YouTube - The Price of Renewal - 2 views
Dhaka Bangladesh | Megacity | Urbanization - 2 views
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2006/images/chapter2/maps/map_2-1.gif - 0 views
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Population density Sydney
Google Image Result for http://www.oneinchpunch.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/0... - 1 views
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Kowloon walled city
MapTube Map - 0 views
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2007 population density of London
World Urbanization Prospects, the 2009 Revision - 1 views
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Up to date figures for urbanization and cities worldwide. Links to an extensive report on World Urbanization 2009
Living Geography: Eco-City... - 3 views
Emerging City Innovation | GOOD - 6 views
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Video from GOOD - Most of the world's population now lives in cities. How can we make sure these urban centers are good homes for humanity? Cities from Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro to Seoul are leading the way, using fresh ideas to reduce pollution and waste; provide efficient, clean transportation; and support biodiversity.
Percentage of global population living in cities, by continent | Environment | guardian... - 0 views
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Studies have shown city dwellers have smaller carbon footprints than their countries' national averages
YouTube - Mumbai's Slums-the Real Scene Behind "Slumdog Millionaire" - 1 views
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This is Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum, and it's about to change forever. Once a mangrove swamp on the edge of Mumbai, more than one million people now live in these five-hundred-and-fifty acres. ...
The Death and Life of Model "Eco-cities" | GOOD - 2 views
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From Florida to China, showcase "green" communities are popping up all over the globe. But some have already failed. Here are four model cities that might actually make it.
In pictures: World's poor overwhelmed by rubbish | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 2 views
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World Environment Day was established by the UN in 1972 to give a human face to environmental issues. But as these images show, developing countries suffer the worst effects of waste and pollution. Here, a trash-covered creek in Manila, Philippines, where slums often adjoin rubbish dumps. The country's poorest sift through the garbage to find discarded objects they can sell on or re-use, or even scraps of food to eat
Taming Oxford Circus | GOOD - 0 views
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Oxford Circus, in London's West End shopping district, accommodates 43,000 people and 2,000 vehicles every hour. But not very well. It's chaotic, crowded, and dangerous. Here's an animation explaining the problems and solutions
Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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VAUBAN, Germany - Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district
BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Urbanisation - 1 views
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Trace the past and future expansion of the world's biggest cities with the BBCs interactive map (urbanisation and urban growth) The world in 2050: leading experts give their forecasts for the urban future Making cities work: Detroit, Mexico City, Moscow and China Rural to urban migrants speak out.
Gethin Chamberlain reports on life inside Mumbai's biggest slum | World news | The Obse... - 2 views
The Places We Live - Magnum Photos - 1 views
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Jonas Bendiksen provide us with photos from four different slum areas which he visited: Caracas, Venezuela; Mumbai, India; Nairobi, Kenya; and Jakarta, Indonesia. He offers us a view of various aspects of slum life through images and narration he acquired while visiting 16 different homes in these cities.
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