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Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth, Key Findings

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PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND RAPID URBANISATION SURVEY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH

FOREWORD BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES 1 INTRODUCTION 2 KEY FINDINGS

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2.1 Critical lack of capacity among built environment professionals

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2.2 Critical lack of educational capacity

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2.3 Weakness in built environment policy

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2.4 Challenges facing the built environment

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3 IMPACT OF THE FINDINGS ON THE GROUND

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3.1 Australia

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3.2 Bangladesh

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3.3 Botswana

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3.4 Pakistan

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3.5 Sierra Leone

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4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINDINGS

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4.1 Economic impact

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4.2 Environmental impact

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4.3 Health and well-being

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4.4 Local government

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4.5 Access to services

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5 APPENDIX

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I. Built environment professions in the Commonwealth

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II. The Commonwealth in numbers

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III. Projected urban population growth in the Commonwealth

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IV. Small island states, land and population below 5m

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V. Status of building energy codes in the Commonwealth, 2019 53 VI. Sustainable Development Goals Index for the Countries of the Commonwealth

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