LBS market in China to Grow Phenomenally

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Analysts at TechNavio forecasted that location-based services (LBS) market in China will grow at a CAGR of 57.9 percent over the period 2011-2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing use of LBS in mobile devises. The LBS market in China has also been witnessing an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions. However, the lack of reliability and accuracy of information could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

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Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

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Dear All,

Please find attached details of the King’s College London forthcoming Cities Group Seminar series.

Thursday 4th October, 5-6pm
Producing architectural atmospheres
Prof. Gillian Rose (Open University), Dr. Clare Melhuish (Open University) and Dr. Monica Degen (Brunel University)

Thursday 18th October, 4-6pm
‘If cities are the motors of the economy, why are they sputtering?’ Obvious strengths and weaknesses, or is it the other way around?
Prof. Josef Konvitz (ex-OECD, Visiting Professor, King’s College London)

Thursday 1st November, 5-6pm
What’s wrong with best practice? Typification, innovation and knowledge management in urban development
Dr. Susan Moore (University College London)

Thursday 15th November, 5-6pm
Conversations with the mob: London’s Sock Mob and the politics of encounter
Prof. Jon May (Queen Mary, University of London) and Dr. Jennie Middleton (Kingston University)

Thursday 29th November and Friday 30th November
RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group Annual Conference
Mobile Urbanisms
Registration deadline: 5pm, Friday 26th October…

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Coral Reefs Are at Risk

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Coral reefs face severe challenges even if global warming is restricted to the 2 degrees Celsius commonly perceived as safe for many natural and human-made systems. Warmer sea surface temperatures are likely to trigger more frequent and more intense mass coral bleaching events. Only under a scenario with strong action on mitigating greenhouse-gas emissions and the assumption that corals can adapt at extremely rapid rates, could two thirds of them be safe, shows a study now published in Nature Climate Change. Otherwise all coral reefs are expected to be subject to severe degradation.

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Posted on September 16, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

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What is gentrification?

Gentrification is a complex and contested issue. While there are many, some times conflictual definitions of gentrification, some common themes hold true: In contemporary post-industrial cities, the trend is characterized by renewed development interest in disadvantaged inner city areas, and the influx of a new, wealthy (‘gentry’) population. Old housing is refurbished alongside the construction of new buildings and services that cater to the higher-earning and more privileged population that moves in. This ultimately means the ‘upscaling’ and transformation of the area and its demographics as higher home values, land speculation, and the area as a development ‘hot spot’ lead to the breaking of the community fabric via the violent uprooting and displacement of the area’s previous population, one often systemically disadvantaged and in a position that makes resistance to these processes difficult.

 

What is colonization?

Colonization is defined as the practice of invading other lands…

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