World

An MIT architecture professor and two students designed and built a 'microvillage' that offers instant community in devastated areas.

A recent survey lists the world's highest rent districts for retailers.

UN-HABITAT has issued a report that gives startling statistics on the increase in substandard living conditions in developing--and developed countries.

A power network that is less vulnerable to blackout can be built by learning from the decentralized nature of the World Wide Web.

As the number of AIDS infections continue to increase all over the world, organizations like the World Bank are 'belatedly' acknowledging its economic impact.

ShoreBank, known for its investments in community development in the U.S., is expanding its services to developing countries.

This issue of Shared Spaces focuses on the role that corporations can play -- now and in the future -- in creating a sustainable future.

Planners and architects offer personal perspectives on the planning challenges facing Belfast, Calcutta, Johannesburg and São Paulo.

A U.N. report titled "People, poverty and possibilities" is alarming but points out measures that can help combat global poverty.

Scientists warn that meeting energy needs while preventing global warming will require a research effort of a magnitude on par with the project to put man on the moon.

The Town Paper profiles Laurie Volk, an expert in determining the market position for new urbanist communities.

This paper identifies four types of Hispanic growth pattern in the 100 largest metro areas.

Growth is necessary in nature. They key is pursuing the right kind of growth.

Does the existence of the "European City" depend on allowing it to be "Americanized?"

This paper proposes new reforms and strategies to help TOD projects overcome barriers and reach their full promise.

Physicist David Criswell, director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations at the University of Houston, has proposed a system for collecting solar power on the moon and beaming it to Earth.

In this second article of his "Diary of a planner" the Italian planner Bernardo Secchi talks about "Welfare"and reformist urban policies.

A report by three industry associations finds that wind power is the "fastest-growing energy source" in the world.