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Blighted and forgotten waterfront areas are on track for development in Scotland using 19th century new towns as inspiration.

With major world cities growing in size and economic power, could the next step be independence?

Mayor Ken Livingston is proposing raising the city's congestion charge for SUVs to £25, while providing discounts for low-emissions vehicles.

As part of a larger, worldwide series, Guardian's architecture critic Dejan Sudjik writes about grand plans for Detroit's turnaround.

A report requested by the U.S. Congress validates the theory that the earth has grown hotter in the last century.

Daily, hundreds of thousands of people are migrating from rural to urban areas. While cities in developed countries have the economy and infrastructure to handle the influx, developing countries are flooded with people and drowning in problems.

A U.S. foreign policy magazine and think tank have released a ranking of 146 nations by their degree of failure. Sudan tops the list.

Only four days after President Morales' decision, gas companies in Bolivia are making decisions about nationalizing, or leaving. They have 180 days from May 1 to decide.

The San Francisco Bay Area is investing in seismic retrofit projects for public infrastructure, such as strengthening hospitals, bridges, overpasses, and water mains. But private residences remain vulnerable.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune and Biloxi Sun Herald win prizes for public service in their coverage of the hurricane aftermath.

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent fire devastated the city known as "Paris of the West" and ranks as one of the nation's worst disasters in history.

A recent court case has focused attention on Johannesburg's decrepit housing, although the government insists its building pace is adequate.

Iceland tops out over South Korea in a study examining which nations have the highest concentration of broadband users.

The "meaningless ritual" is a waste of time, according to this opinion piece.

India's economic boom has had a positive impact on the lives of women. From highly paid, salaried professionals to small scale entrepreneurs, women are becoming financially independent while getting organized.

A recent report says that over 80 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's farmland is unfit to produce enough food to sustain millions of hungry inhabitants.

After many dangerous encounters, a British team claims to have discovered that the world's longest river is actually 107 kilometers longer than previously thought.

In front of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity, he calls for greater funding to protect environmental resources.

Using advanced irrigation technology imported from Europe and Israel, the war torn country is producing tons of good food for its residents.

The energy strategy that relies on large numbers of people enacting small energy-saving measures needs better planning and more funding, according to experts.