The annual Esri Young Scholars Award is for local college students to research topics of their choice using a geographic information system (GIS). Both individual and group category champions this year are from the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), while the University of Hong…
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The theme of the World Cities Summit 2022 is “Livable and Sustainable Cities: Emerge Stronger”. It will be a four-day event from July 31 to August 3, 2022. The Covid epidemic had practically shut down the Cities of the world, to such an extent that a huge population was not only incarcerated out of legitimate…
Urban planning
Modi calls for decentralization of urban planning, focusing on satellite cities | Latest India News
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for the decentralization of urban planning saying it should be done at state level while stressing the need to focus on satellite towns to ease the pressure on big cities. “Urbanization will occur and populations in cities will increase. Mayors must ensure that their cities have economic opportunities….
Urban planning
Commitment to affordable housing, land citizen consultation Vienna Urban Planning Award
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SINGAPORE – By 2028, Austria’s capital, Vienna, will have a campus that will house different religious communities, where interreligious dialogues will be held. The campus is part of Aspern Seestadt, a new urban development area that was among the city’s initiatives that helped it land the 2020 Lee Kuan Yew World City Award. “Vienna aims…
The Global Urban Planning and Design Software Market The study provides a comprehensive examination of the market throughout the projection quantity. The study covers an expansion of sections along with the associated analysis of events and factors that are likely to play an important role at regular long-term intervals. These elements, called market dynamics, encompass…
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Marie Wong, Ph.D. By Marie Wong, Ph.D. The Chinatown-International District (CID) faces one of the most potentially (and probably) most devastating urban planning disasters with the four light rail alignments that are proposed with the expansion of Sound Transit 3 (ST3) . At a July 28 Sound Transit meeting, their announcement of a preferred lineup…
By Temitope Ponlé Representatives from 11 African cities embarked on a visit to two Scandinavian cities to learn more about people-centered solutions in urban planning and development. This is contained in a statement released to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja by the Communications and External Relations Department of the African…
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Social networks and senior executives. Mostly a difficult combination. Most executives don’t have access to social media. They are focused on the general goals of the organization and have no idea about new media, technology, etc. If you want to convince them, you have to speak their language. You need to show them how social…
Social transformation
Small steps, big changes: how social media contributes to social transformation
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Credit: http://politikakademi.org. Certain rights reserved. Gee Manoharan is a young Tamil man who was deported to Sri Lanka from Northern Ireland in February 2013. He had spent a year in Derry and Belfast and volunteered for various civil society groups. When he was detained by the Home Office, friends started a petition on social media…
According to Tim Lovitt, senior director of digital intelligence at PricewaterhouseCoopers, less than 10% of companies worldwide have successfully created an intelligent enterprise by capitalizing on new technology and service capabilities. Speaking at the recent CeBIT conference in Sydney, Lovitt said more and more businesses, large and small, are recognizing the need to integrate their…
NEW DELHI, India — India has the largest youth population in the world, a reality that holds both enormous promise and potential challenges for the country’s future. Recently, the Indian Institute of Public Administration and the Public Affairs Office of the Bahá’ís of India organized a seminar at the India International Center on the subject…
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The Ministry of Social Transformation seeks to inform the public about updated social programs
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By Orville Williams [email protected] Following several significant adjustments to the country’s Social Welfare Act (2020), the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and Blue Economy is seeking to raise awareness among members of the public – especially those who have it. need – to a number of updated social protection programs. . As its…
Credit: www.Pixabay.com. Public domain CC0. As an avid social theory reader and pedagogue, one question particularly interests me: what are the intellectual tools needed to examine the social world and think critically about its transformation? Although it may seem abstract at first, I think a particularly important idea is contingency. To say that something is…
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What do doctors, teachers, and policemen need to know to be good at their jobs? This is the subject of a community symposium to be held next February in Ann Arbor. WEMU’s Lisa Barry talks to event founder Dr. Anna Gersh about her idea. Listen to the full interview. TRANSCRIPTION: Lisa Barry: Making a difference…
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Story The concept of the Minor in Creativity, Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) was proposed by Dr Cynthia Cohen (pictured), Director of the Peacebuilding and Arts Program based at the International Center for Ethics, Justice and public life. Cohen’s initial ideas were discussed and reinforced by a group of students involved in his classes and…
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Proper education and edification can bring about changes in the concepts and behaviors of certain individuals, and such change in concept and conception can help initiate a desirable and effective society and nation. Educated minds help illuminate new paths and options for a better and bolder society. Moreover, education induces rational thinking, consistency, independence and…
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President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address left me, like many others, excited and hopeful. There was a sense of possibility in the air, the possibility of a better future. It was wonderful to enjoy these moments after such a long period of pessimism. It was a relief when President Ramaphosa approached civil society as…
30 years have passed since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. If it is a person, this person must become an adult who can be responsible for his own destiny with full working energy. It’s a long journey for Cambodia and the path has not been easy. This article proposes to raise some observations…
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Creativity, Arts and Social Transformation (CAST): Learn more about creating art. Learn to harness the power of community. Collaborate with teams of people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Become aware of yourself as a listener and listen with qualities of presence that elicit difficult stories to tell. Identify sources of resilience. Become a CAST miner….
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