Passionate about collaborations to make better environments. Prof Water and Planning, Dept. Urban Studies & Plg, Uni of Sheffield, UK #Water #Communities
Sheffield, prev Bradford & Ldn
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20mph What more evidence do you need? 40 per cent fewer people killed, and 75 per cent fewer children killed. Facts that can’t be ignored…. standard.co.uk/comment/20mph…
5/ The regulation process should enable long term planning including adaptive investment and the maintenance of assets. Regulators' responsibilities should encompass all sources of pollution: as well as water companies, pollution from highways and agriculture need to be managed.
4/ Regulators (including the Environment Agency and local planning authorities) needs sufficient funding to do their job
3. Government should coordinate 'soft' infrastructure a) data sharing platform for transparency, including citizen science b) public engagement strategy with key messages (e.g. 'respect for water') and infographics c) attention to the chronic shortage of water-trained personnel.
2/ Democratically steered catchment bodies should specify regional standards, coordinate monitoring, invest in infrastructure, and support partnerships (with local authorities&communities) to enable responsiveness to regional circumstances and clarity for developers/landowners.
1/ We need a government water plan emphasising respect for our water systems. Taking a whole systems approach, it would coordinate priorities between water services (supply, flood resilience and river health) and with related sectors (agriculture, transport and urban planning).
Liz Sharp retweeted
PhD apportunity on UK #uplandfires at @ScienceShef @sheffielduni with @UniOfYork and @UKHSA
@sheffield_dust @DarpanDas13
Great podcast on how transport contributes (or not) yo economic growth. open.spotify.com/episode/65l…
Pre boarding is an excellent idea, at least at terminus stations. Also important for old or disabled. However, It’s hard to see how it could be organised elsewhere.
10 ways to make car-free living mainstream for families.
Helen Chandler and Thomas Ableman ask for:
Free family railcards.
Pre-boarding trains for families at rail termini.
Free cargo-bike hire from councils so families can do the weekly shop without a car
independent.co.uk/travel/new…
This was my train from Sheffield to Leeds yesterday. @CrossCountryUK We left people on the platform who could not fit into the carriages. How is this acceptable?!
This is superb and should be listened to for its skill as well as its content!
The horrifying reality of being a woman, perfectly summarised by @_CaitlinORyan
If you give even the slightest shit about women, watch it all. This is what it’s like.
As trustee of Sheaf Trust I attended @SheffCouncil planning committee to object to @STEPSrehabUK’s proposals for a riverside path of poor quality and inadequate width to retrospectively fulfil 2013 planning permission. We won!!! Public amenity triumphs over greediness!!
“Labour could create a new generation of well-designed sustainable neighbourhoods, upgrading existing dwellings alongside commissioning new ones, and using regulatory measures to bake in long-term affordability.” But…
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Liz Sharp retweeted
Dublin City centre just now. These nightmarish scene will only become ever more common if the Anti-Car-Everywhere zealots have their wicked way.
Liz Sharp retweeted
Loads of rain due tomorrow.
If a #flood was heading your way, would you know what to do? I doubt it, as your mind will turn to spaghetti in panic.
Plan NOW write it down
move your car
Move precious memories up stairs
Empty low down cupboards
Lift anything off the ground you can
Liz Sharp retweeted
If you have sadly been #flooded,please help others by taking part in this survey.
Link below 👇
#TheNationalFloodForum is supporting the @NatEmergTrust #AfterTheStorms survey – working with @LancasterUni to look into the support people receive when they #Flood.
To take part and find further information, please click the following link - nationalemergenciestrust.org…
