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RTPI NEWS - World Urban Forum: recounting the past, present and future.(CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT)
The forum was designed for discussing concerns and forming partnerships, explain Steven Brasier and Mark Seasons.
One does not have to look far to observe that we live in rapidly changing times. Throughout the world, change is an unstoppable tide that reshapes the political, economical, social and environmental landscape.
One such change is urbanisation. The tide, in this case, is the migration of people all over the world to cities and urban regions. In 1950, two-thirds of the world's population lived in the countryside. By 2050, two-thirds will live in cities.
Despite the plethora of material published on this topic, urbanisation in most parts of the world does not follow the principles of sustainable development. Indeed, urbanisation is commonly characterised by sprawling, low-density development, overuse of non-renewable natural resources, social inequities including poverty and economic…
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- Sustainable development (legal aspects).
- Magazine article from: LawNow Chiasson, Cindy August 1, 1999 700+ words
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- Making sustainable development a corporate reality.(Cover Story)
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