingredients
| Date: | 14/04/2008 |
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| Classification: | SDC Response Sustainable Communities Health Food Farming Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007
| Date: | 04/09/2007 |
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| Classification: | Education Sustainable Communities Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007 - Executive Summary
| Date: | 04/09/2007 |
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| Classification: | Education Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Building Houses or Creating Communities? Leaflet
| Date: | 02/07/2007 |
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| Classification: | Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Cymru Iach Gynaliadwy
| Date: | 31/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Consumption & Production Food Governance Health Transport Sustainable Communities |
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BHCC - Paper 1 - In-depth review of sustainable communities policy
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 2 - Bridging Newcastle Gateshead
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 3 - Elevate East Lancashire
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 4 - Cambridgeshire
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 5 - Barking & Dagenham
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 6 - Stoke
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 7 - Manchester/ Salford
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 8 - Milton Keynes
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 9 - Blackburn
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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BHCC - Paper 10 - Qualitative Householder Research - South Cambridgeshire, Barking and Dagenham
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Building Houses or Creating Communities?
| Date: | 19/05/2007 |
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| Classification: | Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Healthy Sustainable Wales Toolkit
| Date: | 04/04/2007 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Faces in da crowd: e-vote results
| Date: | 01/04/2007 |
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| Classification: | Faith and Sustainable Development Sustainable Communities Education |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Redefining Progress Consultation
| Date: | 26/03/2007 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities SD Strategy Review Economics |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Stock Take: Delivering improvements in existing housing
| Date: | 20/07/2006 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Celtic Nations Conference Report 2006
| Date: | 15/06/2006 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Health Energy Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Code for Sustainable Homes: SDC Response
| Date: | 06/03/2006 |
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| Classification: | SDC Response Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Nuclear Paper 7: Public Perception and Community Issues
| Date: | 05/03/2006 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Energy Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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The next steps: An independent review of sustainable development in the English regions
| Date: | 28/11/2005 |
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| Classification: | Local Government Sustainable Communities Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable development and UK faith groups: Two sides of the same coin?
| Date: | 27/10/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Faith and Sustainable Development Economics |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable Buildings - The Challenge of Existing Stock
| Date: | 08/08/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Energy Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Healthy Futures #3: Buildings and Sustainable Development
| Date: | 23/06/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Health |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Wind Power in the UK
| Date: | 19/05/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Energy Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Wind Power: Your Questions Answered
| Date: | 19/05/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance Energy Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Report back from Sustainable Communities Summit Workshop
| Date: | 15/02/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Energy |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Comments back from the Sustainable Communities Summit Workshop
| Date: | 14/02/2005 |
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| Classification: | Energy Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sharing the value: a sustainable approach to the modernisation agenda
| Date: | 10/01/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Transport Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Sustainable Consumption & Production |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Datblygu cynaliadwy a grwpiau ffydd y DU: Dwy ochr yr un geiniog? [Faith Report-Welsh]
| Date: | 01/01/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Faith and Sustainable Development Welsh |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable Public Procurement - a
| Date: | 13/12/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Sustainable Consumption & Production |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Proposals for amending Part L of the Building Regulations and implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
| Date: | 21/10/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Energy |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Towards a Green Jobs Strategy: Opportunities for Business - consultation Response
| Date: | 01/09/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Economics Business |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable communities and sustainable development
| Date: | 03/02/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Mainstreaming sustainable regeneration - a call to action (Part 2)
| Date: | 01/12/2003 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Mainstreaming sustainable regeneration - a call to action (Part 1)
| Date: | 01/12/2003 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Vision for sustainable regeneration, environment & poverty - the missing link
| Date: | 01/10/2002 |
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| Classification: | Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Planning for the future! SDC response to the Planning Green Paper
| Date: | 01/03/2002 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Consultant Reports
Community Heating Report
| Date: | 02/12/2007 |
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| Classification: | Energy Climate Change Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway
| Date: | 05/04/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Transport |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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One Future - Different Paths The UK's Shared Framework for Sustainable Development
| Date: | 07/03/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Communications Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Developing sustainable procurement as a shared priority - vision to reality
| Date: | 30/04/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Governance |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Speeches and articles
Sustainable Public Procurement
| Date: | 13/12/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Consumption & Production Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable Development Past and Future: Speech by Jonathon Porritt at the Patrick Geddes Lecture
| Date: | 23/11/2004 |
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| Classification: | Housing and Regeneration Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Sustainable communities through revitalising and sustaining small towns and regional agriculture
| Date: | 17/09/2004 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Food Farming |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Case Studies
Newham Hospital Gateway Surgical Centre
| Date: | 01/02/2007 |
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| Classification: | Health Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Microgeneration in Kirklees
| Date: | 14/11/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Energy |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Newsletters
CCF Newsletter February 2010
| Date: | 01/03/2010 |
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| Classification: | Climate Change Sustainable Communities |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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CCF December 2009 Newsletter
| Date: | 10/12/2009 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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CCF November 2009 Newsletter
| Date: | 27/11/2009 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Annual Reports
On the Move: SDC Annual Review 2005
| Date: | 22/12/2005 |
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| Classification: | Local Government Education Sustainable Communities Transport Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Progress: SDC 2004 critique
| Date: | 01/02/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Communications Transport Housing and Regeneration SD Strategy Review Health Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Agenda 2003: Where next for Sustainable Development?
| Date: | 19/02/2003 |
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| Classification: | Climate Change Sustainable Communities Energy Economics Commission: internal |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Meeting Minutes
Edinburgh Plenary - Thematic Discussion - Green Jobs Strategy
| Date: | 20/10/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Commission: minutes of meeting Commission: internal |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Other Commission
Cynhadledd Cenhedloedd Celtaidd 2006 (Celtic Nations - Welsh)
| Date: | 15/06/2006 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Health Energy Climate Change |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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SDC Response to the Revised Building Regulations (Part L)
| Date: | 10/11/2005 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Communities SDC Response Housing and Regeneration |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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Other Internal Documents
Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg y CDC
| Date: | 03/02/2010 |
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| Classification: | Commission: internal Communications Sustainable Communities Engagement |
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| View details and download: | Details here |
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