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Yanapay: as a sustainable way to develop grassroots community
INTRODUCTION “Aldea Yanapay” is the combination of a Spanish word Aldea means community and a Quechua word Yanapay means “to help”. This is also the idea which is brought up to Yuri Valencia since 12 years ago in his garage. Aldea Yanapay, Cusco, Peru is a self-sustaining community which aims to transmit to children, young…
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The case of 6700 tree replacements in Hanoi: A literature review on the nonviolence conflict
AbstractThis paper aims to indicate the underlying issues and the source of conflict in the case “The replacement of 6700 trees in Ha Noi” in 2015. This was the local government’s scheme to replace the old, broken, and decaying in the capital city. However, this scheme faced resistance from civil society due to its transparency…
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Administrative urbanization and its impacts on climate change governance in the cities in Vietnam (The example of the expansion of Hanoi since 2008)
Abstract This paper, first, argues that urbanization in Vietnam, in a certain time, is where the decision-making is an exclusive form of power for some individuals or groups. In other words, urbanization is known not only as a spatial, economic, and social phenomenon but also as a mere administrative project. Thus, the process of urbanizing…
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Poland’s yesterday, Vietnam’s today?
IntroductionIn spites of meeting some socio-economic indicators for democratic transition, it is likely that democratization in Vietnam is not a recent future. Being a communism country, Vietnam today can see itself in a somewhat similar situation of Poland at that time of its transition. Both countries have to face with the staleness of communist ideology,…
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Administrative urbanization in Vietnam: The mixture of policies under different economic theories
Abstract The number of the cities has been drastically increasing for the last three decades in Vietnam. The aftermath of industrialization and urbanization, especially during the Doimoi (Reform) which was initiated in 1986 with the goal of creating a “socialist-oriented market economy” in the country is largely responsible for this increase. However, the rapid change…
Nhung Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism
Nhung Nguyen 