Policy and planning
Sustainable development
For Newcastle City Council to stay in the forefront of sustainable development, the planning framework needs to be updated and more emphasis is required on sustainability. The Local Development Framework will have to be aligned with the best practice available and with regional, national and EU Policy.
Impression of Newcastle's new library
Balanced planning
However changing the planning rules is a balancing act between the objectives of regeneration, job creation and sustainability which do not always go hand in hand. The Building Schools for the Future might provide an excellent feedback on how well the planning framework is performing in terms of sustainability.
It is therefore a particular objective of the project team to influence how sustainability is built into the Local Development Framework and provide assistance and research to improve it.
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For further details of the EDC's activities please get in touch with us through our contact page.
Commercial Research at Newcastle University
A full list of commercially available research facilities for Newcastle University can be found on the Services for Business web pages.
Highlight for April 2008
Integrated Modelling for Strategic Planning
Strategic planning for sustainability requires complex systems to be modelled.
Because of this complexity, it is unrealistic to develop new and comprehensive models for each of the numerous possible situations likely to be encountered. Many models already exist ...
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Upcoming seminars
The EDC often hosts, arranges or is associated with a wide variety of seminars related to its activities.
These seminars (often in association with an engineering institute) are always open to students and staff at the university and often to the public.
Upcoming events will be listed on this website in the future. Please check back from time to time for updates.
