International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) _ Vol. 2 (2) - June 2013



International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) _ Vol. 2 (2) - June 2013

Volume 2, Issue 2

Editorial Preface: 3D Urban Models and GIS for e-Governance and e-Planning

1.

Exploring Ways to Use 3D Urban Models to Visualize Multi-Scalar Climate Change Data and Mitigation Change Models for e-Planning (pages 1-17)

John Danahy (Centre for Landscape Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), Robert Wright (Centre for Landscape Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), Jacob Mitchell (Centre for Landscape Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) and Rob Feick (School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada)

2.

GIS for E-Planning in India (pages 24-39)

Falguni Mukherjee (Department of Geography and Geology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA) and Rina Ghose (Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA)

 

3.

E-Health Solutions in Rural Healthcare in the Mbaise Area of Imo State: Nigeria (pages 40-44)

Elochukwu Ukwandu (Department of Computer Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria) and Sylvanus Iro (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria)

4.

Eliciting Local Spatial Knowledge for Community-Based Disaster Risk Management: Working with Cybertracker in Georgian Caucasus (pages 45-59)

Valentina Spanu (Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Pula, Italy) and Michael Keith McCall (Department of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands & Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Morelia, Michoacán, México)

5.

 

Challenges and Prospects for E-Planning in Lusophone African Countries: Evidence from the UN E-Government Survey 2012 (pages 60-69)

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)

Book Review

Perspectivas Económicas em África 2013

Perspectivas Económicas em África 2013 

Habitar-Pensar-Investigar-Fazer

Filipa Ramalhete; Ricardo Carvalho (Eds.) (2013). Colóquio Internacional Habitar-Pensar-Investigar-Fazer. Lisboa: EDIUAL, 192 pp.


Texto de Ana Vaz Milheiro (2013). "Habitação nos trópicos portugueses: casos da África portuguesa", pp. 61-91.

Africa growing rapidly will play a central role in shaping the size and distribution of world population during XXI Century

 

Africa growing rapidly

«More than half of global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. According to the UN’s medium-variant projection, the population of Africa could more than double by mid-century, increasing from 1.1 billion today to 2.4 billion in 2050, and potentially reaching 4.2 billion by 2100.

 

Rapid  population increase in Africa is anticipated even if there is a substantial reduction of fertility levels in the near future. The medium-variant projection assumes that fertility will fall from 4.9 children per women in 2005-2010 to 3.1 in 2045-2050, reaching 2.1 by 2095-2100.

 

The gap for Africa between the high and low variants of the new projections, corresponding to half a child more or less per woman compared to the medium variant, amounts to roughly 600 million people by 2050 (2.7 vs. 2.1 billion) and potentially 3.2 billion people by 2100 (6.0 vs. 2.8 billion).

 

Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding the future population of Africa, the region will play a central role in shaping the size and distribution of world population during this century.» (UN, 2013)

 

WEBPAGE:  World PopulationProspects, the 2012 Revision

 

 

DOWNLOAD  (pdf) World Population Prospects. The 2012 Revision. KeyFindings and Advance Tables

Mbanza Congo - classificação Património Nacional

O centro histórico de Mbanza Congo, no Norte de Angola, foi classificado no dia 10 de Junho de 2013, oficialmente, como Património Nacional, visando a candidatura a Património Mundial.