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Lessons from Rebuilding Kobe after the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake
Memo #40 (Video) David W. Edgington The Great Hanshin earthquake devastated Kobe on January 17, 1995, leading to 6000 deaths and the destruction of over 200,000 homes. Beyond immediate reconstruction...
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Ten Years after Indonesia’s ‘Big Bang’
Memo #83 By Tim Bunnell (geotgb [at] nus.edu.sg), Michelle Ann Miller, & Nicholas A. Phelps 2011 marks a decade since the implementation of Indonesia’s democratic decentralization project (the ‘Big...
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Through Taiwan is the Shortest Route between Japan and China
Memo #98 By David Edgington – david.edgington [at] ubc.ca Joint ventures between Taiwanese and Japanese firms in China survive longer than companies formed only with Japanese capital. Research shows...
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Japan’s Soma City One Year after the Disaster (Video Interview with Dr. David...
Memo #138 (Scroll below to see 6 Video Clips) Featuring David W. Edgington - david.edgington [at] geog.ubc.ca Photo by Martin Dee Dr. David Edgington has conducted research on Soma City, Japan, since...
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Regulating International Student Mobility – Agents and Markets in New Zealand
Memo #151 By Francis Leo Collins – f.collins [at] auckland.ac.nz International student mobility is a huge industry. 3.3 million students studied outside of their country of citizenship in 2008. In some...
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China – Global Shipping, Coal Usage, High Speed Train Corridors (Video...
Memo #155 (Scroll below to see 3 video clips) Featuring Claude Comtois - claude.comtois [at] umontreal.ca China is a driving force in global shipping, coal usage, and high speed train corridors. Based...
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Blocked Data Hampers Water Management Efforts in the GBM Basin
Memo #170 By Kelly Alley (alleykd [at] auburn.edu), Chandana Mitra (czm0033 [at] auburn.edu), and Ryan Hile (rph0003 [at] tigermail.auburn.edu) The discussion is widening on the thorny problem of...
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Japan as Test Case for a New Age: The Importance of Understanding Local Places
Memo #240 By Anthony S. Rausch – asrausch [at] cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp Japan faces an aging population and rural out-migration, a sluggish economy and drastic divisions between urban-rural economies, a...
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Decentralized Governance and Local Leadership in Urbanizing Asia
Memo #255 By Michelle Ann Miller – arimam [at] nus.edu.sg and Tim Bunnell – geotgb [at] nus.edu.sg The trend toward decentralized governance in twenty-first century urbanizing Asia has ushered in a...
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