Britain

Pollinating Insects Find Refuge in Cities

Despite wildlife declines caused by factors such as Britain's urban sprawl, researchers suspect that cities are better habitats for pollinating insects because they have a greater number and diversity of flowers, reports Rebecca Morelle for BBC.

2 August 2011 - 2:00pm

BBC

Britain's WiFi Networks Mapped

Search giant Google has mapped the location of every WiFi network in Britain. Some say the collection of this information is a violation of privacy.

4 June 2010 - 8:00am

Telegraph

Coastal Towns Told to Radically Transform in Face of Sea Level Rise

Cities along the British coast are being warned that sea level rise over the next 100 years will have significant destructive effects. Officials are being cautioned to consider city-altering plans that shift populations away from endangered areas.

16 January 2010 - 1:00pm

Guardian

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Re-Urbanizing the Suburbanized

The majority of the world's population now lives in urban areas -- except for Britain. Some say that bucked trend must be reversed.

7 December 2009 - 9:00am

Wired UK

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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

Helping is Hurting

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 13:48

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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