International Herald Tribune

As a new international port sets to open in 2010, a nearby rural area in South Korea is being scouted to be the nation's next major metropolis.

Germany is straying from the European Union's stated goals of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol by postponing emission reduction requirements for some of the country's largest and most polluting industries.

Few countries include bicycling as a significant part of their transportation policy, but city leaders around the world are investing in cycling infrastructure to reap the benefits of clean, quiet transportation that takes up little space.

As the country's economy booms, the number of prospective college- and graduate school-educated employees has not kept up.

Soviet era buildings don't meet the needs of today's international companies, so local architects and developers are scrambling to build anew.

Reporting to work at four in the morning is a pleasure for Larry Taylor, whose story reflects the history of the city through which he drives.

Are current zoning laws in Indian cities forcing their outward growth? Are these new developments creating more strain on public services than what already exists? What will be the economic impacts of such government policies?

The Chinese government looks to develop rural infrastructure, but what about the political voice of millions of countryside peasants?

Millions of migrant workers make a living at intersections, many selling books and earning a tidy profit.

Without a doubt, Shanghai has surpassed Tokyo in terms of urban energy, buzz, and style.

Development in Shanghai and Osaka over the past decade shows one region growing fast, the other stuck in the mud.

Coal mining in the heart of America's ancient ecosystem is destroying Eastern Kentucky's natural beauty.

Pittsburgh lives and dies with the Steelers. Good thing they won.

How will Torino capitalize on the international attention to revive its fading industrial economy?

The emerging and controversial Israeli barrier wall is in some ways a model of planning reduced to its most primitive goal: separation.

Once a small seaside city most Americans know only from its namesake movie, Casablanca is now Morocco's biggest city and a sprawling metropolis.

President Bush acknowledged that the major overhaul of the nation's energy policy may not bring down high gasoline prices immediately.

Bi-weekly series on mayors of the world's supercities focuses on Seoul's mayor.

Coca-cola is accused of taking scarce groundwater away from landless laborers, polluting it, and selling poisonous factory waste as fertilizer to poor farmers.

Changes in India are leading to different lifestyles and increased materialism in small towns.