 |
|
Media Invitation: Urban environment in the context of EU enlargement: European research helps cities to solve common problems
June 22, 2004WHAT?
80% of Europeans are living in cities, confronted to major environmental and social challenges in a daily basis. European Commission is organising a Conference on "Sustainable urban management and Land Use" to assess the results of this area of research so far, to transfer best practices through concrete case studies and remedies and to explore future needs and opportunities for the new Member States
WHO?
Experts and policy makers specialised on urban, regional and land use issues from across Europe.
WHEN?
1 July 2004 and 2 July 2004
WHERE?
The Senate of the Czech Republic Parliament - Prague
On 1 and 2 July, the European Commission, with the support of the Senate of the Czech Republic and the Municipality of Prague, is organising a conference to review "hot" urban and land use issues, such as the assessment of impacts of indoor and outdoor air pollutants in urban areas, including their effects on health and cultural heritage, the revitalisation of contaminated sites, the refurbishment of housing, etc.
Leading experts will also be on-hand to explain how various international teams are putting into practice Europe's drive to insure sustainable cities from an economic, social and cultural point of view.
What's on offer?
Looking at sustainable urban and regional environment from different angles: A selection of EC research project addressing this issue will be presented in the Conference (see: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/info/conference_en.html).
As an example:
DEMOS project is addressing the need for innovation and sustainability in a European society suffering increasingly from democratic deficit, citizens dissatisfaction and policy fragmentation. Project leader: Sarah Thiam (UK)
www.demosproject.org
PROPOLIS project is developing and testing integrated land use and transport policies, defining future urban strategies, and demonstrating their effects on European cities Project leader: Kari Lautso (FI)
www.Itcon.fi/propolis/index.htm
SUIT project aims at establishing a flexible and consistent Environmental Assessment methodology to assist with the conservation of urban fragments heritage. The results will be used by municipalities and local authorities to help them to assess the sustainability of new urban developments. Project leader: Albert Dupagne (BE)
www.lema.ulg.ac.be:research/suit/
NORISC project aims at the revitalisation of contaminated sites in urban areas. It is providing guidelines for efficient risk assessment, minimizing time and cost for investigation, redevelopment and remediation. Project leader: Barbara Moehlendick (DE)
www.norisc.com
MULTI-ASSESS project addresses urban air pollution toxics components, modelling a novel "dose response" function to combat corrosion and soiling of materials. It proposes a "threshold level" of pollutants in the air, as proposed by the Convention on Long Distance & Cross-frontier Atmospheric Pollution adopted by the UNECE, and the EC Directives for Air quality. Project leader: Vladimir Kucera (SE)
www.corr-institute.se/MULTI-ASSESS/
Journalists will have the possibility to attend the Conference sessions and meeting the representatives of all the EU projects to be presented, as well as representatives from local & regional authorities and urban researchers from more than twenty different countries. The programme also includes an on-site technical visit to Prague.
European Commission, Research Directorate
Science Research Departments
Earth Science
Alternative Energy | Anthropology and Archaeology | Earthquakes and Volcanoes | Environment and Nature News | Global Warming | High-Energy and Particle Physics | Ozone Hole | Scientists Slow Light | Tsunami
Space Science
Astronomy and Space News | Black Holes | Chandra X-Ray Observatory | Extrasolar Planets | Hubble Telescope | International Space Station | Jupiter Galileo Mission | Jupiter Cassini Mission Flyby | Mars Exploration | Mars Odyssey 2001 | Mars Global Surveyor | Mars Polar Lander | Mars Climate Orbiter | Mars Pathfinder | Meteors and Asteroids | Mir Space Station | NEAR Asteroid Probe Mission | Pluto Planet Debate | Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Space Shuttle Program | Space Shuttle Mission: STS-102 | Space Weather
Life Science
Animal News | Biotechnology and Genetics | Brain Research | Human Cloning | Dinosaur and Fossil Discoveries | Endangered Species | Gene Therapy | Genetically Modified Food | Stem Cell Research | Whales and Whaling
 | The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series) by Tom Robinson Science has never been so easy - or so much fun! With The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teach Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons - from biology to chemistry to physics to outer space. You'll discover... |
 | Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua An amazing (and some would say magical) resource on photographic lighting that has been talked about in the community and recommended for years. This highly respected guide has been thoroughly updated and revised for content and design - it is now produced in full color! It introduces a logical theory of photographic lighting so if you are starting out in photography you will learn how to... |
 | Principles of Environmental Science by William Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham Rather than the 25 to 30 chapters found in most environmental science textbooks, the authors have limited Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications to 15 chapters--perfect for the one-semester, non-majors environmental science course. True to its title, the goal of this concise text is to provide an up-to-date, introductory view of essential themes in environmental science... |
 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (The Best American Series) "The articles . . . draw the reader more tightly into the web of the world. They forge links in unexpected ways. They connect us to nature and to each other, and those connections nourish the intellect and uplift the spirit."—Jerome Groopman, M.D., editorThis year's Best American Science and Nature Writing offers another rich assortment of "fascinating science and impressive journalism" (New... |
 | On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. Now, for its... |
 | Science Fair by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan, is plotting to take over the American government. His plan is to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School, located in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington. The rich kids at Hubble cheat by buying their projects every year, and Grdankl's cronies should have no problem selling them his government-corrupting software. But this year, Toby... |
 | Influence: Science and Practice (5th Edition) by Robert B. Cialdini Influence: Science and Practiceis an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say "yes" to another's request). Written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research, Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and in other... |
 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences by Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau By far the best-selling introduction to statistics for users in the behavioral and social sciences, this book continues to offer straightforward instruction, accuracy, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples. The goal of STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 8th Edition is to not only teach the methods of statistics, but also to convey the basic principles of objectivity and logic that... |
 | The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View by Laura King Why Things Go Right. The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View by Laura King (University of Missouri at Columbia) is the first text to bring a truly appreciative view of psychology-as a science and for exploring behavior-to introductory students. It is built around the idea that students must study the discipline of psychology as a whole, that the sub-disciplines are intricately connected,... |
 | The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles A simple way to create wealth and happiness in your... |
| © 2009 BrightSurf.com |