Sunday, October 14th, 2007
KATC — Not since that other Reconstruction,the one that followed the Civil War, has this slow-to-change city been so reliant on an outsider to shape its future. Ed Blakely, a successful urban planner and developer, was teaching in Australia when Mayor Ray Nagin began calling asking him to take the job full-time. Read More
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Canadian Architect — The Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) at the University of Calgary recently announced Branko Kolarevic as Haworth Chair in Environmental Design. In this position, Kolarevic will concentrate on research and teaching in integrated design, bringing together a broad range of field scales, technologies, approaches and sectors. Read More
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Vietnam Net Bridge — Participants at a consultative workshop discussed two studies on the links between livelihood,well-being, gender inequality and the environment in Hanoi yesterday. The two studies are part of a project titled Harmonising Poverty Reduction and Environmental Goals in Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development. Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle– Al Gore and a United Nations panel were jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their work fighting global warming, which the former vice president called “a true planetary emergency.” Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
NATIONAL POST — The Quebec government will dedicate nearly $30-billion over five years to improve the province’s infrastructure, Premier Jean Charest announced Thursday. Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Metromode — Imagine if the city of Detroit and its surrounding suburbs decided that two years from now they would only buy renewable green power energy for its citizens. What kind of innovations, policies and partnerships would have to develop to meet the region’s deadline? Read More
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
GreenBiz — The economy may be having its way with the burgeoning green economy: as consumers’ fears about slowdowns in the housing and other sectors increase, their willingness to pay a perceived premium for environmentally friendly or energy efficient products is on the decline. Read More
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Gulf News — Economic development and peace are closely interlinked, Nasser Abdul Aziz Al Nasser, Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the UN second committee on Tuesday. He urged nations to gather in Doha next year to resume talks on financing development projects. Read More
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
PR — RiT Technologies , the world-leading provider of intelligent infrastructure solutions, today announced its new cutting-edge SiteWiz, the industry’s most powerful software solution for intelligent infrastructure and network asset management. Benefiting from RiT’s fifth-generation technologies and a decade of experience deploying its PatchView solution, SiteWiz brings the user an extensive range of important capabilities.
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Volume 1 / Issue 2 / Oct. 11, 2007 PERSPECTIVES “What is the role and value of a national mapping agency?” Vector One Blog —“I would venture that any country that wants to be on the leading edge of the future should be investing in its national mapping agency. Furthermore, any country that does not,
