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The RMIT Global Cities Research Institute is one of the four major research institutes of the Australian university the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Victoria.〔(About RMIT ), RMIT University, accessed: July 10, 2012〕 It was formed in 2006 as one of the four flagship research bodies at the university crossing all the disciplines from the humanities and social sciences to applied science and engineering. It has 200 staff, affiliated with seven programs.〔(accessed: September 15, 2012 )〕 # Global Climate Change Research leader: Darryn McEvoy # Globalization and Culture Research leaders: Formerly Manfred Steger and Chris Hudson # Community Sustainability Research leaders: Supriya Singh and Yaso Nadarajah # Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures Research leaders: Ralph Horne and John Fien # Human Security and Disasters Research Leaders: John Handmer and Jeff Lewis # Urban Decision-Making and Complex Systems Research Leader: Lin Padgham # Global Indigeneity and Reconciliation Research Leader: Barry Judd The Institute's founding Director was Paul James (2006–2013). ==Context== The research of the Global Cities Institute Cities begins with the proposition that cities are the crucible of contemporary human living. Cities are reframing the way in which people live on this planet. The research of the institute encompasses questions of globalization,〔M. Steger, 2008, ''The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the War on Terror'', Oxford University Press, Oxford.〕 cultural change and community sustainability,〔P. James, Y. Nadarajah, K. Haive, and V. Stead, 2012, ''Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Development: Other Paths for Papua New Guinea'', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.〕 human security,〔J. Lewis, 2008, ''Bali: Forbidden Crisis'', Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham; and J. Handmer and S. Dovers, 2007, ''The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policy and Institutions'', Earthscan, London.〕 and urban restructuring under pressure〔J. Calame and E. Charlesworth, 2009, ''Divided cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia'', University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.〕 Over the last decade, billions of dollars have been spent on development and security projects by both government and non-government agencies. Despite this investment, many communities continue to live under enormous pressure. Understanding this set of problems is central to the research agenda of the Global Cities Institute. It has implications for basic questions of sustainability. For the Global Cities Institute, developing a thorough on-going research program entails going beyond identifying the immediate threats to cities and communities to explore pathways towards enhancing sustainability, security, resilience and adaptation. The Institute has partnerships with many other programs. The Institute is engaged with the City of Melbourne on a series of projects, including the Future Melbourne project. It has global collaborations with the UN Global Compact, UN-HABITAT, Metropolis, and other institutes and centres across the world. Through the work of the Global Cities Institute, RMIT was named in 2008 as the first UN Habitat university in the Asia-Pacific region. From 2007 the Institute has hosted the United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme, the only International Secretariat of the United Nations in the Asia-Pacific region.〔(accessed: September 15, 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RMIT Global Cities Research Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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