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Costs and benefits of the green economy
The world is moving inexorably towards green economy. Consequently and responsibly, the European Commission recognizes in the Europe 2020 Strategy the need for Europe to move in that direction. Becomes a resource efficient, sustainable and competitive economy, capitalizing on Europe’s leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies, accelerating the…
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Nature addresses the relationship between cities and science
Nature dedicates a special in which it collects different articles and interactive data visualization works on the relations between science and the urban world. It includes some worthwhile articles such as: Cities: The urban equation< /a>, the presentation of the different contents of the special. Looking at the best cities for science (interactive graph): contains…
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United States: “Europe, are you going to accuse me of being racist?”
Joel Kotkin published a very interesting article this week. The headline, Who’s racist now?, sounds like sweet revenge, like resentment that Europe understands the United States unfairly. Basically, the author rebels against the traditional vision from old Europe of the conservative character and close to racism of the United States, and recalls the repercussion that…
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Collective intelligence: beyond crowdsourcing
Platforms or marketplaces for idea generation have been around for many years now in the market. Initially it was about tools, generally on the web, that allowed the gestation and identification of ideas. But today these tools are not only used to generate and manage ideas, but also help to make the best decisions about…
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Meanwhile. Recover inactive commercial markets for community uses
The effects of the crisis on the built spaces of the city are beginning to be more than visible. Among them, one has a special impact on urban life, the progressive closure of commercial premises at street level. Businesses that have not been able to withstand the drop in consumption or the difficulties in accessing…
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Background of Venture Capital in Spain, starting point, Venture Capital (Part II and last)
In this second and last part of In my article on venture capital in Spain, I will talk about VC divestments, VC returns, VC funds raised in Spain, fundraising, and finally, VC investors. I’m sure it will be of great interest too. VC divestments 33% of the divestments were carried out through sale to an…
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The waste of infrastructures in Spain, in the foreign media
A few days ago La Vanguardia echoed a very forceful investigative report by Le Monde on the Ciudad Real airport, which served as an excuse to analyze the waste of public money that in in recent years there have been in Spain. It is an example of the many that could be put (we already…
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Euskadi 2020-2030: The financial sustainability of the welfare state
With this article I end the series of forums intended to reflect on about some of the challenges we face in the long term, from the conviction that those countries and societies that come out of the crisis with a clear vision and strategic direction will leave with an important competitive advantage over the rest….
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Intervention in the course “Rethinking urban policies 30 years later”
The Menéndez Pelayo International University Consortium of Barcelona has organized within of his Autumn Courses a course of great interest,Rethinking urban policies 30 years later (24.26 November 2010), directed by Josep M. Montaner (Professor of Architectural Theory. Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and Joan Subirats (Professor of Political Science. Autonomous…
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Hungary and the memory of Doñana
The accident that took place in Hungary last Monday reminded us of the ecological disaster that occurred on April 25, 1998 in the province of Seville, when the containment dam of the decantation pond of a pyrite mine broke. Although on that occasion there were no human losses to be regretted, there were very serious…