New e-learning course: “Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning” available and open for registration
September 1 – October 19, 2011 (Apply by August 11, 2011)
After a successful launch in early 2011, the World Bank Institute is offering the updated version of the Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning course under the new World Bank e-Institute.
This course demonstrates how urban practitioners, policymakers, and city managers can effectively utilize policies and planning instruments to manage urban growth and achieve sustainable, equitable, and efficient development outcomes.
The course consists of seven modules, with case studies of good practices from around the world:
I. Understanding How Land Use Planning Contributes to Sustainable Urban Development
II. Institutions, Policies and Tools for Effective Land Use Planning
III. How to Integrate Land Use Planning and Infrastructure
IV. How to Manage Growth in Peri-Urban Areas
V. How to Promote Local Economic Development through Land Use Planning
VI. Social Equity and Land Use Planning
VII. Climate Change and Land Use Planning
Delivered entirely online, the course will be self-directed with support and tutoring from online facilitators. Online discussions, exercises on strategies, programs and action plans, and self-tests are built into each module, which help participants share their findings with peers and receive feedback. Virtual social networks and periodic knowledge exchange events on land use planning will enable alumni to build a community of practice for continued learning and networking.
For more information, please contact: Mansha Chen
More: http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/event/sustainable-urban-land-use-planning-1
7/19/2011
4/13/2011
International Conference of Innovative Cities - ICIC 2011
16-2 May 2011, Curitiba (BRA)
ICIC 2011 is an International Conference that discusses Innovative Cities. The event involves key-note speakers from 5 continents and the 2011 edition expects to gather over 3 thousand participants to help build a new urban environment. Themes of great relevance will attract entrepreneurs, public managers, researchers, scholars and will take the event beyond frontiers.
Integrated Events
During the International Conference of Innovative Cities, ten integrated events created a veritable mosaic of themes, complementing and expanding to another level the discussions about subjects such as education, technology, social justice, active citizens, human progress, urbanization, social policy and action create the mosaic of themes.
• International Conference on Social Networks
• Local Development Network
• 2030 Curitiba and the Metro Region Cities
• Meeting between Companies and Cities for Intelligent Solutions
• Meeting of Cultural Twitters of Brazil
• Millennium Development Objectives (ODM)
• Local Educational Arrangement
• Romantic Conspirators National Meeting
• 2nd CIFAL International Meeting of Medium-Size Cities www.cifalcuritiba.org.br
• ORBIS - Sustainability Indicators
ICIC 2011 is an International Conference that discusses Innovative Cities. The event involves key-note speakers from 5 continents and the 2011 edition expects to gather over 3 thousand participants to help build a new urban environment. Themes of great relevance will attract entrepreneurs, public managers, researchers, scholars and will take the event beyond frontiers.
Integrated Events
During the International Conference of Innovative Cities, ten integrated events created a veritable mosaic of themes, complementing and expanding to another level the discussions about subjects such as education, technology, social justice, active citizens, human progress, urbanization, social policy and action create the mosaic of themes.
• International Conference on Social Networks
• Local Development Network
• 2030 Curitiba and the Metro Region Cities
• Meeting between Companies and Cities for Intelligent Solutions
• Meeting of Cultural Twitters of Brazil
• Millennium Development Objectives (ODM)
• Local Educational Arrangement
• Romantic Conspirators National Meeting
• 2nd CIFAL International Meeting of Medium-Size Cities www.cifalcuritiba.org.br
• ORBIS - Sustainability Indicators
3/31/2011
Digital Seminar in Ukrania
Our colleague Natalya Bibik sent an invitation to a digital seminar that will take place in Ukrania. I do not know how to post the pdf invitation The name of the seminar is " City, culture civilization".
International scientific-theoretical E-conference will be held at the Department of Philosophy and Political Science of Kharkov National Academy of Municipal Economy
In March 2011
Working languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English
All materials will be available on the department site http://kafedra.net.ua/
and will be published in separate edition.
To participate in the conference
from March 15 to April 15, 2011 application, text
(article or abstracts) scanned payment receipts must be sent to the Organizing Committee
as one archive (.zip or .rar) on e-mail:
lee105@yandex.ru
3/14/2011
Japan´s earthquake and tsunami images
The New York Times posted a link to satellite photos of Japan before and after the earthquake and tsunami. Here is the link...
2/27/2011
All participants of group 2 can blog here
Dear all,
I have found a way to include everybody that subscribe to the blog to be able to publish not only a comment but also a blog. This is really good because everybody presenting an experience or asking for comments can post a blog including pictures and videos, that you cannot do through the comments.
I have just sent an invitation to become a blog author to Juan Lorenzo, who is the only one that has registered as follower of the blog .
I hope that the blog platform is in English version
Dear all,
I hope that when you enter the blog, you see an English version of it...
Also I am checking how every follower of the blog can include images and documents as part of the comments..
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