world community is always seeking solutions and ways to improve peace and enhance development. human rights education which increases public awareness of human rights is one way for achieving peace and development. such education would result in changing society, understanding other nations and strengthening peace and prosperity. if a society grows up in all economic, social and cultural dimant...

configuration of urban land use arrangement system, how to divide and how to use urban lands are advantages of environmental, economic, social, politic and rightly forces. with extension of urbanization and development of urban and regional planning, this concept is more widely hold a special place in the form of projects such as: land preparation, framework planning, general and comprehensive,...

"We have deep depth" -Yogi Berra famously remarked decades ago about the New York Yankees. Much like the Yankees of Yogi Berra's years, the U.S. economy has been remarkably resilient over the past year in spite of enormous challenges, policy setbacks, and a number of ominous external shocks. As we expected, the more gloomy scenarios were averted, but the close-calls were too many and, at times,...

T he economy of the rural, or nonmetropolitan, Heartland has undergone great change over the past 15 years. Deep recessions in agriculture and energy, restructuring in manufacturing, and the emergence of the service industry are just some of the forces that have reshaped the rural economy of the nation’s midsection. Having shared in this economic transition and now facing a common economic futu...

In its 2004 Employment Outlook, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that the legal protection of permanent workers against individual dismissal in Japan is one of the most strictly regulated among nations. However, in its 2013 Employment Outlook, the OECD reassessed the laws regarding dismissals among its member nations and reclassified Japan in the top t...

although on the basis of geo-economic theories, study of energy-related issues is of strategic importance to all countries, energy resources are no more restricted to oil and gas reserves as was the case during the past century. of course, these resources are still key elements of global energy reserves. today, in addition to geo-politics and geo-economics, the concept of hydro-geopolitics puts...

The 2016 World Cancer Congress, organised by UICC, was held in Paris in November 2016, under the theme “Mobilizing action – Inspiring Change.” As part of Track 4 presentations on the theme of “Strengthening cancer control: optimizing outcomes of health systems,” UICC-Asian Regional Office (UICC-ARO) held a symposium to discuss the issue of mobilizing action to realize UHC in Asia. Introducing t...