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Can Nuclear Power Slow Global Warming?

Despite safety issues and questions about future profits, climate change is causing western governments to take a fresh look at nuclear power.
10 July 2005 - 5:00am
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The Global Housing Boom

Never before have housing prices risen so fast, for so long, in so many countries, according to new research by the Economist.
23 June 2005 - 1:00pm
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Watching The House Price Bubble Burst

How the current housing boom ends could decide the course of the entire world economy over the next few years.
17 June 2005 - 10:00am
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China's Dangerous Love Affair With Cars

Already heavily polluted, China's cities face a troubling picture of many more cars on the roads in coming years.
6 June 2005 - 8:00am
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Troubled Future For Big Oil

The oil industry faces significant challenges in the future.
5 May 2005 - 6:00am
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Restrictions On Development Explain Housing Prices

Zoning restrictions can help to explain why house prices continue to rise.
18 March 2005 - 1:00pm
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Chinese Architecture Becomes Fashionable

Most expensive property prices in mainland China are in areas surrounding Xintiandi, where traditional Shanghai art deco features have been preserved.
16 March 2005 - 6:00am
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Managing The Megalopolis

Can the mayor of São Paulo, South America's biggest city, steer it to a better future?
2 February 2005 - 12:00pm
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Green Architecture Goes Mainstream

"New buildings use design and technology to reduce environmental impact, cut costs and provide better places to work."
6 December 2004 - 6:00am
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New York's Subway Celebrates It's 100th Birthday

New York would simply not be the bustling, crowded, city that it is without its subway system.
9 November 2004 - 8:00am
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Environmental Illusions

The environmental platforms of both George Bush and John Kerry are not quite what they seem.
21 October 2004 - 6:00am
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Why Did Russia Support The Kyoto Protocol?

The Economist analyzes the politics and economics behind the Russian government's decision to approve the Kyoto Protocol.
1 October 2004 - 10:00am
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Computer 'Browsers'

Swiss ask virtual tourists to plan their landscape.
18 September 2004 - 7:00am
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The Car Of The Future Uses Telematics

The Economist examines the car of the future and the implications for transit and travel.
14 September 2004 - 11:00am
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Seoul Searching

"South Korea is the latest country to decide that it needs to build a new capital city. It has some good reasons for doing so, but history suggests it may not be such a great idea"
18 August 2004 - 2:00pm
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Cars Losing Out To Phones As Status Objects

The use of autos as status objects is losing ground to a more environmentally and socially benign item -- phones.
3 May 2004 - 2:00pm
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Wal-Mart -- King Of The World?

The Economist offers a European perspective on the Wal-Mart phenomenon.
20 April 2004 - 9:00am
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Chinese Luxury Homes Are Booming

Cheap designs have lent a surreal touch to China's urban landscape.
31 January 2004 - 9:00am
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Is New Urbanism For Everyone?

Residents of UK town are allergic to 'modern' urban design.
30 January 2004 - 10:00am
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Shanghai Has Big Plans

Shanghai's approach to city development is built around massive and expensive projects.
22 January 2004 - 4:00am
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