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1. The document discusses achieving ecological balance in growing cities through culture-environment parity in development planning. 2. It argues that considering both the environment and local culture is necessary to develop cities in a sustainable way and prevent "civilization disasters". 3. The ideal model incorporates cultural values into planning to minimize the "cultural shock of development" and ensure long-term sustainability through community participation and responsibility.
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【业务选择办理准则】
一、工作未确定，回国需先给父母、亲戚朋友看下文凭的情况，办理一份就读学校的毕业证【微信bwp0011】文凭即可
二、回国进私企、外企、自己做生意的情况，这些单位是不查询毕业证真伪的，而且国内没有渠道去查询国外文凭的真假，也不需要提供真实教育部认证。鉴于此，办理一份毕业证【微信bwp0011】即可
三、进国企，银行，事业单位，考公务员等等，这些单位是必需要提供真实教育部认证的，办理教育部认证所需资料众多且烦琐，所有材料您都必须提供原件，我们凭借丰富的经验，快捷的绿色通道帮您快速整合材料，让您少走弯路。
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
【关于价格问题（保证一手价格）】
我们所定的价格是非常合理的，而且我们现在做得单子大多数都是代理和回头客户介绍的所以一般现在有新的单子 我给客户的都是第一手的代理价格，因为我想坦诚对待大家 不想跟大家在价格方面浪费时间
对于老客户或者被老客户介绍过来的朋友，我们都会适当给一些优惠。
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- 1. CULTURE-ENVIRONMENT PARITY IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING A WAY OF ECOLOGICAL BALANCE IN GROWING CITIES BY Keshav Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal ECOCITY WORLD SUMMIT 2008 PROCEEDINGS
- 7. Insert Table World Urban Population Density by Country & Area, 2006
- 8. World Urban Population, 1950-2005 with Projections to 2020
- 11. THE CITY-NATURE CONTINUUM The six City ANTIGENS transform hardware approach into Organic and contribute to create a synchronizing effect of city-nature continuum (CNC) .
- 13. Environment Development Time Status EBoD t 0 Idea l Practical Time Status t 0 t l
- 20. Fig 3: Maslow's model of hierarchy of needs
- 21. URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESOURCES NEEDS & DESIRES EQUILIBRIUM OF FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF URBAN DYNAMICS EXTERNAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCE EXTERNAL TECHNICAL INFLUENCE EXTERNAL PHYSICAL INFLUENCE CONSTRAINTS
- 22. Darkening Gray Area of Cultural Shock of Development (CSD) Time Rate of Change Development Culture Fig 5