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Welcome to another edition of GDRC Mosaic!
This month, GDRC Mosaic is being sent to
more than 2,100 subscribers in 130 countries worldwide.
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Sustainable Tourism
from GDRC's 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 that is both ecologically
and culturally sensitive.
GDRC's Sustainable Tourism Gateway was set up on
27 September 2008 - the World Tourism Day - in order to
develop awareness and educate on issues related to
sustainable tourism; to assist in policy and programme
development; and to facilitate monitoring and evaluation.
It is an internet tool that provides easy and rapid
access to information and networking on sustainable
tourism and related topics.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues.
Resources on this topic are available at:
http://tourism.gdrc.org/
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: LEARNING LESSONS
Shoulders of Giants
As with doing any research, we always have to
start with, and build on, whatever info is
already there and the user already has ...
Based on queries received from visitors to GDRC's
programme websites, it is clear that the
information they found on the website helped
them do their work (whether a report, a project,
or a speech) better.
And so the metaphor, "Standing on the Shoulder
of Giants" - implying an individual who improves
his/her intellectual pursuits by appreciating
and using the work done by other people in the
past.
Turning the metaphor around - what information
can be provided to users who can then use it
to build on and improve the work they are doing?
This is an important question that has guided
the design of GDRC's web pages!
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,334,428
Total files downloaded - 1,159,748
Total pages viewed - 366,605
Total web visitors - 156,750
Total KBytes - 14,846,448
Pages per day - Avg: 12,220 Max: 16,353
Visits per day - Avg: 5,225 Max: 6,666
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
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Kobe - 658-0011, Japan
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Email: info-mosaic@gdrc.org
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