Addressing the Complexity of Community-based Urban Green Space Projects
Implementing highly participatory or community-based urban green space planning and management is not easy, but not impossible.... Read More
Brief
Concise, easy-to-digest, and evergreen briefs.
GNA “Brief” platform brings to light complex issues, concepts, potential solutions, innovations, and easy summaries of research findings and reports from international organizations, governments, businesses, and civil society across the Asia Pacific and beyond in concise, easy-to-digest, and evergreen manner.
Looking into Aging Alone, Shrinking Households, and the Struggling Care Systems
As populations grow older, more people are aging alone. Meanwhile, the systems meant to support them are struggling to keep up.... Read More
To be or not to be a family: Understanding the reproductive agency crisis
Conversations on building families get more complex today, posing questions about people’s reproductive agency and rights amid multiple crises.... Read More
Time Poverty and the Rising Mental Health Issues
The fast pace and demand of modern life in a capitalistic society creates time poverty, also linked to the rising mental health issues.... Read More
Integrating Indigenous Design and Modern Engineering for Sustainable Water Treatment
Convergent frameworks that combine Indigenous design and modern engineering offer pathways toward adaptive sustainable water treatment.... Read More
Proceed with Caution: Intersectional and Whole-of-Earth Approach in the Global Energy Transition
A just energy transition must take into account the experience of the affected and vulnerable, human and nature alike.... Read More
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Schools
Threats of gender-based violence still loom above millions of children and youth, urging a better understanding and response mechanism to the issue.... Read More
The Productivity Trap: When Optimization Replaces Living
In an age of optimization, the productivity trap promises efficiency, often at the cost of rest, self-worth, and dignified life.... Read More
Digital Girlhood: Growing Up under the Algorithm
The algorithm is reshaping how girls form identity, self-worth, and belonging in ways that extend far beyond the screen. ... Read More
Health Challenges from Sea-Level Rise Demand Urgency and Accountability
Sea-level rise is swallowing the shore more quickly, presenting complex health challenges that demand urgency and accountability.... Read More