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Two Deadly Fires in Rapid Succession Expose India’s Gaps in Safety
New York Times· 2 hours agoSeven newborn babies lost their lives after their New Delhi neonatal clinic was engulfed in flames....
China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans, rights group says
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoChina is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, Human Rights Watch...
Why is Mexico City running out of water?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoClimate change and continuing urbanization mean we'll see more of these kinds of problems. "Higher temperatures drive higher water use" after all. The...
Half of world's pastures degraded by overuse, climate change, UN report says
Reuters· 5 days agoHalf the world's natural pasture land has been degraded by overexploitation and the impact of...
Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say -...
ABC17 NEWS· 3 days agoBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of human-caused climate change ...
Buffalo receives architecture and planning award
The Buffalo News· 4 days agoThe Brown administration's Office of Strategic Planning has received a prestigious award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for its Smart Streets...
Chamber pots, shared loos and DIY plumbing: China’s toilet revolution exposes social inequalities
The Conversation· 5 days agoUrbanisation in China tends to be depicted in terms of towering skyscrapers and multilane highways – the city reaching upwards and outwards. Not much thought is given to the vast, but less eye-catching ...
Revealed: the world's most populated cities
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe top 25 Aleksandr Ozerov/Shutterstock Since 2008 more than half the world’s population has lived in towns and cities. Urbanisation is continuing at a...
Renewed flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 15 people in Afghanistan
Associated Press· 7 hours agoRenewed heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people,...
