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News Release from: Casella Stanger
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Readers are invited to contribute to the Sustainable Built Environment research and debate the comments of others.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) provides direct funding to universities and similar science based institutions who are undertaking longer term research in engineering and physical science disciplines The EPSRC is about to launch a new programme of research, concerning the sustainable built environment and healthy communities
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 Apr 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Scoping Study: Stanger Science and Environment has been working with the EPSRC to scope one of three themes within the proposed programme to ascertain research needed with respect to the Physical Infrastructure of the Built Environment.
The other two themes in the programme are 'Establishing more Sustainable Construction' and 'Regeneration and Re-use of Urban Land'.
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Over the last few months consultation has been carried out with academics, local authorities and other end users to understand the priority areas for generic research.
Some examples of key topics for research * Understanding the opportunities and barriers for recycling land and buildings * Is there an optimum density for development * Effective management of existing built assets * Effects of the indoor environment * Where does the existing urban form work (or not!) and why? * Accessibility to facilities * Use of landscaping in built up areas * Urban settlement resource flows * The potential effects of technology on the urban form Programme Development and Dissemination The EPSRC is keen to ensure that the innovative research that they sponsor can be enacted and applied in practice to ensure that sustainable built environments are developed and healthy communities fostered.
Research partnerships on projects with local authority planners and infrastructure providers are therefore critical for the successful delivery of appropriate research.
Another vital feature for the success of the programme is the engagement of a wide range of users, from industry to charities, in all aspects of the definition, development, delivery and dissemination of the programme activity.
An important route for on-going consultation and dissemination will be the Local Authority Research Council Initiative (LARCI).
LARCI was established by the EPSRC in 1997.
LARCI brings together a number of the Research Councils with local authority bodies both to promote the work of the Research Councils in sustainable development research and to identify and support generic research which can in the longer term be used by local authorities.
What the Public Sector Can Do: The EPSRC will be preparing a call for research proposals against this programme over the summer months.
Information on this call and the results of the scoping study will be available on the EPSRC web site (www.epsrc.ac.uk).
The EPSRC hope that in partnership with the academic community some of you will be able to help make the research projects the success they need to be to help us all benefit from a more sustainable built environment and healthy community.
Readers are invited to contribute to the Sustainable Built Environment research and debate the comments of others at the Stanger Forum on the website.
If you would like further information please contact Steve Milsom at the EPSRC or Joyce Moore at Stanger Science and Environment on moore.joyce@stanger.co.uk .
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