Urban planning starts with the location of the parking lot

Who says Americans are not intellectual? The blogosphere is virtually entirely virtual and intensely ideological, Yet it is rare to come across an interesting discussion like this one on Cars, Parks, and Car Parks which raises in 3-dimensional form the very same issues of power, authority, the individual, the group, how we form our societies etc. etc.

The comments include a reference to a must-read article about Tokyo from Metropolis Magazine.

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[Ron Lake, CEO and Chairman, Galdos Systems Inc]

Have you heard of the GeoWeb 2009 - Cityscapes conference? This conference is an IT conference focused on information sharing and collaboration. We are facing critical issues in the 21st century related to engery security, access to clean air and water, crowding, climate change etc. and meeting these challenges will require new approaches to urban planning and design.

See the conference description at http://www.geowebconference.org.

I hope you will attend and also tell other people about the conference through your blog.

[Pinakin]

WORKSHOP ON
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT,
24TH -31ST JULY 2009, VADODARA

Subject: Invitation to attend workshop

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