Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.

There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh and Jaddah are there, but there are fewer flights than to Delhi, Karachi, and Bombay.

I wonder what a similar infographic would look like today.

#urbanplanning #history #southsouth #levant #Syria #Lebanon #Palestine

UNIDO Publications Showcase the Power of South-South Cooperation - South-South Galaxy #cooperation #southsouth #economy #development https://www.southsouth-galaxy.org/news/unido-publications-showcase-the-power-of-south-south-cooperation/

TNE in HE is about collaboration, not neo-colonialism, writes Robert Coelen, director of the Centre for Internationalisation of Education at the University of Groningen:

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2018070612240068

Given that OERu is a positive example of #TNE, and #NorthSouth, #SouthSouth, and even #NorthNorth cooperation, I thought it might be found interesting.