Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
The Paris region is loosing its attractiveness and its competitiveness; firstly because of lacking political consensus and secondly because of missing intercommunal structures". This is the opinion of Michel Micheau, director of the ‘Cycle d’Urbanisme’ of political sciences and professor of the University of Paris. Read More
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
ALL AFRICA – The poor roads between the Mombasa port and Kampala is strangling trade and investment in the region, a top official has said. “Goods that would take a week on the way now spend over a month. “This is increasing the cost of doing business since a business person has to hire the
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
ABC News– Some of Australia’s top urban planning experts have put out a manifesto demanding coordinated policies to cope with the rapid growth of our major cities. Read More
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
ASIA TIMES — “We think urban is the future,” says James Lasswell, a retired colonel who now heads the Office of Science and Technology at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. “Everything worth fighting for is in the urban environment.” Read More
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
UNESCO PARIS – An exhibition entitled "Planet Earth: From Space to Place”, organized by the Science Sector, is inaugurated today by Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Goodwill Ambassador, Claudia Cardinale . This event will be held at UNESCO Headquarters throughout the General Conference and features the work of the Organization related to sustainable
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
AL BAWABA – Contracts with a combined total of US$1.25 billion have been awarded in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to Japanese architectural giants Nikken Sekkei. The world’s top architectural practice and global leader in sustainable technologies, Nikken Sekkei will be presenting a series of selected ‘green’ designs from its extensive international portfolio
Monday, October 15th, 2007
EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION – Tradable permits are all the rage in environmental policy. They are already used internationally to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. A group of economists and ecologists from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, are working together to find out whether such schemes could work for wildlife too. So far,
Monday, October 15th, 2007
BARCELONA REPORTER – Spain uses economic boom and demographics as pollution excuse | When it comes to the environment, Spain is the China of Europe. According to the government, population growth and the economic boom of the last ten years are making it very difficult for Spain to fulfill pollution emission limits and other environmental
Monday, October 15th, 2007
BELLONA NORWAY – A new study from Bellona concludes that wide deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) can reduce global CO2 emissions by 33 percent by 2050. This proves that CCS is an important options for mitigating climate change. Read More
Monday, October 15th, 2007
AME INFO – DWC Commercial City, the business and commerce capital of Dubai World Central (DWC) – the 140 square kilometres urban aviation project under development in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates – has finalised its master plan that incorporates the best of city planning processes from around the world. Read More
