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The best urban planning will integrate things like well - placed residential and employment centers, efficient use of land and space and access to and investment in public transportation.

«Better urban planning, flood defences and building standards could mitigate much of their impact».

I haven't yet seen any studies or reports linking better urban planning / sprawl reduction to emission cuts (I'm sure it's probably because I haven't looked hard enough), but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize the potential benefits could be significant.

It brought together 38 participants representing planning universities and planning professionals and aimed to: reach a common understanding on how better urban planning and design can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially in the Developing Countries context; agree on how best to equip urban planners and related professionals, especially in developing countries to deal with climate change and to conceptualize the core elements of a toolbox; and reach a common understanding on how urban planning and design schools can better address climate change as an integral part of their curricula.

Better urban planning (see No. 5) can help reduce that burden; switching to low - carbon fuels will need to play a role as well.

But that is exactly what the Movement for Israeli Urbanism did last month, in an attempt to initiate a discourse about better urban planning in Israel's cities.

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About Blog A blog about better decisions, better urban planning and better economics.

«It is an elementary principal of good urban planning that you can't revitalize without a good residential base.»

Not exact matches

«Canadians are tremendously good at planning and urban design because it is such a consultative, consensus - based activity,» he says.

MillerCoors just extended the deadline on its $ 150,000 Urban Entrepreneurs Series challenge, which will award the money to the best submitted business plans.

The Canadian Global Cities Council, a coalition of Canada's eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for airport policy reform to align Canada with global best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of government.

«We expect countries with young populations, supportive regulations and fast mobile Internet speeds and planned migration to 5G to be best positioned,» says Graseck, adding that banks serving urban populations may have more latitude to consolidate branches than those focused on rural populations.

For example, if you want to work for an international relief agency, you may be better suited acquiring a tangible skill such as nursing, urban planning or business administration than obtaining a master's degree in international development (of course, this varies depending on the organization).

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We are proud to provide comprehensive wellness services that include physical activity, health education and nutrition to give participants a well - rounded program,» said Paloma Izquierdo - Hernandez, President and CEO of Urban Health Plan.

«Lead abatement is an issue that is not limited to our urban cores but extends into our suburban and rural centers as well,» said Commissioner of Environment and Planning Dearing.

On the contrary, there is much documentation of other causes, including especially redlining, disinvestment, the loss of a tax base in NYC that left with manufacturing jobs and suburbanization, the closing of fire stations and other cuts to municipal services, as well as the aging of the housing stock, increased levels of drug addiction, bad urban planning, etc..

A former deputy county planner and a practitioner of urban planning, she is well - suited to represent Kingston in a period of profound change.

The former San Antonio Mayor and Barack Obama «s Housing and Urban Development Secretary told reporters in South St. Petersburg Friday that his only immediate political plans are helping out as many good Democrats as possible for the 2018 midterm elections.

With his interest piqued, he then went on to educate himself on zoning law as well as the civic community, earned a masters of science in urban affairs and planning from Hunter College and helped form the North Flushing Civic Association.

Speaking to journalists at the site of the collapsed building, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowose, said Governor Ambode and his team were at the site to personally examine the level of damage and the determine how best to prevent a reoccurrence going forward.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

Such municipalities are much better equipped to employ newer and more sophisticated planning instruments, such as special land use plans with urban planning requirements.

Dr Bateman said in Australia there were many species of birds, mammals and reptiles that live moderately well in urban areas, and had plans to explore their behavioural responses to various human activities in the future.

Gary Orfield, professor of education, law, political science, and urban planning at UCLA, said opponents of the UT admission policy claim there are nonracial alternatives that do the job just as well, including the 10 % plan that UT now uses as its first phase for admission; approaches using socioeconomic status rather than race as a factor; and special outreach and recruitment efforts.

Such data has previously been used for the study of personal mobility, urban planning, infectious - disease spread, health detection, extreme situation monitoring and country development as well as crime detection and privacy issues.

Even better, the researchers say, would be if urban hospitals conducted their own data - driven planning.

The researchers are studying how to best capture emotion data, how resilient the data is and how to compile it for use in urban planning.

A dense, well - planned urban center can run like a well - oiled machine, cutting down on waste, reducing vehicle travel, and helping people stay connected.

The authors argue that cities need to step out of traditional roles in planning urban infrastructure and learn how to better understand the needs of residents in order to craft policies and programs that enable the adoption of energy and carbon - efficient technologies and practices.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

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Because rural school communities vary widely, «generic» improvement plans designed for large urban districts usually do not work as well in rural settings, according to the authors of a new book on rural education programs.

A session on teacher pensions featured a presentation from Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky, and P. Brett Xiang analyzing how well defined benefit pension plans serve urban and charter school teachers in Missouri.

«Nearly everything Tom does is purposeful, and planned for, and executed very, very well,» says Robert Peterkin, director of Harvard's Concentration on the Urban Superintendency.

And with an increase proposed in President Bush's budget for next fiscal year, the program would have enough money to cover all planned assessments through 2011, as well as to expand a sampling of urban districts and pay for state - level tests of 12th graders.

While we aren't the first to tackle this work — NCTQ and the Urban Institute have also produced pension report cards — our report focuses on how well state pensions plans serve the unique needs of their teachers.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

For Martin Blank, director of the Coalition for Community Schools in Washington, D.C., the ideas behind the center are laudable; they have long been cherished in urban planning circles as good for high - poverty communities.

Middle - class black families benefited most from the Brown ruling because it gave them the opportunity to move to white neighborhoods and put their children in better schools, said Baum, a professor in the urban studies and planning program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Under the funding plans, more than 9,000 schools in England will lose funding, with money moving from schools in London and other urban centres that have been well funded in the past to schools in areas that have received less money.

I argue that the best next steps are three-fold: first, to build and fund magnet schools in urban centers; second to replace pro-suburban standards for evaluating schools with standards for quality schools based on scientific research; and third, replacing members of the metropolitan planning committees and commissions with qualified professionals without a conflict of interest in real - estate.

Urban League of Greater Madison president Kaleem Caire has criticized the School District for not having a well - defined plan for addressing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

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BMW, like Mercedes and Audi, is also on a continuous expansion plan and it says it has indentified new trends including the dual habit of downsizing and more people living in cramped urban areas, as well as a distinct new market made up of affluent middle - class couples with a sporting bent.