Raúl Bajo and Miguel Ángel Borrella, researchers at the Navarra Center for International Development, have studied whether the impact of VTCs in Spain has boosted the purchase of less polluting cars by traditional taxi drivers. The aim of the research is to observe whether increased competition in the sector helps to renew the taxi guilds' cars in line with the European Union's environmental requirements.
The result of the research was that the interest of the taxi trade in buying new environmentally friendly vehic...
On 10 December, the Navarra Center for International Development organized a workshop titled "Urban Deprivation: from Earth Observation to Urban Policies". International speakers included Monika Kuffer (University of Twente), Stefanos Georganos (Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden), Pere Roca (European Commission & United Nations) and Anthony Boanada-Fuchs (St. Gallen Institute of Management in Latin America).
The workshop, organized by NCID researcher Ángela Abascal
CINDERE and NCID have transmitted more than one million awareness-raising messages on malnutrition, health and education in an information campaign on the challenges facing Guatemala together with the Connected Cities Foundation.
The campaign, called ¡Guatemala, el futuro es hoy!, was carried out during the months of May, July, August and October and consisted of presenting in a clear, concise and descriptive way the great challenges facing Guatemala from the perspective of research for development.
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