News and informational items and resources pertaining to international development, global ecological carrying capacity and urbanization under globalization pressures. This is a distribution -only list, and is related to a Cities of the Third World course I teach, at http://www.csun.edu/~vasishth/URBS-350.html.
I maintain separate lists for environmental and ecology issues, sustainability planning, smart growth-sorts of regional planning and air quality planning; subscription details for which can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/~vasishth/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8139351.stm Thursday, 9 July 2009 12:06 UK Project to 'grow carbon sinks' By David Shukman Environment correspondent,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/world/americas/10degrees.html?_r=1 Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities Illustration Omitted: Bogotá, Colombia, has