-------------------------------------------------- G D R C M o s a i c www.gdrc.org November 2004 Contents: 1. This month's highlight: Top picks from programmes 2. Focus on GDRC: Lessons learnt on learning 3. Monthly Statistics for GDRC's Website 4. About GDRC Mosaic 5. Contact address -------------------------------------------------- This Months Highlight: Sustainable Tourism from the GDRC Programme on Urban Environmental Management Sustainable tourism in its purest sense, is an industry which attempts to make a low impact on the environment and local culture, while helping to generate income, employment, and the conservation of local ecosystems. It is responsible tourism which is both ecologically and culturally sensitive. GDRC looks at the theme of sustainable tourism from the perspective of urban environmental management as a whole. For further details, please see: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments and suggestions are always welcome from users and subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at - mosaic@gdrc.org -------------------------------------------------- FOCUS ON GDRC: Asking questions Asking questions the right way is an art in itself. The ability to ask the right question properly is probably as difficult as finding the right answer. It is a skill that will help us learn new things and obtain new insights. Good questioning skills may be the world's most unsung talent. Ask the right questions in the right way, and you'll engage people; do it differently, and you'll put them off. As an ancient Japanese saying goes, everyone is a teacher and has something new to teach us, if only we ask them! And asking them starts with a question! -------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE Total hits encountered - 781,134 Total files downloaded - 632,331 Total pages viewed - 243,374 Total web visitors - 82,679 Total KBytes - 5,548,000 Pages per day - Avg. 8,112; Max. 11,206 Visits per day - Avg. 2,755; Max. 3,810 -------------------------------------------------- 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. This month, it was sent out to more than 500 subscribers in 82 countries. To subscribe: http://www.gdrc.org/about/newsletter.html To unsubscribe: unsubscribe-mosaic@gdrc.org Comments, suggestions and contributions: info-mosaic@gdrc.org -------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ADDRESS: Global Development Research Center 5-13-3-1601, Nakano-cho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0027, Japan Tel / Fax: +(81-6) 6925-8005 Email: info-mosaic@gdrc.org Web: http://www.gdrc.org/ -------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2003-2005, GDRC. All rights reserved.