Tag Archive | "cities"
Saint-Petersburg’s way of fighting floods.
by Dmitriy Generalnickiy Even though floods bring plenty of destruction in this world, for most modern people it seems ridiculous that a big city could be ruined by a flood. Thatâ€TMs why many governments donâ€TMt take the problem seriously. According to the Financial Times, Mr. Bush acknowledged that authorities had not been prepared for the catastrophe [...]
Continue reading...Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on the Sustainability of Cities
Friday, May 7, 2004
by Shahid Sadruddin Nanavati Sustainable development: Meeting the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, was a definition produced by the Brundtland report (WCED, 1987). Sustainable development is a contested concept with a wide range of meanings. It is embraced by big businesses, governments, social reformers and environmental activists, [...]
Continue reading...Urban Networks Monitoring Systems
Monday, January 5, 2004
Life Cycle Analysis of telemonitoring system used for managing urban networks in the city of Martigny, Switzerland by Mohamed Meghari Malik Nowadays, the protection of the environment has become one of the most important challenges facing modern societies. The management of energy and natural resources in cross Cities is the main key to solving environmental problems. Unfortunately, [...]
Continue reading...Possibility of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Urban Areas
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
by Ai Hiramatsu At the Third Conference Of Parties (COP3) held in Kyoto in December 1997, the Kyoto protocol was adopted by parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It sets legally binding numerical targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on industrialized countries (Annex I parties). Each country is [...]
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The next Student Summit for Sustainability (S3.Zurich) will be hosted in Zurich, Switzerland from 25 January - 1 February 2009. The deadlines for abstract submissions and funding applications have passed, but registration is still open for all students interested in attending. Please visit this page to learn more about this exciting summit!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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