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Culturally Driven Waste Management
Does Limited Land Space Force Innovation?
What a Waste of Land: America vs Japan's Cultures Dealing With Waste Management
How Culture Influences Waste Management in Japan and America
Factors Influencing Waste Management Around the World
Trash Disposal in Japan and the United States
Cultural and Environmental Differences Surrounding MSW in Japan and the US
A Rubbish System: Why Incineration Works in Japan
To Burn or Bury? Waste Disposal in Japan and America
Talking about Trash: Cultural and Environmental factors
Cultural & Environmental Influences on Waste Management
Down and Dirty: the Root of Waste Management Practices
Cultural Influence on Waste Management
The Culture of Waste Management
Personal Observations on Waste Management in Japan
Incineration vs. Landfills: Culture's Impact on MSW Management
Waste disposal in Japan and the US
U.S. and Japan Waste: Quality over Quantity Triumphs
Whose Management Is More Trash?
More Trash & How to Deal with It
SWM: Solid Waste (Mis)management in the U.S. and Japan
A Reflection on Waste Disposal in Japan and the U.S.
A Mountain of a Problem: Trash Disposal in Japan and America
Wasting Away: Waste Disposal in Japan
Burning up the Trash in Japan
Disposing Waste in the US and Japan: Is Either Way Right?
Waste Disposal in Japan and the US
Taking Out the Trash: Solid Waste Management in Japan vs. the United States
Regional Differences in Japan and America
Regional Culture: Keihanshin and Greater Tokyo
Settling down in Keihanshin
Regions in Japan and the US
Professional attire or streetwear?
East and West: Regionalism in Japan
Regional Differences, Keihanshin vs. Tokyo
Two Megaregions, Two Cultures
Cultural Aspects of Development
Observations of Japan's Two Megaregions
Cultural Differences in the World's Most Homogeneous Nation
Regionalism in Japan and America
Regionalism in Japan's Megaregions
Greater Tokyo vs. Keihanshin: Comparing Japan's Megaregions
Regionalism in Japan
Building Smart Cities in Japan
Are heated toilets energy efficient?
The Suica Life: Taking a Look at Japan's Innovations
Smart & Sustainable: Japan's Take on Development
Japan's Smart and Sustainable Technology
Smart (and maybe Sustainable) Tech around Japan
Kobe Arrival and Smart Tech
Smart Japanese Cities
Sustainable development in Japan: what is "smart" and what isn't?
Japan's Smart & Sustainable Solutions
Smarter than the Average Technology: Smart Technology in Japan
Is the Shinkansen Japan’s ICE or TGV?
"Smart" Sustainability
Smart Technologies in Japan
Smart Cities in Japan
Can a City Be Resilient?
The Shinkansen: More than a Fuji Photo Op
Cities to Suburbs to Small Towns: Diversity in Sustainability
Shinkansen, Streetcars, and Subways
Intercity Travel in Japan
Shinkansen: Let's Get on the Train!
Traveling on the Shinkansen
Traveling in Japan
Sustainability in the Exterior of a Megaregion
Achieving Sustainability Inside and Outside Megaregions
A Tale of Subways, Buses, and Shinkansen
High Speed to Kyoto
Shinkansen: Intercity Travel in Japan
Resilience in Japan
Shinkansen: 55 Years of Sustainable Precision
Japan Train Systems, led by the king, the Shinkansen
From Tokyo to Fukushima
Sustainability Inside and Outside of a Japanese Megaregion
The simplicity of the Shinkansen
From Megaregion to Exclusion Zone
Sustainability in Megaregions and Rural Japan
In and out of mega-regions
Fukushima is fighting back
Our exit from the Tokyo megaregion and Fukushima reflections
Fukushima: A land with an unfortunate history, but a sustainable future
Speeding on the Shinkansen
Visiting Fukushima
Reflections from our JR East tour
Emulating Japan's Transit System
Sustainable Transit: Japan vs. United States
How Tokyo's Transit System Compares to the US
Differences in Sustainable Transportation: Japan vs. United States
Japan's Transit System
Japan vs. the United States: A Tale of Two Transit Systems
Sustainable Transportation in Japan
Sustainable Transportation in Japan
Improving the Transit System: looking into Japan and America
Sustainability in JR East
Tokyo Transit Continued: Japan vs America and JR East
Japanese vs US Transit
Tokyo Transit! Our Beginnings
A Look into JR East Transit
Reflection on Tokyo's Transit System
A Look at Tokyo Transit Systems
Japan: the leader in transit sustainbility
The Ideal Transit System
Experiencing Tokyo's Transit
Blog Post #1: Tokyo Transit Tour
Tokyo Transit
Traversing Tokyo's Transit
After a Day on Tokyo Transit
A Trek on Tokyo Transit
Traveling on Tokyo's Transit System
Learning about Tokyo’s Transit System for a Day
Tokyo Transit Tour
A Time at Tokyo Transits
Reflections from a True Mirror
A Reflection on Cycling in the Netherlands
Blog Post 8: Final Thoughts
Blog Post 8
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts
BP 8: Final Thoughts
BP#8: Final Thoughts
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts on Dutch Transport Design
What I Learned from Zealous Dutch Planners Is _________
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts on Dutch Transport
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts
Blog Post #8: Final Thoughts
Sustainable Transportation in the Netherlands: Final Thoughts
Post #8: Final Thoughts
Blog Post 7: Transit in the Netherlands
Blog Post #7: Transit in the Netherlands
Blog Post #7: Transit and Bike Integration in the Netherlands
Blog Post #7:Transit
Post #7: Transit and Bike Integration
Blog Post #7: Transit and The Netherlands
BP #7: Public Transit in the Netherlands
Blog Post 7: Bikes + Transit = Sustainable Transportation
BP#7: Transit & Bike Integration
Integrating Transit & Bicycles
BP 7: Integrated systems
Post #7: Transit & Bike Integration
Transit and Bike Integration
Transit and Bikes
Bleeding Efficiency: The Dutch Transit Story
Blog Post 7: Transit and bike integration
Blog Post #6: Houten
BP 6: Houten
Houten
Blog Post 6: Houten (the world did they do it? )
Houten: Andre Loves It
Blog Post 5: Houten
Blog Post 6: Houten City Planning
BP#6: Houten Transportation Network Design
Houten City Planning
Blog Post #6: Houten's City Planning
Blog Post #6: The Plan for Houten
Blog Post #6: Houten and Sustainable Transportation
Houten Highlights
Blog Post #6: The Ins and Outs of Houten
Blog Post #6: The Houten Experience
Post #6: Houten Transportation Network Design
The Netherlands: Initial Assessment
Blog 5: Initial Assessment - US vs. the Netherlands
BP #5: Initial Assesment of the Netherlands
Blog 5: Initial Assessment
Blog Post 5: Initial Assessment
BP #5: Delft Initial Assessment
Blog Post 5: Initial Assessment of First Two Days in the Netherlands
Blog 5: Welcome to Delft, Initial Assesment
Blog Post 5: Initial Assessment
Blog Post #5: Initial Assessment
BP#5 The Netherlands: Initial Assessment
Two Days Abroad: Initial Assessment
Blog Post #5: Initial Assessment
Initial Assessment
The Dutch Magic Touch: Initial Takeaways
Initial Assessment of Biking in the Netherlands
Blog Post 4: The Impact of Transportation Design and Planning in the Netherlands and the U.S.
Blog Post #4: Differences in Design and Planning
BP 4: Atlanta vs Netherlands Design and Planning
Blog Post #4: State of Cycling in America vs the Netherlands
Blog Post #4: Transportation Planning & Design of US & Netherlands
BP 4 - Cycling Back to the Separated Track: America's Recovery from Vehicular Cycling
Blog Post #4: Transportation Design and Planning in the Netherlands
Blog Post #4: Design Planning in the Netherlands vs United States
BP#4 Atlanta vs. Netherlands: Design and Planning Differences
What We Can Learn From Our Friends Across the Pond
Blog Post 4: Design and Planning in America vs. the Netherlands
BP#4: Contrasting American and Dutch Transportation Design
Cycling Infrastructure in the Netherlands vs. the U.S.
Post #4 City Cycling in America vs. Netherlands: Design and Planning Differences
Blog Post #4: Comparing Design Fundamentals in the Netherlands and United States
America vs. Netherlands: Design and Planning Differences
Blog Post #3: Mentoring, Leadership, Feedback
Leadership, Mentorship, and Feedback
Post #3: Leadership, Mentorship, and Feedback
Blog Post 3 - Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post 3: Mentoring, Feedback, and Leadership, Oh My!
BP #3 Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post #3: Mentoring, Leadership, and Feedback
BP#3: Mentoring and Leadership
Blog Post 3: Mentoring, Leadership, and Feedback
Blog Post #3: Leadership, Mentoring, and Feedback
Post #2: ATL Tour & Netherlands Comparisons
Mentoring, Feedback, and Leadership
Leadership, Mentoring, and Feedback
Post #3: Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post #3: Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post #3: Leadership, Mentoring, and Feedback
Leadership and Mentoring
Serah Mungai
Blog Post #2: Cycling Comparison - Atlanta vs. Netherlands
Conor Hill
Bike Tours and World Wars: How and Why Our Bike Infrastructure Differs from the Netherlands
Blog Post #2: Bike Tour of Atlanta
Blog Post #2: Cycling Atlanta and Comparison
Blog Post #2: Atlanta Bike Tour
Blog 2: Atlanta Bike Tour and Comparison to Netherlands
Blog Post #2: Atlanta Bicycle Tour
Nick Padula
Blog Post 2: Comparing Atlanta and Dutch Cycling Infrastructure
Bicycle Tour of Atlanta
BP #2: Atlanta vs. Netherlands: Comfort and Perception
Blog Post #2: Atlanta vs. Netherlands: Comfort and Perception
BP#2 ATL Tour & Dutch Infrastructure: Comfort and Perception
Liston Mehserle
ATL Cycle Tour and Dutch Cycle Infrastructure
Ben Weishaar
Biking in Atlanta vs. the Netherlands
Corey Whitlock
Post #2 ATL by Bicycle
Jenna Krieger
Laura Kelly
Katharine Brand
Becca Kiriazes
Natalie Daugherty
Japan Summer Program in Sustainable Development
Sushi in Japan
The State Key Laboratory for Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP) Lab Tour
Intermodality
Blog #8 - Final Thoughts
Blog #8 Final Thoughts
Blog Post #8 - Final Thoughts
Blog #8 - Final Thoughts
BP8 - City on the Verge
Blog #8: Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts: Multimodal Thinking is Key
Blog Post #8: Good Intentions, Full Hearts, and Final Thoughts
Blog #8 Final Thoughts
BP7 - Dutch Solutions to American Problems
Blog #7 - Bikes & Transit
Blog Post 8 - Final Thoughts
Blog Post #7 - Transit
Blog Post #4 - City Cycling Readings
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Blog Post #8: Final Reactions
Food in Japan (和食)
Slope Stability Solutions in China and Japan
Wenjia Gully Visit
Food in China
Blog Post #8 Final Thoughts
Blog #7: Transit
The Effects of Earthquakes and Landslides on Structures - Old Beichuan City
The Forbidden City and The Tokyo Imperial Palace
Blog 7: Transit
Blog 7: Transit System Interactions
The Dutch Take on Park and Rides
Blog Post #7: Bikes & Transit
BP6 - The New American Suburb?
Blog Post #6 - Houten
Blog Post #7: Biking and Transit
Transit
Blog #7- Bikes + Transit
Blog Post #7: Transit Adventures
Blog Post #7 Transit
Blog 6 - Houten
Blog 6. Houten
Houten Hears a Who
Houten - The NL Suburban Utopia
Blog Post #6 - Houten
Blog #6 - The Bike Town Houten
The Great Journey (plus Houten)
Blog 6: Houten
Blog #6- Houten
Blog Post #6: Houten's Transportation Network
Blog Post #6: Bike City of the Year (Houten)
Blog Post #6 - Houten
BP5 - Meant to Be
Blog Post #5 - The Dutch Difference
Blog #5 Initial Assessment
Follow the Red Paved Road
Blog #5 - Bike Heaven
Blog #5 Initial Assessment
Blog Post #5: The Adventure Begins
Fiets is Koning
Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
Blog #5 - Cycling in the Netherlands
Blog #5 - Dutch Cycle System
Blog #5- Life's About Balance
Blog Post #5: Initial Reaction to the Dutch Bike System
Blog Post #5 - Initial Assessment
Blog 4: Different Views
Blog Post #4 - Readings
BP4 - A *wrong* Approach
Blog #4: "The One Where We Plan for Cyclists"
Pre-Trip Readings
Blog #4 - City Cycling Readings
City Cycling
Blog Post #4: City Cycling
Blog Post #4: An Adventure in Reading (before the real adventure begins)
A Different Approach
Blog Post #4 City Cycling
Blog #4 Readings
Blog #3 - Leadership
Blog Post #4 City Cycling Chapters
Blog #3 - Leadership
Blog Post #3 - Mentorship, Leadership, and Feedback
Blog #3 - Leadership and Mentors
Mentors
Blog Post #3: Leadership, Mentoring and Feedback
Blog #3- Leadership
Mentors and Leaders
BP3 - M.L.F.
Blog Post #3: Leadership & Mentoring
Blog #3: Leadership and Mentoring
Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post #3, Leadership
Blog Post #3: Leadership and Mentoring
Blog Post #3 Leadership
US v. NL
Blog Post #2 - There's Hope
Atlanta: Made with Soul (Cycling)
Blog Post #2 - Atlanta and The Netherlands
BP2 - Thriving
Blog Post #2 - Netherlands: 1 Atlanta: 0
ATL Biking and Netherlands Videos
Blog Post #2 - Douglass
Blog Post #2: Atlanta Isn't Perfect
Blog Post #2: Atlanta is Trying but the Dutch are Better
Blog Post #2: Atlanta vs. The Netherlands
Blog Post #2 ATL tour and the Netherlands
Blog #2: Atlanta and The Netherlands
Blog Post #2 - ATL Tour & Videos
Dave Ederer
Jack Glodek
Amy Harper
Sara Douglass
Andrew Pofahl
Michelle Henriques
Anna Peterson
Kaitlyn Schaffer
Richard Sinz-Lopez
Sarah Wilson
Kanaad Deodhar
Re'Nisha Clayton
Will Chung
Adam Borsch
Cindy Bledsoe
Serve. Learn. Sustain.
Reflecting on our trip to the Netherlands
Applying Netherlands Design Standards to Marietta Street in Atlanta Georgia
First Impressions of the Netherlands: OMG. This is a cyclist’s paradise.
Is public transit supporting or competing with bicycles?
Final Thoughts
Transit Tour in Amsterdam
Houten
Final Thoughts
Dutch Transit: The Bike, the Train, and the Tram
Final Thoughts
Transit & Bikes, Bikes & Transit
Final Thoughts
Dutch vs US
Final Thoughts
Wrap Up
Integrating Transit
Trains, trams, and busses minus the bikes.
Last Mile Connectivity - The Lifestyle
Bikes on a Train (Not really)
Cultivating Creativity
Houten
Houten, an Experiment
Houten: The most "bicycle friendly" city EVER
Houten
Houten
Houten
Houten
Pre-trip readings: Learning from a distance
First Thoughts
First Impressions -- I LOVE IT HERE!!
Sorry for the Delay Blogs 2,3
First Impressions
Welcome to the Netherlands blog 5
Initial Experience in the Netherlands
Two Whole Days
Biking the Netherlands
Pre-Trip Readings
Blog 4 Readings
Pre-trip Readings
Cycling Readings
Pre-trip Readings
Pre-Trip Readings
Feedback: The Essence of Sustainability
Ready to fly, ride, walk, and cycle (and that's just the first day)
Leadership etc. Blog Post 3
Mentorship, Leadership and Feedback Across Cultures
Mentorship and Leadership
Mentoring, Leadership, and Feedback
Mentoring, Leadership, and Providing Feedback
Mentoring, Leadership, and Feedback
Infrastructure or Culture (A chicken and the egg dilemma)
Impressions of Cycling in Atlanta
A Cycling Comparison
Atlanta vs. the Netherlands
Biking Atlanta
blogPost2 Wagenbuur
Biking in Atlanta
Introduction - April
Introduction- DeShawn
Introduction - Jordan
XNA
Introduction - Anna
Introduction- Miller
Introduction Blog Post- Spencer
I Bike Holand
Introduction - Alice
Netherlands 2017
#GTDisasterRecon: Japan
#GTDisasterRecon: Climbing Mt. Fuji, Japan
#GTDisasterRecon: Day Four in Chengdu, China
#GTDisasterRecon: Day Three in Chengdu, China
#GTDisasterRecon: Day Two in Chengdu, China
#GTDisasterRecon: Chengdu, China
#GTDisasterRecon: Beijing and beyond
#GTDisasterRecon: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Silk Market
#GTDisasterRecon: The Great Wall and Wangfujing Street (for a second time)
#GTDisasterRecon: A first look at Beijing
#GTDisasterRecon: Meet the team
#GTDisasterRecon: Pretravel
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