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The Learning Region; A Critical Interpretation

Posted July 14, 2014 - 17:22 by Tamás Kozma

The ‘learning region’ discourse emerged from the debates of the neoliberal views of socio-economic and cultural change. These views stressed the overall trends of globalisation which had to transform the traditional economic, social and cultural institutions. In opposition of these views, the ‘learning region’ discourse pointed out the importance of locality.

Invitation to CLC Lecture Series - Creating Sustainable Cities

Posted July 11, 2014 - 10:23 by Alan Foster

The recently released Monocle's 2014 Quality of Life Survey saw several cities rise and fall in ranks as they measure up to be the World's 25 most liveable cities. what are the issues that are key for the quality of life in cities? What does a city need to mobilise a society's efforts towards sustainability?

Launch of Urban Solutions #5

Posted July 11, 2014 - 09:55 by Alan Foster

This special issue of Urban Solutions focuses on the World Cities Summit in June 2014 and its theme "liveable and Sustainable Cities: Common challenges, shared Solutions".

The Summit is where cities will look at the state of urban challenges today and identify principles of shared solutions applicable to cities spanning the range of development, socio-economic and political contexts.

ASEM Think Tanks' Dialogue Report

Posted July 10, 2014 - 09:46 by Bruce Wilson

In November 2013, PASCAL came together in Hong Kong with a range of partners from Asia and Europe to conduct its 11th conference on the topic of Cities Learning Together: Local Communities in the Sustainable and Healthy Learning City.

Hungarian Educational Research Journal - thematic issue on learning regions

Posted July 9, 2014 - 15:15 by Magdolna Benke

I am pleased to inform you that the Hungarian Educational Research Journal Vol 4, No 3, the thematic issue on learning regions, now is available at this link.

This issue contains a number of articles which should be of interest to PASCAL subcribers, including papers by Balazs Nemeth, member of the PASCAL Advisory Council and Mike Osborne, Director of PASCAL in Europe.

Report of Australian Learning Communities Network Regional Conference in May in Townsville

Posted July 7, 2014 - 15:11 by Judith Jensen

Subscribers will recall that the Australian Learning Communities Network held a Regional Conference in May in Townsville.  I think we all agree it was a great program with lots of opportunities to develop our skills.  It has taken a little while but I have now updated the webpage to include the presenters’ powerpoints as well as our report at this link; the report is also featured below for easy access.

People Centered Smart Territories: Design, Learning & Analytics

Posted July 6, 2014 - 07:35 by Peter Kearns

IxD&A (Interaction Design and Architecture (s)) Journal has produced a special issue on "People Centered Smart Territories: Design, Learning & Analytics" (No 20, Spring 2014) This issue provides a useful reminder that we need to move beyond technology in considering the Smart City approach.

Inauguration of Learning Cities Networks, a PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 project:

Posted July 1, 2014 - 11:51 by Peter Kearns

The Chairman of the PASCAL Governing Board, Dr Josef Konvitz, issued the following statement today on the inauguration of the new program of Learning Cities Networks, a PASCAL Learning Cities 2020 project:

About Taipei Learning City

Posted June 28, 2014 - 10:50 by Pi-yun Yang

I am a coordinator of Taipei Learning City, and have written some articles about Learning Cities over the past three years. The files included below consist of articles on the Taipei Learning City website.

I hope these articles can help you understand Taipei Learning City better.

Iowa State researchers return to communities to assess small town quality of life

Posted May 23, 2014 - 08:41 by Terry Besser

Time has changed many of Iowa’s rural communities. Strengthening these towns starts with understanding how social capital and leadership influence development in a small town. A group of Iowa State University researchers has tracked changes in quality of life and social capital in 99 Iowa towns since 1994. This month, they begin a third, two-year study to determine if the changes have continued.

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