Country Week: Bringing the City to the Country?

Bringing critical thinking to the education of developing country professionals

Cultural differences between Asia and the West and their influence on teaching, are reviewed along with previous experiments in bringing critical thinking to Asian education, and recognition of needs for and barriers to achieving change. Principles driving design and implementation of a two-course sequence in professional transportation studies are presented. Asian students were cast as teacher...

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33rd WEDC International Conference, City, Country, 2007

The paper presents a broad view about the measures for restoration of Lake Pampulha, Brazil. This man made reservoir is located in a dense inhabited urban area and constitutes the main touristic attraction of the city of Belo Horizonte. Since several decades the water body receives the discharge of untreated sewage from domestic as well from industrial sources, what leads to severe episodes of ...

City or Country: Where Do Businesses Use the Internet?

As more and more firms adopted internet-related technology, many forecasters predicted that the internet would change both the way Americans do business and where they do business. Essentially, the predictions presented two possible scenarios on the latter point. In one scenario, the internet would bring firms together into a single “global village,” suggesting internet technology would diffuse...

Factors Affecting the Willingness of Consumers to Pay for Electric Cars in the Country

Increasing environmental pollution from fuel vehicle and limited fossil fuel resources have increased tendency to produce electric vehicles. In Iran, the use of electric vehicles requires further study in the field of supply and demand for this product. Regardless of the supply issue, the use of electric vehicles requires a better understanding of the needs, wants and tastes of consumers. In th...