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Proposed Spaceport Leaves Concerns About Wildlife

narhvalur wrote 14 hours ago: Houston Chronicle2012-06-02:                      A proposed spaceport in South Texas could harm end … more →

Tags: wildlife, technology

Rural Flight

Sufyan bin Uzayr wrote 2 days ago: By: Peter Goodchild How is it possible that overpopulation and depopulation are both causing so much … more →

Tags: Environment, issues, Agriculture, Goodchild, migration to cities, peter, Rural, Village Life

A Model of Successful Cities

Tyler wrote 2 days ago: The New York Times has a great story on cities with clusters of college graduates. DAYTON, Ohio — As … more →

Tags: Tyler, Education, urban policy

Urbanisation, Gender and Urban Poverty

urbangovernance wrote 3 days ago: ‘‘International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) and United Nations Population Fund ( … more →

Tags: Urban Studies, Urban Poverty, poverty studies, Urban Statistics, Urban Reports, urbanisation, Sustainable Urban Development, urban poverty, Urban Poor

Earth In Major Resource Overdraft---WWF's Report the Living Planet2 comments

narhvalur wrote 4 days ago: Seattle Post2012-05-28:                      By 2030 humanity will need two planets worth of resourc … more →

Tags: Conservation, Consumption and Overpopulation, Earth; Overconsumption

We must go back now.

Aarthi wrote 4 days ago: The old ways. Sustainable ways of living. Where are we now? Is this all virtual reality? All work an … more →

Tags: Lifestyle, human civilization, simplicity, ideal ways of living, The past..., Our World, Our Future

A Sad Story: All The Frogs Were Victims Of Road Kill! Carelees Drivers without Compassion!!:((((

narhvalur wrote 5 days ago: … more →

Tags: Amphibians, All Frogs Killed Despite Road Sign

Hong Kong Plan To Build 25 Islands; Wildlife Threatens Say Experts

narhvalur wrote 5 days ago: The Guardian2012-05-27:                      Creation of 1,500 hectares of land in the region is fla … more →

Tags: Wildlife -Man Conflict, Hong Kong To Build 35 Islands

Lovely Bicycle!

Adjoa wrote 6 days ago: Browsing for photos of bicycles under the Google search ‘street etiquette bicycles‘ I fo … more →

Tags: Americas, Culture, Transportation, Lovely Bicycle! Blog

SA Natural Wetlands Disappearing2 comments

narhvalur wrote 1 week ago: Independent online (SA)2012-05-24: Durban – South Africa’s wetlands are the most threatened ec … more →

Tags: Landscape and Nature, SA Wetlands Disappearing

Urbanization's Effect on Church Growth

Stacy Ping wrote 1 week ago: A friend from a region known for low church attendance recently posed the question, “Why is th … more →

Tags: Blog, CPM

Multicolored Monolith1 comment

saraheszweda wrote 1 week ago: Combining various perspectives and bold, bright colors, Lee Baker created his installation entitled … more →

Tags: Misc, Photography, Cool, Art, modern, COLOR

Socializing leads to satisfaction

mikaelbjorling wrote 1 week ago: In my previous post, I wrote that commuting is the biggest source of stress and frustration for peop … more →

Tags: ericsson Networked society, Consumers, in english, consumerlab, Networked society, Cities, city-dweller, twitter

How much commotion does your commute cause?

mikaelbjorling wrote 1 week ago: I consider myself lucky. It takes me 15 minutes to drive to my work: Ericsson’s headquarters in Stoc … more →

Tags: ericsson Networked society, Consumers, in english, consumerlab, Networked society, Cities, commuting time, Public Transport

Migration patterns

AK wrote 1 week ago: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/diasporas … more →

Tags: migration, Global, World

Urban Growth

Marieke Fenton wrote 1 week ago: Between starting a new job – mid-April -, preparing for my sister’s wedding – last … more →

Tags: population, Multimedia, Iran, Maps, Tehran, Las Vegas, Ontario, California, santiago

Self Driving Cars continued

Tyler wrote 1 week ago: Timothy Lee writes a list of potential impacts of self driving cars. The list includes: Greater dens … more →

Tags: Tyler, technology, Innovation

Street TVs happen to be Major consumers of Electricity

Aarthi wrote 1 week ago: Urbanization has brought about a set of unique challenges to people who wish to save resources from … more →

Tags: climate activism, green awareness, Energy efficiency, save electricity, Urban Strategies, inefficient businesses practices, street tvs, Energy wastage

Soaring to Sinking: How Building Up Is Bringing Shanghai Down1 comment

Kate Springer wrote 1 week ago: Shanghai’s skyline glitters with sleek financial skyscrapers and glossy residential towers, bu … more →

Tags: China, Beijing, development, Ground water, Land Subsidence, Shanghai, sinking


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