PPT-Topic 6 – Global Cities

A An Urban World B What are Global Cities C The City of the 21 st Century Conditions of Usage For personal and classroom use only Excludes any other forms of communication such as conference presentations published reports and papers. Resource Efficient Cities How can Cities decouple economic growth from resource use and its environmental impacts and find a balance between social, environmental and economic goals? Engine to Su Greg Clark . Sao Paulo, September 2014. © The Business of Cities Ltd. The Global Urban Age. Much talk of:. The Urban Age. The management of urbanisation.. The global economy.. The global environment.. Two examples of network flow between cities in the US: internet connectivity (top), and recorded business travel flow (bottom). Case Study - Box 14.2. OBJECTIVES. Demonstrate the distinctions between local, national, regional and world cities in the urban . INTERNATIONAL . ELECTROTECHNICAL . COMMISSION. made in the world. harmonization at every step . global knowledge platform. 15 . 000 experts. >170 TC/SCs. 7 . 000 . Intl. Standards. 4 Conformity Assessment Systems. Implementing mitigation (emissions reduction) strategies in . forests. Why . it is important to act now. ?. Intact/Restored ecosystems:. are . more buffered (resistant) to collapse or decline with a changing climate or other stresses;. because . . Business cannot succeed if Cities fail . …. Anchored by. www.futurecities.org. . Premise . Companies need . Cities to provide . Reliable Infrastructure. An . educated and vital . workforce. Jose Luis Irigoyen. Director of Transport and ICT, World Bank . World Conference on Transport Research. July 10-14, 2016 – Shanghai, China. What does the future of transport look like 15 years from now? What are the 5 top defining trends shaping the future of transportation?. Daniel . Liebeskind. , Belgrade, 2008. David J. Kilcullen . | Paris | 04.2014. . © Kilcullen Strategic Research LLC, 2014. Source: . United Nations, Economic & Social Affairs, Population Division, 2005. Alexander Ochs | Managing Director. Workshop on Tools and Methodologies for Municipal Sustainable Energy Planning | Kiev, July 10-11, 2017 . Sustainable Energy Roadmaps. Importance of cities for the global energy transition. Alexander Ochs | Managing Director. Workshop on Tools and Methodologies for Municipal Sustainable Energy Planning | Kiev, July 10-11, 2017 . Sustainable Energy Roadmaps. Importance of cities for the global energy transition. What is a databaseA databaseis defined as a place where information is collected stored and organized This information can also be viewed managed and updated oExamples of DatabasesaProQuestaEBSCOAcce Snr. . Dir. Academic Customer Engagement. How Tech Transfer contributes to the economic growth of a country. Delhi October 31st, 2017. Agenda . Introduction. Why innovate? . Innovation Models. Measuring the impact of innovation models. Why develop them, and how. We are living longer, but not (yet) healthier . Our environments are key to closing the gaps. Environments . comprise all the factors in the outside world that form the context of an individual’s life.. Water and Equity. Part 2: . Equity Issues: Who owns the water?. Accessible, vetted, and modifiable learning modules for faculty on global water security, connecting local and global, developed by Jenny .