Monday, December 13th, 2010
AME INFO – Keynotes and Case Studies, which were discussed during the congress, branched out to include a variety of tools that can be used to protect such infrastructure from acts of terrorism, sabotage and natural disaster. This timely Congress provides essential support to key public and private sector practitioners as they seek to protect
Monday, December 13th, 2010
GTZ – To combat non-compliance with right-of-ways and red traffic lights, the main reasons for accidents, Münster implemented new transport infrastructure and intensified traffic regulation and monitoring. In the scope of these measures cycle-paths along main roads, extended cycle high ways with a minimum width of 5meters and cycle-bridges and -tunnels at intersections were constructed. Read
Monday, December 13th, 2010
ARAB NEWS – An integrated policy should be adopted for a sustainable Saudi Arabia, said Prince Faisal bin Turki Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Strategic Studies Institute (SSSI), at the inauguration of a workshop in Riyadh on Sunday. The event was also attended by Prince Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the King Faisal Center For Research and Islamic
Monday, December 13th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – Brazil has successfully launched Sunday a medium-range rocket, intended for scientific experiments and reached an altitude of 241.9 km for a 18-minute flight, said the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). The launch took place on the base of Alcantara, in the State of Maranhão (Northeast). The type of rocket VSB-30 has a flying range of
Monday, December 13th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised on Sunday new high speed rail services between the 2018 World Cup host cities. He made his statement after joining Finnish President Tarja Halonen for an inaugural journey on the French-made high speed Allegro train linking Helsinki to St. Petersburg. The two leaders arrived in Russia’s former imperial
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
NORDREGIO – The Nordic countries generate only moderate emission levels of greenhouse gases compared to other developed countries of a similar size. This is related to their lower dependency on fossil fuels. However, their consumption of energy per capita is among the highest in the world. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
EUROCITIES – Launched at EUROCITIES 2010 Zaragoza, this new publication addresses a series of related areas including what exactly is a city brand; how a city brand for a city identity can be built; and how cities can manage their brand. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
GEOINFORMATIKA – Those who describe the data for the whole country would be recommended by the Office of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre of the Slovak Republic to use the same geographical boundaries created by the Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava (GCO). Geographic bounding box is the primary coordinate system ETRS89 , because it supports search services and
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
THE HINDU – India is all set to emerge among the top five nations in G-20 group in terms of clean energy investments worldwide and is likely to attract $169 billion in wind, solar, biomass, energy from waste, small hydro, geothermal and marine energy projects in the next decade. Read More
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
BUANEWS – The Water and Energy Summit currently underway in KwaZulu-Natal is bringing into sharp focus the country’s water problems and possible solutions are being tabled on how to best deal with the situation. 2010 has not been a good year for water in South Africa, with drought posing a serious challenge in provinces, including
