في أماكن العمل اليابانية، نادراً ما يُعطى تقييم إيجابي للموظفين، بل يمكن لإشارات الإطراء والاستحسان أن تتسبب في شعور العاملين بالحرج، كما يقول الصحفي إريك بارتن. أدركت كيكو ساكوراي أنها ارتكبت خطأ ما عندما صرخ ذلك الرجل الذي يكبرها سنا في وجهها قائلا "اصمتي"، وبعدها توقف الجميع عن الحركة وحدقوا في وجهها. كان ذلك... Continue Reading →

  As part of the #HungryCities Partnership,#IIHSin conducted a study of household food consumption practices in Bengaluru. Take a look at the #infographic, that offers insights into the nature of access to a healthy diet and sufficient nutrition in a large city like Bangalore where people are required to depend on market sources for their food unlike rural areas... Continue Reading →

SEATTLE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Widely accepted numbers on how much of the world’s population lives in cities are incorrect, with major implications for development aid and the provision of public services for billions of people, researchers say. The United Nations predicts the world’s urban population is expected to grow to 70 percent by 2050... Continue Reading →

+ SHLOMO (SOLLY) ANGEL, PATRICK LAMSON-HALL, BIBIANA GUERRA, YANG LIU, NICOLÁS GALARZA, ALEJANDRO BLEI   Abstract A recent article titled “Everything we’ve heard about global urbanization turns out to be wrong” (Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 July 2018), citing new figures released by the European Commission, informed readers that 84% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, not 55% as... Continue Reading →

The word galactic is derived from the word Galaxy in astronomy. Galaxy is a gravitational bound system of stars, planets and other celestial bodies in the universe. Galaxy is a word derived from “Galaktikos” which means milky circle. These celestial bodies in the galaxy usually revolve around a center gravitational pull of a galaxy. So... Continue Reading →

‏التخطيط … هو فن ارتكاب الاخطاء على الورق كل ساعة تقضى في التخطيط الجيد توفر ٣ او ٤ ساعات في التنفيذ ‏‎قاعدة ال 1:10:100 .. ما يكلفك دولار في التغيير اثناء التخطيط يكلفك عشره دولار اثناء التنفيذ و يكلفك ميه دولار بعد التنفيذ.

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The Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently released the results of its survey on the 'Ease of Living' Index 2018 for cities across the country. The Ministry surveyed 111 cities all together. Top 10 ranking cities were - Pune, Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai, Tirupati, Chandigarh, Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijayawada City and Bhopal. This... Continue Reading →