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The collective dream
It is very difficult for a single person, a single project or a single idea can change a society, a region, a country. But when the whole of society shares the same dream, this dream becomes a collective challenge and joint efforts can make it achievable. In Spain we have managed to make our collective…
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Effective and symbolic inequalities in Latin America
Last week the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented the First Development Report on Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean with an interesting media campaign. They have chosen the most widely read generalist newspaper in Spain, El País, as the public launch platform. In a special supplement called “On the march towards equality” you…
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Highways, pants for obese. archeology of a sentence
A post before the start of August can only be light and easy, we are not for many more things…. Building more roads to solve congestion is like is like buying bigger trousers to cure obesity. Adding capacity to roads to solve congestion is like buying bigger pants to solve weight problems. The photo includes…
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Adeuropa’s GESTIDI R+D+i Managers Program, a young red with the ability not to oxidize?
Taking advantage of the excellentarticle published by David Arias in his analysis of the program GESTIDI by Adeuropa, I venture to contribute my opinion on this program, which although formally it seems an attractive program, hides a series of weaknesses typical of its youth. Let us hope that the wrinkles of time will help improve…
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mr market
I continue with mine… writing some notes on economic analysis applied to environmental protection; in this case, the use of market instruments for the conservation of biodiversity. 60% of the world’s ecosystems are used unsustainably or are degraded. 30% of the species of mammals, birds and amphibians are threatened with extinction. The degradation and disappearance…
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New call for the Adeuropa GESTIDI program
The last call for the R+D+i Managers program in Castilla y León, GESTIDI< /a>, managed by the Adeuropa foundation. This program is aimed at training graduates in R+D+i management tasks through training scholarships and short stays in companies. The program seeks to train companies in the region and promote their involvement in R+D+i projects through…
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things of europe
This is the second time I’ve come to Donosti to attend a summer course offered by the University of the Basque Country. Speakers were Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Michel Camdessus, Araceli Mangas, Francesc Morata, Daniel Innerarity, Josep Borell, Cristobal Montoro, Mario Fernández, Eduardo Rojo, Victor Renem José Manuel González Páramo, Julio Pérez Díaz, Lluis Bassetz, and…
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London 2012: Would they be “the Regeneration Games”?
David Hill writes on The Guardian about the debate erupted as London succeeded on the bid for the 2012 Olympics. “Will East Londoners be winners?” he asks, or in other words, How can we make the most of such a big world-scale event in order to meet the need of regeneration of East London? How…
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Creative Industries and urban regeneration. Case study: The Old Truman Brewery in London
Introduction Promoting a Sustainable Economy, in terms of cities or regions able to spur economic dynamism and create jobs implies from a public sector policy perspective building a tight network of different initiatives. One of them, with an outstanding importance for the past decade has been the strong support of the so-called “creative industries”, recognized…
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Hacia una estrategia de Turismo Urbano Sostenible
Las ciudades son desde hace tiempo un producto en venta y compiten por atraer consumidores -turistas- y su capacidad de compra o gasto en definitiva. Así, existe en este momento un amplio reconocimiento de los desequilibrios que un turismo no-sostenible puede generar, tanto desde el punto de vista social y cultural como ambiental. Así es…