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The Urban Environmental Management Research Initiative
UEMRI
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The Urban Environmental Management Research Initiative (UEMRI) was launched by Young Planners of the 1997 ISOCARP Congress in Ogaki Japan to continue to collaborate beyond and after the congress. The Congress was held from 17 to 20 September 1997. A specific theme was selected for collaboration in order to have a concrete output - urban environmental management (UEM).
UEMRI is essentially a grouping of urban planning researchers spread all around the world. It uses the internet as a means of communication and exchange of information, and a homepage to 'package' the collected information in a presentable way. This is being done under the categories shown on the main homepage:
- Documents: Articles, reports, papers and other write-ups on the issue of UEM. It includes bibliographies, book reviews etc.
- Insights: The urban thinking cap - short insightful write-ups and inspiring ideas that highlight the problems and solutions in the UEM process.
- How-tos: Innovative and sustainable technologies have shown the way to alternative lifestyles.
- Keywords: Glossaries, definitions, indicators etc. on UEM and related topics.
- Links: Links to resources already existing on the internet on urban and general environmental issues.
- Chronicles: The urban environmental diary - events, field notes, ideas, projects and ongoing research notes on UEM.
Other categories and sections will be created as and when necessary. Tasks of the UEMRI members are of two types -
Off-line tasks:
UEMRI Team Members are nodes in networks that will cover the cities, countries and regions in which they are positioned. They collect stories, write-ups, documents, and report on research and events that are taking part in their region. Case studies, community and local government initiatives etc. are also covered. The objective is to make available information that is not yet online on the internet (including information that is available digitally, but not on-line).
Online tasks
Team members keep track of developments that are taking place on the internet. This includes reporting on new homepages that cover issues related to UEM proceses, and forwarding email messages from various authors, sources and lists that help in a better understanding of the issues.
UEMRI is a network of members. It 'belongs' to its world-wide members, and is coordinated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan. The window to the initiative is the UEM Homepage, where the results of the work will be visible online.
UEMRI Team Members include -
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