Britain

Last Call for Britain's Pubs?

Between new taxes, a smoking ban and the economic downturn, many towns and cities in the UK may soon lose their local pubs.

6 April 2009 - 11:00am

The Globe and Mail

Can Brits Design Good Public Space?

This point-counterpoint from Building Design debates whether the British can design good public spaces.

14 February 2009 - 7:00am

Building Design

Nate Berg

Protecting the poor and protecting the environment are two areas we haven’t quite figured out yet. Put them together, and we’re really up a creek. And we are, because these two silos are actually linked very closely. The relationship between poverty and environmental degradation is incredibly complex, but you wouldn’t guess it by looking at some recent policies gathering support out there in the world. Solutions, it would seem, are incredibly simple. But most of these ideas, though well-intentioned, address only one side of the poverty-environment relationship -- and really hurt the other.

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