By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Fri, 2008-02-22 17:00
By Guy Kasier, E&D Systems
This briefing paper presents the findings of the project 'Telemedicine and the consequences for urban planning and development' running from 2003 to 2007 in 4 countries. Its main findings are presented below:
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By Ivan Benes / Published on Tue, 2007-10-16 15:33
The Czech Republic has a well developed national transmission grid. Nevertheless, several emergency situations occurred last year (2006). The energy security discussion between public and private sector was accelerated. The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Regional Development as well as several Regional Governments sponsored several studies and research projects into how to improve population protection as well as critical infrastructure protection.
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By Hans Nilsson / Published on Sat, 2007-03-17 08:00
This year's publication of the Worldwatch bestseller "State of the World" is about the cities and called "Our Urban Future". And cities are a problem. Urban sprawl is a phenomenon that may have its origin in the U.S. and is more dominant there, but is also contagious and plagues many other countries. The Worldwatch publication is useful and gives a lot of examples on how things can be changed, but browsing through them still leaves the reader with an uneasy feeling and the nagging question: "How can all the good examples be multiplied and transferred?"
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