| Bibliography on housing topics |
| http://omni.ac.uk:8099/lczhmc/bibs/house/04 |
| Community networking and IT training |
| http://www.communities.org.uk |
| The government is trying to encourage more use of community networking and IT training within community regeneration schemes. Their report on the topic is at this site. |
| Contaminated land |
| http://www.rics.org.uk/research/conferences/cutpdf/syms.pdf |
| The paper "The reuse of contaminated land for housing purposes: attitudinal responses of consumers and market makers," by Paul Syms, SURS, Sheffield Hallam University is on this web page. |
| Census – 2001 |
| http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/2001Census/index.htm |
| This page from the Local Government Association web site will provide information on the development of the Census, and enable local authorities to contribute their views. |
| Census - Liverpool |
| http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/public/council-info/census/table-index.html |
| If you need to compare Manchester with Liverpool or are doing regional work then you can see most of the commonly used statistics from the 1991 Census for Liverpool on this site. |
| Computer Review |
| http://www.reviewbooth.com |
| This site gives you details of assessments of hardware and software. It might be a useful site to visit before purchasing computer equipment. |
| Council web sites |
| http://ww.open.gov.uk/index/filclgov.htm |
| Details of research by Sheffield University on council websites. |
| Councillors |
| http://www.manchester.gov.uk/cllrs/wards.htm |
| Councillors by ward for Manchester. |
| Countryside issues |
| http://www.countrygoer.org |
| This site contains links to other web sites on the environment and sites promoting more sustainable transport. |
| Environment Agency |
| http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk |
| The Environment Minister recently unveiled a new inventory of more than 2,000 polluters. You can click on a map or type in a place name or postcode and details of polluters in that area will be revealed. |
| GMPTE |
| http://www.gmpte.gov.uk |
| This site has been mentioned before but has since been improved. |
| Government-Information age |
| http://www.governmentcomputing.com/ |
| Independent magazine about information-age public service. |
| Government – Modernising | |
| http://www.citu.gov.uk/moderngov/whitepaper/4310-08.htm | |
| The White Paper on Modern Government is available from this site. The appendix is particularly useful as it provides a list of web site addresses for initiatives mentioned in the White Paper. A few of the more useful addresses are tabulated below. | |
| Community planning: | http://www.lga.gov.uk |
| Comprehensive Spending Review White Paper: | http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pub/htm/csr/index.html |
| Crime reduction strategy: | http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimeprev/cpa.htm |
| House Prices |
| http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/geocomp/geo98/85/gc_85.htm |
| This site contains the 15-page paper "Modelling Environmental Influences on Property Prices in an Urban Environment". The aim of the research is to assign money values to the negative impacts associated with the noise and visual intrusion associated with new road developments. |
| Index of Deprivation |
| http://index99.apsoc.ox.ac.uk/Default.htm |
| This is the home page for the Review of the Index. A team in the Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research at Oxford University is carrying out the work. Their newsletters can be obtained from this site as can the 57-page first report. |
| Letters |
| http://www.letterpost.com |
| You can send a document on-line to someone who does not have an E-mail address by using this site. Postage has to be paid on-line. |
| Local government |
| http://193.133.103.24/outlines/980807.htm |
| An outline of the contents of the modernising local government white paper. |
| Local government |
| http://www.open.gov.uk/index/filclgov.htm |
| This is an alternative site you can use to obtain a list of all local authorities on the WWW. Some sites provide details of election results e.g. Oldham. |
| Local Government Chronicle |
| http://www.lgcnet.com |
| The LGC have given their website a new look. |
| Manchester - North: |
| Regeneration Newsletter: |
| http://www.mymanchester.net/sites/nmregen/page5.htm |
| Forum: |
| http://www.mymanchester.net/sites/nmf/ |
| Homesteading: |
| http://www.mymanchester.net/sites/homestd/mcrhome.html |
| This is a new, low-cost home ownership scheme launched in Moston for local people on low incomes buying newly renovated homes. |
| Manchester - Regeneration |
| http://macalester.edu/~geog61/manchester/strategies.html |
| Regeneration strategies in the city. |
| Manchester Community Information Network |
| http://www.communities.org.uk/articles/MCIN.html |
| http://www.mymanchester.net/ |
| Manchester’s company database |
| http://www.poptel.org.uk/ated/mcrcomp.html |
| Details on the top 20 companies in Manchester |
| Maps |
| http://www.expediamaps.com/Placefinder.asp |
| Simply type in the name of the town you want to see a map of and the map will then appear on screen. Useful for journey planning. |
| Maps |
| http://www.mapsworldwide.com |
| This is the site created by a company called Insight Marketing. It is an e-commerce site selling maps and books. You can purchase the A-Z Manchester on CD for just £39. |
| NOMIS |
| http://www-nomis.dur.ac.uk/news/ |
| As you probably know the National Online Manpower Information System also allows access to the 1991 Census data. However, Royalty charges are quite significant and charges generally have increased recently. Other news on NOMIS is on this site. |
| Northern Consortium of Housing Authorities |
| http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paul_mccourt/ |
| The home page reads:
"The Northern Consortium of Housing Authorities provides a range of services and opportunities for housing practitioners members enabling them to tackle difficult issues, resolve common problems and improve the quality of their housing services. Over the last 30 years the Northern Consortium has been making representations to ministers and Government Departments on behalf of its members in the North of England on housing issues and topics as diverse as: Housing investment, renovation grants, housing benefit and rural housing." |
| North West Partnership |
| http://www.u-net.com/northwest/home2.htm |
| This is the home page of the North West of England’s Regional Web site, developed by the North West Partnership. Frank McKenna who is the Vice-Chairman introduces the site. |
| PPG3 |
| http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/consult/ppg3/index.htm |
| Public consultation draft of the revision of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3: Housing, (20 pages.) |
| Public Records Office |
| http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/riindex.htm |
| A vast list of references to data on numerous topics. Of particular interest are the references to: Ordnance Survey, Census, Population and Statistical Information. |
| RDAs |
| http://omni.ac.uk:8099/lczhmc/bibs/strategic/11;internal&action=lib_body.action |
| This page will give you references to journal articles and books on Regional Development Agencies. There is also a link to the Urban Regeneration bibliography and the main Planning bibliography. |
| Red Rose Forest |
| http://www.nwnet.co.uk/redroseforest |
| Over the next 40 years Red Rose Forest will be planting 25 million trees across 300 square miles of Greater Manchester. The Forest will transform the quality of life for the 1.5 million people living in Bolton, Bury, Trafford, Wigan and the cities of Manchester and Salford. |
| Regeneration |
| A number of sites were mentioned in Planning on 14 May 1999, page 23. Of particular interest to our region is a site on regeneration through heritage: http://www.bitc.org.uk/rth/rth_region_index.html#NW You may also want to look at the RICS site which includes their contribution to the Urban Task Force: http://www.rics.org.uk |
| Registering a web site |
| http://www.addme.com |
| http://www.submit-it.com |
| http://www.wprc.com |
| Use these sites if you want to register your own web site with search engines. |
| Regional Planning Guidance (RPG) |
| Http://193.133.103.24/outlines/990226.htm |
| An outline of the contents of PPG11. |
| Royal Mail |
| http://www.royalmail.co.uk/paf |
| Details of the postal address file. |
| http://www.royalmail/trackandtrace |
| This new service allows you to keep track of important documents sent in the post. Simply type in the number on the recorded delivery note and the system will tell you how far the document has progressed. |
| http://www.royalmail.co.uk/calculator |
| If you are organising a large housing survey (for instance) then this page maybe useful in estimating the postage costs. Simply type in the weight of the various documents and the number of envelopes to be sent out and a total postage cost will be calculated. |
| Search engine |
| http://www.northernlight.com |
| This is a relatively new search engine and is particularly useful as it places results from searches into folders according to topics. Also, the google search engine mentioned in the last bulletin is gaining popularity amongst Internet users. |
| Sustainable Development |
| Http://www.open.gov.uk/roundtbl/hometb.htm |
The four Annual Reports of the UK Round Table on Sustainable
Development are on this site. The Round Table has worked generally within
the framework of the definition of the Bruntland Commission. The Commission
defines sustainable development as: "development that meets the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs". The objectives of the Round Table are as follows:
(G M Research now has a lot of publications from the Round Table and officers are welcome to borrow them.) |
| Sustainable Development |
| http://www.sustainability.org.uk |
| The main site in the UK for sustainable development issues. See also the sites below. |
| Sustainable Housing and Urban Regeneration in Hulme (Ref: S158/99/3/www7) |
| http://www.sustainability.org.uk/info/casestudies/hulme.htm |
| Sustainable Housing and LOTS scheme |
| http://www.sustainability.org.uk/info/casestudies/lots.htm |
| Details of a living over the shop scheme. |
| Sustainable Housing – The Environmental Trust Green Homes Programme |
| http://www.sustainability.org.uk/info/casestudies/environmental_trust.htm |
| The site starts with this introduction: "Working in partnership with local authorities, the Green Homes programme uses private finance to provide high quality, low cost, social housing. Houses are built to very high environmental standards, using local labour and local construction companies where possible." |
| Tameside |
| http://www.tameside.gov.uk |
| Tameside’s site has recently been revamped. There is a page, which gives details of new pages and updated pages. Other pages, which might be of particular interest, are the pages on the large-scale voluntary transfer of houses, the District Assemblies and residential land for sale. |
| Telephone Directory |
| http://192.com |
| http://www.192enquiries.com |
| http://www.bt.com/phonenetuk |
| Type in the name and address (optional) of the person you are seeking and within a couple of seconds a matching list will appear with a telephone. |
| Transport |
| http://www.pti.org.uk/ |
| Public transport information. |
| UNISON |
| http://www.unison.org.uk/energy |
| Some useful links to information on Best Value and various other topics. UNISON is the first union in the world to offer free Internet access including unlimited free E-mail addresses. |
| University courses |
| http://scitsc.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html |
| Simply choose what information (postgraduate, undergraduate etc.) you want and then click on the university you are interested in. |
| Urban Environment Today |
| http://rudi.herts.ac.uk/ej/uet/uet070.html |
| Front-page details of the above publication. The RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) website is explained in more detail in Planning 28th May 1999 page 22. |
| Urban Specialists |
| http://www.tcpa.org.uk/nous.htm |
| The Network of Urban Specialists (NOUS) page is a one-stop shop for information relating to urban housing capacity, sustainable development in urban areas and improving urban environments. |
| Viruses |
| http://www.avp.ch/avpve |
| http://www.drsolomon.co.uk/vircen |
| http://www.symantec.com/avcenter |
| http://www.virusbtn.co.uk |
| Useful web sites for information on viruses. For further details see Computer Active Issue 31. Note that a recent malicious virus is spreading rapidly. If you see a message referring to religion in your E-mail then it is likely to be this virus. It can destroy your hard disc. There are two other prevalent viruses at the moment. They are ExploreZip (alias ZippedFiles) and BackDoor-G (aliases Troj/Subseven and Troj/BackDoor-G). We have the IDE protection file for the former and this file will appear on the next version of SOPHOS’s SWEEP anti-virus software which we recommend LPAs use on their PCs. |