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Newly Reborn Cities Must Be An Engine For Sustainable Growth

A national centre dedicated to building sustainable communities is part of a British government scheme to modernise urban planning.
22 April 2004 - 12:00pm
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Air Pollution Does Not Only Come From Cars

The rapid growth in air travel could wipe out any improvement in greenhouse gas emissions.
17 April 2004 - 9:00am
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Thinking Of Buying A New Car? Think Again!

The British Guardian newspaper offers some tips on evaluating the true cost of owning a car.
16 April 2004 - 10:00am
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UK Launches Land Restoration Trust To Create Open Green Spaces

The new venture is aimed at transforming eyesores into valuable community assets.
8 April 2004 - 1:00pm
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Freedom Brings Cars And Pollution To Tirana Albania

In a country where most of the cars on the road are stolen, an ambitious new environment minister wants to treat excessive vehicle emissions as a crime.
30 March 2004 - 6:00am
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Why Aren't People Using Jakarta's New Busway?

Jakarta's new busway is clean, cool, safe and speedy, yet it still has not gotten significant numbers of people out of their cars.
28 March 2004 - 11:00am
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Trouble Downstream

Southeast Asian countries that depend on the Mekong River are being threatened by extensive dam building upstream.
27 March 2004 - 1:00pm
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In Defense Of Town Retail Vs. Out-of-town Big Boxes

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Prescott weighs in for the towns.
27 March 2004 - 7:00am
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Encouraging Young People To Think About Their Built Environment

British 'Spacemakers' project offers a thought-provoking approach to inclusive urban planning and design practices.
22 March 2004 - 5:00am
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A Gated Community On Every Corner?

Are gated communities a legitimate alternative to increase safety, or a fundamental breakdown of the social fabric.
19 March 2004 - 9:00am
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British Rail Services Struggle To Reinvent Themselves

The privatisation of the rail network has decimated passenger rail service in Britain.
17 March 2004 - 6:00am
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Secret Pentagon Climate Change Report Contradicts Bush

A leaked secret Pentagon report warns of the catastrophic impacts of global warming in contrast to the Bush administration's stand on climate change.
24 February 2004 - 11:00am
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Congestion Charge Scofflaws' Cars Are Crushed

Forty cars owned by congestion charge scofflaws avoiding the £5-a-day fee get crushed in London.
20 February 2004 - 7:00am
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A Global Water Shortage?

Is the balance between development and our environment so uneven that we are on the verge of a global water crisis?
19 February 2004 - 9:00am
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Low Impact Homes Search For A Home in The Welsh Countryside

A cause celebre of the Welsh sustainable living movement is tired of fighting the planners.
17 February 2004 - 1:00pm
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Congestion Charging Catching On

As London's congestion charging scheme celebrates it's first year success, cities around the world are contemplating the concept.
17 February 2004 - 6:00am
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The World's Fastest Train

Next week China launches the world's fastest train, which uses magnetic levitation technology and runs at 430kph.
16 January 2004 - 7:00am
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New Developments Are Not Letchworthy

Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian writes that Letchworth, the 100 year old brainchild of Ebenezer Howard, is more or less a successful model of 'sustainable community'.
4 December 2003 - 1:00pm
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China's Three Gorges Dam

The massive engineering project has permanently altered the country's landscape while forcing 700,000 people to relocate.
5 November 2003 - 1:00pm
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One Of The World's Most Unspoilt Skylines Is At Risk

A housing and office space crisis is forcing Paris, a city with one of the world's most unspoilt skylines, to consider lifting a 30-year ban on tall buildings.
4 November 2003 - 6:00am
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