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Globesity – the global fight against obesity
Obesity rates have doubled over the past 30 years, and globally 1.4bn people are overweight and 500 million obese, according to WHO. By 2030, 50-60% of the population in many countries are on target
Organisation: Bank of America Merill Lynch Reports
Publish Date: 2012
Globesity: Exploring the trends of obesity through a visualization tool
The main focus of this project is to provide a simple and easy visualization to meet the user’s need for information. Our visualization will therefore explore different methods of graph representatio
Organisation: School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University
Publish Date: November 2011
Gloom and doom? The future of marine capture fisheries
Organisation: The Royal Society
Publish Date: 2005
Going Public - How Africa's Integration can Work for the Poor
The case for regional integration in Africa is hardly new. Its fundamental precepts have been repeated many times since the first conference of heads of independent African states, hosted by Ghana’s
Organisation: Africa Research Institute
Publish Date: 2009
Golf in 2020 and the uncomfortable transformation to a Golf Playing Facility
In mid 2007 an edition of the BOTC offered a glimpse of what golf might look like in 2020 and as some of these predictions made begin to materialise, I thought it was appropriate to re-visit them and
Organisation: JBAS
Publish Date: 2010
Google & the Future of Books
How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only beginning to come into view? The question is more urgent than ever following the recent settlement between Google and the authors an
Organisation: The New York Review of Books Volume 56, Number 2 • February 12, 2009
Publish Date: 2009
Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace
One of the most significant developments in the history of books, as well perhaps in the history of copyright, is the massive digitization project that Google, Inc. has undertaken in partnership with
Organisation: Pamela Samuelson
Publish Date: 2010
Governance Research Agenda: Towards A Democracy Assessment Framework for Southern Africa
This paper discusses the utility of research methods in the governance field in the SADC region in particular. The main argument of the paper is that the methods are as good as the outcome of the res
Organisation: EISA
Publish Date: 2005
Grasping the potential of online social networks for foresight
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have gained unprecedented popularity in recent years. OSNs facilitate the interaction among members by providing a dynamic/multimodal platform which enables discussions,
Organisation: Elsevier Inc.
Publish Date: 2007
Great Transition Values: Present Attitudes, Future Changes
The preferred means of the Great Transition Initiative are to promote values-based movements and organizations working for social change beyond the limits of markets and government towards sustainabl
Organisation: Tellus Institute
Publish Date: 2006