Can Our Cities Survive

Europe. The treatment is clear, wellorganised, and practical. Further opportunities can yield economics even better than the authors describe. Exceptionally close attention to efficient use of electricity costs far less than producing it, especially by PVs. The publications of Rocky Mountain Institute’s Green Development Services (www.rmi.org) describe how highly integrated design, starting at the preconception stage, can often make highly energy-efficient buildings cost less to construct,…

future, as did President Clinton. “We know we’ve got about six years to turn this juvenile crime thing around,” Clinton said, “or our country is going to be living with chaos. And my successors will not be giving speeches about the wonderful opportunities of the global economy; they’ll be trying to keep body and soul together for people on the streets of these cities.” The smart money was plainly on the criminals. And then, instead of going up and up and up, crime began to fall.…

rising bourgeois middle classes, not only failed to resist this unexampled tyranny of Puritanism, but even develo ped a heroism in its defense? For bourgeois classes as such have seldom before and never since displayed heroism. It was "the last of our heroisms", as Carlyle, not without reason, has said. But further, and especially important: it may be, as has been claimed, that the greater participation of Protestants in the positions of ownership and management in modern economic…

emerging as an answer to many human needs. In an expanding industrial urban world there are many examples of natural lands that still need to be protected and designed providing access to scenic, historic, recreational or natural places that visitors can use and enjoy. Fig.1. Portugal in the EU (source: Many environmental policies are recommended or are even issued by the EU as obligatory. So, many Directives pave the way to a balance between urban sprawling and nature…

sovereign states. On the contrary, it is precisely due to its essential nature that freshwater was and continues to be a powerful incentive and catalyst for cooperation. Water as a potential cause of conflicts and water as an agent of cooperation can be seen as two sides of the same coin. Yet it requires determination and intervention to have the cooperative side prevail. The need to find integrated, cooperative and culturally adapted solutions which take into account the diversity…

that require a more hands-on approach and specific technical skills. As you read each business description, you’ll notice some specific statistical information at the beginning of each entry. It is organized as follows: Start-up costs: Start-up costs can include everything from outfitting your home office with furniture, computer equipment, and business cards, to advertising campaigns and staffing. We’ve calculated these costs by adding together all potential Introduction vii equipment,…

Zhang, Vice-President of Program of the Blue Moon Fund and Thais Corral, General Coordinator of REDEH – and all those who collaborated to our learning along this process. Our sincere gratitude to Luiz Prado, of Fiorello LaGuardia Foundation, great enthusiast of the APAEB and COOPERE experiences, and mentor of the proposal to do such study. Our recognition and thanks go, as well, to Lucia P. Calil for the refined review of the text she made. 7 pensado. A Lucia P.…

curious,” Michele said, raising her voice to be heard over the clamor. “Even if you get to see Claude around the house all the time. With his clothes on, but still …” “Yeah, when’s his place gonna be ready for him to move back?” Tara asked. “How long can it take to put in new plumbing?” Claude’s Monroe house’s plumbing was in fine shape as far as I knew. The plumbing fiction was simply better than saying, “My cousin’s a fairy, and he needs the company of other fairies, since he’s in…

digitization is growing day by day. With the passage of time, digitization is playing a crucial role in the archives. There is a great role of visual contact between the individual and the archive material. Through the visual contacts, the individuals can actually get an idea about the material in the archives. The paper gives an overview about these two key points. Discussion Digitisation has become very much important in the archives. Digital cultural heritage includes…

changes to express the story’s current emotion. Include cute characters doing cute things to make people go, “Awhh!” (i.e., Chip the cup; Abu; Tiger & Sultan) Somehow, the cute character helps save the day. Include a family member so the protagonist can express family love. Include a really bad guy so the protagonist has someone to overcome. Even inanimate objects are drawn with personality and look like they might spring to life at any moment. Work basic human values into the plot: a.…