Environmental Sustainability and Services in Developing Global City Regions

Globalization brings unparalleled challenges and opportunities for global city-regions, both in terms of wealth creation and environmental sustainability. The purpose of this paper is (1) to analyze the environmental challenges of global city-regions, especially in developing countries, where they are more severe; (2) to examine the implications of globalization for these challenges; and (3) to explore public policy options, private sector involvement and innovative, flexible instruments for addressing these challenges. Based on this analysis, the author proposes a new paradigm for the environmental management of global city-regions, driven by the private sector and civil society, with government playing a regulatory and facilitating role.Urban Planning, Environment, Sustainable Development

City marketing - a significant planning tool for urban development in a globalised economy

In our days it is a fact that what is projected as the ‘image’ of a city, can be more important than the reality of the city itself, in shaping visitors’, investors’, and even its own inhabitants’ opinion of it. Marketing techniques are often used to help a city’s transformation into a post-industrial centre of tourism, culture and redevelopment. In addition, urban tourism is playing an increasingly important role in deciding economic development strategies by the local governance authorities. In the current framework of the globalised economy, competition for attracting tourists is even greater. On this matter, the role of city marketing is crucial. This paper examines the importance of city marketing in urban governance decisions. It also investigates the relation of city marketing to urban tourism planning, given the relatively new trend for urban tourism quality management, and to sustainability. Finally, the paper looks at the relation of city marketing procedures to city time planning, participatory planning and urban regeneration, concluding with an acknowledgment of the significance of city marketing in urban planning in general.

Dancing in the Streets - a design case study

How do you transform a city center at night to enhance the experience of residents and visitors and to combat the public’s fears over safety and security after dark? This challenge was set by the York City Council’s “Renaissance Project: Illuminating York,” and we took them up on it. We made it our goal to get pedestrians to engage with our interactive light installation—and to get them dancing without even realizing it. People out shopping or on their way to restaurants and nightclubs found themselves followed by ghostly footprints, chased by brightly colored butterflies, playing football with balls of light, or linked together by a “cat’s cradle” of colored lines. As they moved within the light projections, participants found that they were literally dancing in the street

Teknik Role Playing untuk Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Siswa SMP

ROLE PLAYING TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE THE CONFIDENCE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. The purpose of this research was to saw the influenced of role playing techniques on student’s self-confidence. This study used a pre-experimental method with one group pre-post-test design. The study population was 173 students and the research sample was taken using purposive sampling, in which as many as 12 students from class IX SMPN 10 Serang City. Data collection techniques use student’s confidence instruments. The results of the study show that role playing techniques could have an effective on increasing the confidence of IX SMPN 10 Serang City. Role playing techniques have an effect on increasing student confidence

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROLE PLAYING METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND SPEAKING SKILLS (Study on Indonesian Subject of Grade IV SD Negeri 11 Kota Bengkulu)

This study aims to improve the activity and speaking skills of students in learning Indonesian in grade IV SD Negeri 11 Bengkulu City. This research is a classroom action research combined with a quasi-experimental. The subjects of this study were fourth grade students of SD Negeri 11 Bengkulu City as the PTK class, the experimental class, and the control class. Data collection techniques in this study used observation sheets and learning achievement tests given to students to get answers from students in the form of oral, written, or action tests. The results of this study indicate that: (1) Role playing method can increase student activity in learning Indonesian in grade IV SD Negeri 11 Bengkulu City; (2) The role playing method can improve speaking skills in Indonesian language learning in Class IV SD Negeri 11 Bengkulu City; (3) Role playing method to improve student activity and student speaking skills in learning Indonesian in grade IV SD Negeri 11 Bengkulu City. Data analysis using the average value, classical learning completeness, and hypothesis testing analysis. The results showed that the teacher's ability to implement the learning method, namely the first cycle score of 25.5 with sufficient category, the second cycle score 37.5 with good category and the third cycle score 42 with good category. In improving students 'speaking activities and skills in learning Indonesian, it is better to use the role playing method because it has been proven to be effective in increasing students' speaking activity and skill

Francesco Azopardi : a Maltese musician and theorist : new evidence about his career and didactic writings

Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809) lived in Malta during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was professionally trained in Naples for four years and remained in this city working as a composer, teacher and conductor until 1774. The Cathedral authorities subsequently employed Azopardi in Malta as an organist. His duties included composition, playing the organ and teaching singers. Azopardi's workload increased significantly following the retirement of his predecessor Benigno Zerafa. Azopardi was a prolific composer and he composed new music regularly for the liturgical services of the Cathedral Church. In addition, he taught many students including Nicolo lsouard and produced two important composition treatises for his students.peer-reviewe

Pengaruh Metode Bermain Peran terhadap Kecerdasan Emosional Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun di Ra Bunda Suwarni Kecamatan Marpoyan Damai Kota Pekanbaru

This study aims 1) To determine the emotional intelligence before the method of playing a role in children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru. 2) To know the emotional intelligence as a method of playing a role in children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru. 3) To determine the effect of the method of playing the role of emotional intelligence in children aged 4-5 years RA Bunda Suwarni Marpoyan Peace District of the city of Pekanbaru. This type of research used in this research is the experimental approach of a study that sought influence of certain variables on other variables in strictly controlled conditions. In this case that is the subject of this research is in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru City with the number of children 15, 7 boys and 8 girls. Collecting data using observation and documentation. Based on the survey results revealed that 1) the ability of emotional intelligence of children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru before treatment is given in the form of role-playing method is low. 2) The ability of emotional intelligence of children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru City after being given treatment in the form of a method of playing a role has increased and is high. 3) Method of playing a role has a significant impact on the ability of emotional intelligence of children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru. It can be seen that there are differences related to increase the child's emotional intelligence before and after treatment. Method of playing a role has the effect of 33.48% of the emotional intelligence abilities of children aged 4-5 years in RA Bunda Suwarni District of Marpoyan Peace Pekanbaru

Public Sector Climate Leadership In Boston

The report discusses the important role the public sector is playing in achieving Boston's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. City, state, and federal agencies together own a large portion (more than 11%) of the city's building stock, and each level of government has committed to a goal of 25% reductions in GHG emissions by 2020. The report highlights four examples of action by public agencies in Boston that are going beyond pilot projects and are pursuing energy innovation on a portfolio-wide basis. These initiatives demonstrate how aggressive climate targets are both attainable and often beneficial for generating cost savings and helping streamline operations -- benefits that could be widely replicated in other sectors

Rebuilding Yonkers: How Open Government Laws Are Helping Level the Playing Field in the City of Hills

This article will explore some examples of how people in Yonkers have used FOIL and the Open Meetings Law as effective tools to level the playing field in the city of hills and, in doing so, help the city move in a more positive direction

Can New Orleans Play Its Way Past Katrina? The Role of Professional Sports in the Redevelopment of New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in late August 2005, and debates are now underway across the country concerning strategies for reconstructing the City. Both of New Orleans’s professional sports teams, the National Football League Saints and the National Basketball Association Hornets, left the city in the wake of the storm, and the question of what the city should provide in the way of financial accommodation to encourage them to return should be considered in devising a reconstruction plan. New Orleans has hosted a disproportionate share of mega-sports events in the United States given its size and demographics. An important question concerns whether these events have contributed enough to the New Orleans economy to justify reinvestment in infrastructure to restore New Orleans’s place as a leading host of professional sports and mega-events in the United States. This paper examines the economic impact of professional sports on the New Orleans economy and concludes that the redevelopment efforts of New Orleans are better directed at first providing infrastructure that will encourage the return of its middle class citizenry and the restoration of its culture. Playing host to professional sports and mega-events does have symbolic significance, but it is arguable that the city cannot afford to invite guests until it has the means to accommodate them.sports, public finance, economic impact, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina