The Sydney Morning Herald

While still dogged by its tawdry and crime-ridden reputation, London's East Side is booming with nightlife and vibrant neighborhoods. More big redevelopment plans underway as the city begins to prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

Citing the example of Cuban organic farming, this piece from The Sydney Morning Herald looks at the paradigm that pits cities against all that is natural.

Wendell Cox has diagnosed what he sees as Sydney, Australia's most crippling problem: not enough freeways. Australian developers have taken in America's most vocal supporter of sprawl, who is pushing for more drivability in Sydney.

The ills that affect our cities can be cured with more sustainable urban planning, says one Australian public health practitioner.

Poll shows that Australians disapprove of the Federal Government's response to increases in gas prices and interest rates.

Suburban growth patterns are among a host of factors considered detrimental to public health in several recent stories featured in the Australian media.

The mayor of Sydney calls for investment in a new light rail network to combat congestion and improve public transport in the city.

While a London-style congestion charge is unpopular with voters, experts agree that a congestion pricing scheme for major arterial roads is the only way to solve the city's traffic problems.

Six years and millions of dollars later, Sydney's public transit users are still without a universal fare card system.

Columnist Michael Duffy argues that new planning techniques and leadership in Sydney are discouraging sprawl and forcing density into the cities and towns that can least support the growth.

New South Wales Sustainability Commissioner Peter Newman is fired as the state's sustainability commissioner.

Light rail may be the answer to the transportation crisis in Sydney, Australia, argues chief executive of City of Sydney council, Peter Seamer.

John Pucher outlines the benefits of cycling for health and an integrated transportation system in response to an earlier editorial bashing bike-riding.

An opinion columnist argues that smart growth techniques will only hurt Sydney in the long run, turning it into a 'rat's nest.'

An editorial lists all of the ways that the Australian government failed in not implementing the strategy in two Sydney neighborhoods.

An in-depth look at Australia's second fastest-growing city.

The U.N. Secretary General speaks out against haphazard planning and slum conditions in many world cities.

Australia's top city deserves a world-class transportation system.

The creation of a new Western Sydney Parklands is predicted to be the largest park in the world.

Computers and high-tech equipment from Western economies are being recycled in dangerous village processing plants in China, India and other parts of Asia.