Liz Sharp

Passionate about collaborations to make better environments. Prof Water and Planning, Dept. Urban Studies & Plg, Uni of Sheffield, UK #Water #Communities

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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…. https://t.co/Kv8ie6sEkV

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Yesterday I made the Sheffield Water Centre submission to the Independent Commission on Water. It is the outcome of an online conversation between 10 academics. Some of our key findings are... (thread!)

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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.

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4/ Regulators (including the Environment Agency and local planning authorities) needs sufficient funding to do their job

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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.

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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.

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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).

[Dr Maria Val Martin @MValMartin]

PhD apportunity on UK #uplandfires at @ScienceShef @sheffielduni with @UniOfYork and @UKHSA
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@vicwhittamITV @LeePitcherMP @LeePitcherMP Respectfully disagree.... I feel the economic growth would be more likely were the money directed to local & regional transport. Flying just makes holidays abroad cheaper. And whatever is said, green aviation fuel is a long way off.

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Great podcast on how transport contributes (or not) yo economic growth. https://t.co/JFegH2YWy2

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@richsulley_ crash is a better word than accident (which implies that these things will always happen due to some act of god). Collision might be better still.

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@icecreamavfc @_systemupdate @jonburkeUK Yes, but increasingly they will be asked to cover the costs they impose on society. Imagine a new technology that could do wonders for mobility but killed 1500 people in accidents each year (not mentioning pollution, land take and obesity). Would we allow it?? No way!

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@_systemupdate @icecreamavfc @jonburkeUK It all depends on local authority boundaries rather than the real size of cities! Eg Hull is a big city but the Council boundaries are far tighter than Sheffield including no rural areas.

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@ian_m_greenwood @Brakecharity @RoadPeace @racfoundation @AAPresident @PACTS @BBCBreakfast @GMB @SafeRoadDesign @TowardsZeroFdn @PoliceChiefs I hope you succeed. And via @SheffieldSW_LS I’m trying to do my bit in my neighbourhood.