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Skyship Educational Design - Blog - Thoughts on Online Learning
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Choosing: English or Chinese? In anticipation of the upcoming elections in January 2016, my colleague Lucien. And I have drafted a primer on the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan. I've uploaded supplementary materials and graphics here. The article has been published on the Ketagalan Media. Diagram: Overview of Seats in the Legislative Yuan. Legislative seats taiwan.pdf. Table: Hypothetical Proportional Representation (PR) Seat Allocation. Pr apportioned to parties.pdf. Taiwan pr lists legislative.pdf. Be sure ...
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Micro-Travel - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Improving the traveling experience for hostel-goers throughout the world. What are three words you would use to describe a hostel? We seek to address the disparity between the role hostels play in the travels of hostel lodgers and the role the traveler’s desire the hostel to take. We want to improve the user experience of hostel goers as a whole, taking into account the personal desires of these individuals, obtaining these ...This pr...
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Electric Vehicles - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Strategies for promoting ev adoption. With so many incentives and benefits for electric vehicle promotion,. Why haven't electric vehicles taken off? What technological, environmental, political, and social issues do electric vehicles face? And how have electric vehicles in china fared compared to the bay area? THERE ARE MORE ELECTRIC BIKES THAN CARS ON THE ROAD". REIMAGINING DESIGN OF ELECTRIC BIKES. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES SURROUNDING ...
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Bicycle Urbanism - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Whoops, looks like your browser doesn't support iframes! Http:/ rshowbicycles.weebly.com. To view this page. Whoops, looks like your browser doesn't support iframes. Please go to http:/ rshowbicycles.weebly.com.
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Faculty - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Deland Chan Urban Studies. Deland Chan is Lecturer in Urban Studies at Stanford University and Program Manager for Service Learning. She serves as the faculty adviser for Urban Studies majors in the Urban Sustainability concentration. In addition to the International Urbanization Seminar, she teaches Sustainable Cities. Exploring the intersection of design thinking, placemaking, and community building in urban environments. At Disney,...
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Spring 2014 Projects - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Spring 2014 Class Projects. Students from Stanford University and Tsinghua University formed teams to carry out urban sustainability projects in the areas of walkability, youth hostels, green trucking, and air pollution information. Program on Urban Studies. Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Cultural Preservation - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. We would like to develop an understanding of the cultural assets and economic needs of urban communities, as well as assess the usefulness and effectiveness of new models of cultural preservation in these regions. The Tsinghua group studied the living conditions of residents in the Beijing old city area, in Dashilan. The Stanford group conducted research in the Mission Playground, in the Mission District of San Francisco. There are tw...
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Autumn 2014 Projects - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Autumn 2014 - Projects. Joint teams from Stanford University and Tsinghua University carried out urban sustainability projects in the areas of electric vehicles, food systems, bicycle urbanism, cultural preservation,. And land use/quality of life. See their projects below:. Land Use and Quality of Life. Program on Urban Studies. Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Green Cloud - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. Using new media to overcome fragmentation and inefficiencies in the Chinese trucking industry. Freight volume in China has increased faster than GDP from 2008 to 2012 (World Bank, Clean Air Asia - 2012). Air pollution has also become a major problem in Chinese cities, registering unhealthy levels of air pollution on a regular basis. Step 1: Trucking Industry Context. Largest Logistic Platform in Beijing. Photos by Yipei Shen. Yipei an...
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Symposium Schedule - international urbanization
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Symposium - June 2014. Expo - December 2014. 2014 Human City Workshop. On Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Service Learning. In cooperation with the Center for Teaching and Learning. 10:30 AM - 12 PM. Trade stories and ideas with other Stanford faculty whose courses center on international collaboration . We will collectively generate a set of "promising practices" based on the group's experiences, as we strive to improve courses that cross borders and culture. Location: Y2E2 Red Atrium). Student Reflect...
