April 2012

Welcome to another edition of GDRC Mosaic! This month, GDRC Mosaic is being sent to more than 3,000 subscribers in 130 countries worldwide. THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Urban Sanitation from GDRC's Programme onUrban Environmental Management. With more than half of humans choosing to live in cities, the proper management of human excreta (including its safe and clean confinement, treatment, disposal and associated hygiene-related practices) becomes critical in improving the quality of life in cities. Of particular importance is to understand sustainable sanitation within the larger perspective of urban environmental management, including integrated waste management, safe/clean water management, air quality management, etc. These and related issues are covered in the Urban Sanitation and Sustainability theme pages of GDRC's research programme on Urban Environmental Management: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/usan/index.html As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments and suggestions are always welcome from users and subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at - hsrinivas@gdrc.org FOCUS ON GDRC: LESSONS IN LEARNING Walk the talk, and talk the walk The popular saying "Walk the Talk" is interpreted as an important information design lesson for GDRC - of providing key information (the "talk", which inspires users to take action on the ground (the "walk"). And the corollary - to "Talk the Walk" is also interpreted as an equally important lesson - in making sure that practical information from the ground is provided along with theoretical information, in order to provide a balanced view. MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE: March 2012 Total files downloaded - 774,370 Total pages viewed - 262,516 Total web visitors - 130,037 Total KBytes - 19,053,358 Pages per day - Avg: 8,750 Max: 12,281 Visits per day - Avg: 4,334 Max: 5,996 See what has been happening in GDRC at: http://www.gdrc.org/about/whats-new.html ABOUT GDRC MOSAIC The "GDRC Mosaic" is a monthly email newsletter that provides information bites, and summarizes programme activities of GDRC, including new items added to the website. To subscribe or unsubscribe: http://www.gdrc.org/about/newsletter.html Comments, suggestions and contributions: mosaic@gdrc.org CONTACT ADDRESS: Global Development Research Centre 1-5-1-1013, Mori Minami Machi, Higashi Nada ku, Kobe - 658-0011, Japan Tel and Fax: +(81-78) 452-8414 Email: mosaic@gdrc.org URL: http://www.gdrc.org/ © 2011-2015, GDRC. All rights reserved.