Innovative Technologies for Protective Structures Upon Creating Environmentally Safe Urban Systems

Creating and Renewing Urban Structures

Professionals, in addition to being technically competent, need a range of generic skills. These include teamwork, communication, being able to think both critically and independently, being able to critically appraise one’s work and the work of others and an appreciation of the need and value of reflection in both their personal and professional life [1, 2]. However, there is a reported compet...

Novel and innovative pyrolysis and gasification technologies for energy efficient and environmentally sound MSW disposal.

Within the context of European Union (EU) energy policy and sustainibility in waste management, recent EU regulations demand energy efficient and environmentally sound disposal methods of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Currently, landfill with its many drawbacks is the preferred option in the EU and many other industrialised countries. Within the waste management hierarchy thermal disposal especi...

Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems ( IGLUS )

Urban Regeneration: a Comprehensive Strategy for Creating Spaces for Innovative Economies

Turkey has always had a continuous and strong demand to take its part in global economy which is stated very clearly after 1980s and Istanbul has always been the place of integration. Since then, there are many efforts trying to improve Istanbul’s capacity in economic, social and environmental dimensions. Recently, those efforts have begun to manifest themselves as urban regeneration projects a...

Creating innovative departments.

'Creating an innovative department' as an objective implies further improvements in organization, function, and progression of a surgical unit active in patient care, research, and education. It is of prime importance to stress here the mutual benefits of patient care, research (the basis for future patient care) and education (the channel for training health care professionals in future patien...