Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The Board of Directors of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah to a three-year term as Editor-in-Chief of the URISA Journal. Dr. Thakuriah is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy in the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read More
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The European Union’s troubled Galileo satellite navigation (satnav) project needs 1.9 billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) on top of the 3.4 billion euros already budgeted for it, a top official from the bloc admitted on Tuesday. Galileo is intended to make Europe independent of the existing US GPS satnav system and to rival networks planned
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The government plans to set up a 560 million pound fund to develop green local transport schemes over the next four years, it said Wednesday. “A good transport system is vital in our efforts to deliver two key government priorities: to help grow the economy and to reduce carbon emissions,” said Transport Minister Norman Baker.
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most powerful in the world and the only facility capable of reproducing Mercury’s hellish environment for a full-scale spacecraft. Read More
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
A Hastoe Housing Association development in Wimbish, Essex is on target to be the first rural affordable Passivhaus development in the UK. The aim is to complete the scheme this Spring, then receive accreditation from the Passivhaus Institut (Germany) by early Summer 2012. The scheme has received investment from the HCA via a grant of
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Mass transportation performs important economic, social, and environmental functions in cities, ranging from providing basic mobility services in urban areas, towns, developing cities, securing the viability of dense business districts, to meeting all the transportation requirements for those unable to use automobiles, to reducing the negative impacts of traffic congestion. The decisions on what services
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Very intriguing (re: applying time/space to SNA). So much can be misinterpreted by a snapshot of relations that may be based on transitory ties within the enterprise (projects, campaigns, etc). There is a “human geography” aspect to how networks emerge, form, and evolve over time that sometimes I think we miss. Read More
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Data released by market research firm IDC on Tuesday reveals that the iPad has dominated the nascent market for “media tablets” that it largely defined in 2010. Based on early estimates, Apple commands about 80 percent of that market for the year, while huge growth is projected for 2011 as new competitors enter the market.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
South African and French scientists on Tuesday launched a joint international laboratory that will develop models to assess how marine ecosystems respond to issues like climate change. The International Center for Education, Marine and Atmospheric Science over Africa (ICEMASA) is a four-year project focusing on climate variability, ocean circulation and impacts of global change on
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Statoil previously had no ownership interest in the licence. In return, OMV will take over 30 percent of Statoil’s 80 percent interest in production licence 393B, where Statoil will maintain 50 percent interest as the operator. “We consider this area in the Barents Sea interesting and are very pleased to have secured a stake in this licence,”
