CALL FOR PAPERS:
if you want to publish articles and papers on this newsletter, please request the guidelines for contributors to: focus@araxp.polito.it
WHAT'S NEW IN THE FORUM ON DEVELOPING COUNTIRES
This issue of focus has been delayed because we have been working really hard to improve the site.
A PORTUGUESE version is now available and... we have a MIRROR SITE IN BRAZIL!
The mirror site should allow faster connections to our Latin American visitors, have a try! It is hosted at the IBASE.
The URL is:
http://www.ibase.org.br/~nobre/welcome.htm
PERISCOPE: SEARCHING THE INTERNET
Links that can be retrieved with our 'periscope' at:
http://obelix.polito.it/forum/g_osserv.htm
HABITAT II, the International Conference on Human Settlements, is just finished. Many information about this event are available on the net. If you are looking for final reports, debates on line, analysis, visit the page:
http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/habitat.htm
where you'll find many relevant links, such as:
Looking for a book? visit our PUBLISHERS section:
http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/editori.htm
We have collected URLs such as:
In most sites you'll find on-line catalogues and ordering forms. Book are just a click ahead!
Still willing to read? You can find ON-LINE books and newsletters at this URL:
http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/newslett.htm
New links added to this section:
Last but not least... other miscellaneous and worth-visiting links added to the forum:
SELECTION OF NEWS AND EVENTS
BOOKS ON LINE:
"Hunger and Public Action"
br Dreze and Sen's, Oxford University Press 1989
http://www.reliefnet.org/doc/hpa/hpa0.html
"Technical support for refugees - Lessons from Recent Experiences"
Edited by Bob Reed
Proceedings of the Conference held on 17 and 18 December 1991 at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University
http://info.lut.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/techsupp/techsupp.html
CALL FOR ARTICLES
"Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture" is planning to publish a special topical issue dealing "Modernization vs. Westernization." If you are interested in submitting an article please contact Elwin Robison, e-mail: robison@arcrs1.saed.kent.edu
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
The following are from a list of planning events sent to members of URBANET by Colin Leech e-mail crleech@freenet.carleton.ca.
25-27 September 1996
PLANNING--BALANCE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Kruger National Park, South Africa
South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners (SAITRP)
TEL +27 (011) 836-6418
FAX +27 (152) 296 1393
6-8 October 1996
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND TOWNS
Lisbon, Portugal
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
FAX +49 (761) 36260
12-17 October 1996
NEW URBAN COMMUNITIES: PAST AND FUTURE
Cairo, Egypt
International Urban Development Association (INTA/AIVN)
TEL +31 (70) 324 45 26
FAX +31 (70) 328 07 27
13-16 October 1996
MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: PLANNING RESPONSES TO DISINTEGRATING PATTERNS AND FRONTIERS
Jerusalem, Israel
International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) XXXI World Congress
TEL +31 (70) 346 2654
FAX +31 (70) 361 7909
E-MAIL isocarp@bart.nl
INTERNET CONFERENCE: SOLUTION FOR CITIES AT RISK
DATES: 26 August 1996 - 25 October 1996
Are the cities of today and tomorrow waiting for disasters to happen? Everyday there are news reports about cities stricken by disasters. This is likely to continue, and become worse -- unless we change our policies and actions on environment and development issues. The conference is being conducted entirely via computer channels.
ORGANIZERS: UN, IDNDR (International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction)
HOST: QUIPUNET
For more information or to participate, contact:
http://www.quipu.net
http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/hazard/idnr.html
e-mail:
idndr@dha.unicc.org;
PEDOR@sol.racsa.co.cr;
delgado@bach.taisei.co.jp
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