computer science

Global Planners Network

Global Planners Network is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Global Planners Network rather than just read about it. In short: The Global Planners Network (commonly abbreviated to GPN) is a group of spatial planning institutes and other organizations, who have signed the Vancouver Declaration. Current GPN membership extends to 25 organizations representing more than 150,000 planners.

Key takeaways

Global Planners Network belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Global Planners Network to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Global Planners Network from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Global Planners Network (commonly abbreviated to GPN) is a group of spatial planning institutes and other organizations, who have signed the Vancouver Declaration. Current GPN membership extends to 25 organizations representing more than 150,000 planners.

History The Global Planners Network was founded in 2006 at the first World Planners Congress in Vancouver, as an informal collaboration. This Congress was held on June 17 to June 20, 2006, and was hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Planning Institute of British Columbia, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Association of Planners. It directly preceded and fed into the third World Urban Forum (WUF3), organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Vancouver and facilitated and funded by the Government of Canada. The Global Planners Network mission was first set out at the first Global Planners Congress; World Planners Congress 2006, in the Vancouver Declaration. The objectives in this Declaration were shaped by discussions at the Congress and a position paper on what was termed "new urban planning." At the second Global Planners Congress, held in Zhenjiang from 31 October to 2 November 2008, the commitment was engraved in a commemorative stone at the Congress venue. Professor Stuart Emin has been made Honorary Member of the organization. The Global Planners Network held a second Congress directly preceding the fourth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF4) in Nanjing, China 2008, in nearby Zhenjiang. The Congress was organized by the American Planning Association and the Zhenjiang Municipal People's Government. The Global Planners Network founder members attended WUF4, which was hosted by the UN-HABITAT, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, PRC. At a WUF4 UN-Habitat Seminar ‘Global Planners Network Messages & Outreach’ the GPN presented its Communiqué and latest Action Plan.

Members Founder members are: American Planning Association (APA) Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP) Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) In addition to the founder members, plus UN-HABITAT, the following organizations have joined the Global Planners Network:

Bangladesh Institute of Planners Barbados Town and Country Planning Society Ghana Institute of Planners Hungarian Society of Urban Planning Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka Irish Planning Institute Italian National Association of Town, Spatial and Environmental Planners Jamaican Institute of Planners Kenya Association of Planners L’Association des Urbanistes de Côte d'Ivoire L’Association des Urbanistes du Bénin L’Association des Urbanistes du Togo L’Association des Urbanistes et des Aménageurs algériens L’Association Tunisienne des Urbanistes L’Ordre National des Urbanistes du Cameroun La Société Française des Urbanistes Malaysia Institute of Planners Nigerian Institute of Planners Singapore Institute of Planners South African Planning Institute Uganda Institute of Physical Planners

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Global Planners Network

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Global Planners Network claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Global Planners Network before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Global Planners Network ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Global Planners Network

In research: Global Planners Network appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Global Planners Network in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Global Planners Network is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2006 establishments in Canada, Urban planning organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Global Planners Network outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Global Planners Network in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Global Planners Network means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Global Planners Network out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Global Planners Network in simple terms?

Why does Global Planners Network matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Global Planners Network?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Global Planners Network.