{"id":8508,"date":"2018-08-28T14:15:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2018-08-28T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:15:12","slug":"dubai-real-estate-institute-announces-harvard-happy-cities-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/dubai-real-estate-institute-announces-harvard-happy-cities-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Real Estate Institute Announces &#8216;Harvard Happy Cities&#8217; Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced the launch of the \u2018Harvard Happy Cities\u2019 programme, which will be held for two full days on 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> November at the Institute&#8217;s headquarters in DLD.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud El Burai, CEO of DREI, said: \u201cWe are pleased to work with the American-based Harvard School of Executive Education in organising this programme under a happy cities theme. Increasingly, happiness and prosperity have become a measure of social progress and urban prosperity, and those responsible for community planning and development are expected to establish a new definition of growth and progress concepts, taking into account the needs of the general public. Happiness and comfort in cities can be achieved if all entities show effort to exceed the people&#8217;s expectations in all aspects of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third edition of this programme \u2014 in line with DREI\u2019s mission to disseminate real estate knowledge \u2014 will be held under a \u2018Happy Cities\u2019 theme, where the two previous editions were held under \u2018Smart Cities\u2019 and \u2018Future Cities\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day workshop \u2014 consisting of three specific segments \u2014 will identify the required definitions, contexts, focus and efforts to translate the concept of a \u2018happy city\u2019 into reality.<\/p>\n<p>The first segment deals with the definition of \u2018happiness\u2019, how it is measured, and the identification of its targeted parties, contextually addressing the basic variables that will be addressed by exploring these three perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The second segment includes detailed workshops focusing on building priorities in the modern era, addressing issues related to the planet, food, water and energy, as well as to housing, real estate, smart buildings, transport and communications. In the third and final section, a \u2018Compass of Happy Cities\u2019 will be discussed, with a definition of how to measure them and how to assess success.<\/p>\n<p>El Burai added: \u201cThis programme is a valuable opportunity for those interested in the real estate sector and those who plan and develop cities in general. In addition, it is an important tool for those who wish to improve upon their skills and expertise in this field and acquire necessary specialised knowledge that many in the modern era feel they lack.<\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants can register through the Dubai Real Estate Institute website and the deadline for applications will be 30<sup>th<\/sup> October 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/A-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced the launch of the \u2018Harvard Happy Cities\u2019 programme, which will be held for two full days on 11th and 12th November at the Institute&#8217;s headquarters in DLD. Mahmoud El Burai, CEO of DREI, said: \u201cWe are pleased to work with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8510,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8508\/revisions\/8510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}