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• likes a topic: People Cities - Living Cities - Renewable Cities

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: What role can Waste-to-Energy play in resolving our Urban Energy...

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: Solar Energy: an opportunity for the promotion of sustainable-cities...

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: Where does the energy saved with Energy Efficient Buildings go?

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: What policies can be created to improve housing?

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: Farm Lands are being used as housing land.

  17 June 2012

• likes a topic: Green Roofs: Benefits, Sustainable Cities and Policy Framework

  12 June 2012

• likes a comment: Right now the Basin Authority ACUMAR in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has...

  12 June 2012

• likes a topic: Mobility challenges facing the disabled and elderly

  11 June 2012

• "DEAR NATI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. DO YOU HAVE SOME PRACTICAL EXAMPLES ON PUBIC SPACE DESIGN OR IMPROVEMENT IN INNER CITY REVITALIZATION? AND WHAT ARE THE MAJOR PRINCIPLE OF OPEN..."

  11 June 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• "Dear Adrain, am happy you are now contributing on this dialogue. you have mentioned that urban environment improvement can create job. can you elaborate it with some reference because i am now..."

  11 June 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

• "Dear Phurba, thank you very much. Ecosan is very important to city like Katmandu. I have been in Katmandu in 2000. i know it very well. "

  11 June 2012 on Eco San( Ecological Sanitation) , Is it the best alternative for...

• "Dear Ed, thank you very much for your response. I have tried to refer the GIZ's Symposium "Work in cities: Decent jobs for all?“. How can i get the documents discussed in the Symposium? you h..."

  11 June 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

• "Dear Professor, thank you very much for the explanation. "

  11 June 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "thank you very much"

  9 June 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "Dear Steve and Ed Werna, thank you very much for the discussion. I would like to thank both of you for the references. i would be happy if i get more . Ed , i have tried to read your profile and..."

  6 June 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

• "IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM LANDSCAPING PLANNING PRINCIPLE , ONE HAS TO KNOW THE BASIC ENVIRONMENT PLANNING PRINCIPLES. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PRINCIPLE?"

  3 June 2012 on The International Landscape Convention and Latin American Landscape...

• "DEAR MARTI, I HAVE ONE QUESTION IN MY MIND . WHAT WILL BE THE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON URBAN ENVIRONMENT."

  3 June 2012 on The International Landscape Convention and Latin American Landscape...

• "Dear Martha, thank you very much indeed. You gave us a very nice explanation.i am now eager to know more about the topic. when we talk about landscape, it needs qualified multidisciplinary..."

  3 June 2012 on The International Landscape Convention and Latin American Landscape...

• "If public employment program were not around in developing countries, what would be the fate of the young unemployed people in the city? and how can we survive in the city where there are enormous..."

  1 June 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "thank you for the topic. what is the use of landscape convention? "

  1 June 2012 on The International Landscape Convention and Latin American Landscape...

• "Dear Steve, thank you very much indeed. you gave us excellent reference about public employment program. I am getting good knowledge from this E-dialog. please provoke others to participate."

  1 June 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "i dont understand the linkage. can u clarify? "

  30 May 2012 on Effects of land use conversion on housing affordability

• "i dont understand the linkage. can u carify? "

  30 May 2012 on Effects of land use conversion on housing affordability

• "i dont understand the linkage. can u clarify? "

  30 May 2012 on Effects of land use conversion on housing affordability

• "Thank you very much Steve. I like your comment to link it with public employment program. Let me give you another pubic employment program in Addis Ababa which is also participating in the housing..."

  29 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "hello, it is very interesting . could you please elaborate a little bit how you have successed? or do you have documented materials?"

  28 May 2012 on selective collection, recycling, residue and poverty minimization.

• "Let me remind you the concept of eco san technology which is one of alternative concept for urban sanitation.The ECOSAN toilet is an important partner for household gardening since it produces a..."

  28 May 2012 on Can agriculture be an urban job creator?

• "very interesting! can you clarify what is going on in the biodiversity park? can i get your web site to read your experience? "

  28 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

• "Dear Adrian, thank you very much. As you said, the concept of Eco san is very essential this day. In my place we are trying to implement in slum areas that is why i am posting this issues to be..."

  27 May 2012 on Eco San( Ecological Sanitation) , Is it the best alternative for...

• "Dear , thank you very much. i am posting the concept of Ecosan. i can say it is cost effective. it can be used in slums or in rural areas.,anywhere but it is a good alternative for slum areas to..."

  27 May 2012 on Eco San( Ecological Sanitation) , Is it the best alternative for...

• "Eco san mean a non mixing toilet system which enables the recycling of human waste. In the process some wastewater and the organic household waste are also composted and turned into something useful..."

  26 May 2012 on Eco San( Ecological Sanitation) , Is it the best alternative for...

• "To summery my point of discussion I will still focus on addis ababa whether addis ababa integrated housing project has generated more jobs than would have been created if it had only been a..."

  26 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "The need for re-thinking past patterns of sub-urbanization must go beyond the simple debate between advocates of planned densification and defenders of market-driven urban expansion (urban sprawl)...."

  25 May 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "Dear jose, let us discuss the reality happening in African cities about this densification. One of the major challenge is urban crime, sanitation,congestion. rape, etc. Let me share you our example..."

  23 May 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "Steve, let me share you this article on the correlation of housing with employment.. "Shelter, employment and the informal city in the context of the present economic scene: implications for..."

  22 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "i have a question about housing strategy. Should government involve in housing sector?"

  22 May 2012 on Global Housing Strategy to the year 2025

• "it is difficult. "

  22 May 2012 on Pollution free environment, how can it be achieved and sustained

• published a topic: Eco San( Ecological Sanitation) , Is it the best alternative for urban sanitation ?

  22 May 2012

• "first of all before designing public space we should consider the local culture,beliefs,habits,interest,weather, etc because we are designing for human beings."

  22 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• "but when we promote densification, we should think of congestion,trafic jam,crime etc "

  22 May 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "thanks jose, "

  21 May 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "how to creat walking city? i like it "

  20 May 2012 on Transformation of East African Concrete Jungle Cities to Green Jungle...

• "you mentioned that working places are very important for the people. According to our experiences there are places zoned as a cluster form to improve the income earning capabilities and working..."

  20 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "please look at these pictures "

  20 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

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  20 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "Dear Steve,The success that Addis Ababa housing program has benefited from the project is a good experience for those to struggle to overcome poverty and urbanization. Having such successes doesn’t m..."

  20 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "Dear Steve, thank you very much for interest on the topic. I do have more than seven years experience on this kind of project that is integrated housing program. it is a program because it has many..."

  20 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• published a topic: How cities contributes to mitigate climate change to sustaine our cities livable?

  20 May 2012

• published a topic: Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries? urban densification or urban expansion?

  20 May 2012

• "i like the topic. My point is who will be responsible to reserve open space , is it the individual, government, developer? Because land is becoming very precious in most developing countries cities...."

  20 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

• "policies are very important tools for cities to implement plans properly but it should address the majority of the citizen. However in most developing countries these policies are used for..."

  16 May 2012 on Reforming urban policies, legislation and institutions can make...

• "Dear Friends,i am looking your comments on my topic of discussion."

  16 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• "urban housing can create decent jobs for urban youth and women. In urban housing we invest for infrastructure which require more jobs."

  15 May 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

• likes a topic: integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

  15 May 2012

• "Dear, our cities is shaped or formed from our cultural ways of life. Developed and developing countries have their own concepts to manage or challenges their cities. For instance, my country..."

  14 May 2012 on Applying concepts from developed to developing countries

• "when we discuss about urban environment to make it more sustainable and link with the community, we should think of its advantage. One of the most feasible criteria especially in developing country..."

  14 May 2012 on The urban environment & employment creation

• "Dear Laura, i like your topic of discussion. Urban agriculture/farming is forgotten in many cities. they consider as a rural development schemes but not as urban development. urban farming is not..."

  14 May 2012 on Can agriculture be an urban job creator?

• published a topic: integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban poverty through urban job creation

  14 May 2012