User: irge304 Topic: Urbanization
Category: Impacts :: Housing
Last updated: May 14 2013 23:10 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Latitude: Even Slum Dwellers In China Are Upbeat About Progress 14.5.2013 International Herald Tribune: Editorials
Latitude: Even Slum Dwellers In China Are Upbeat About Progress
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Barbed wire, chains litter Castro yard 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
Randi Kaye highlights photos of Ariel Castro's backyard, showing chains, barbed wire and strategically placed mirrors.
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Rep. Issa: Obama inaccurate 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
House Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa reacts to Pres. Obama's comments about the Benghazi talking points outrage.
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Got $50,000? Air Force up for sale 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
One of the planes that flew Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Goerge H.W. Bush and Clinton is going on sale on eBay.
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Astronaut singer's greatest hits 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
Singing astronaut covers Bowie song in space and wows cyberspace. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on an out-of-this-world song.
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1999: Brothers weighs in on marriage 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
See psychologist Joyce Brothers weigh in on Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky on 'Larry King Live' in 1999.
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Cutest 4-year-old ever picked as mayor 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
Dorset, Minnesota, chooses its mayor from a hat. This year, the winner was a 4-year-old boy.
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Bro! You got a Ramsey tattoo? 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
CNN's Anderson Cooper highlights the latest honor Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey is receiving from his new found fandom.
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Can journalists protect sources? 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
Jeffrey Toobin talks about the legal ramifications of phone records being seized by the Justice Department.
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Prosecutor sobbed during verdict 14.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
CNN's Sunny Hostin details what courtroom reaction was like after guilty verdicts were announced for Dr. Kermit Gosnell.
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Latin America-a Litany of Challenges for Pope Francis 14.3.2013 International Herald Tribune: Americas
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio reached deep into communities to put his Church on the front lines of their social, economic and spiritual struggles.

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A city's problems, nationwide 10.2.2013 LA Times: Business
How China has been led astray in its rush to urbanize.

The urbanization of China lends itself to jaw-dropping numbers.

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In Rio, favelas make the map (Cached) 26.1.2013 Durango Herald
RIO DE JANEIRO Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the middle is a vast forest. Whats less identifiable are the blank swaths with no streets, landmarks or other signs of human habitation.
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UN deputy secretary general urges action water management and sanitation 25.1.2013 Star Tribune: World
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UN deputy chief urges action on water rights 25.1.2013 Boston Globe: Latest
UN deputy chief urges action on water rights
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Rio de Janeiro's favelas find a place on city maps 22.1.2013 Seattle Times: Nation & World
Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the middle is a vast forest. What's less identifiable are the blank swaths with no streets, landmarks or other signs of human habitation.
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Tripura considering satellite townships (Cached) 3.10.2012 New Kerala: World News
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Look, Don’t Touch 2.7.2012 Orion Magazine Articles
Much of environmental education has become pedantic and rule-bound. Could it actually be turning kids away from nature? Web extra: author interview.
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Opinion: Now Coveted: A Walkable, Convenient Place 26.5.2012 NY Times: Editorials
Today, the most valuable real estate lies in walkable and bikable urban locations.

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In Defence of the Rights of the Urban Poor 19.4.2012 CPI-M
Resolution Adopted at the 20 th Congress of the CPI(M), Kozhikode, April 4-9, 2012 In Defence of the Rights of the Urban Poor against Anti-People Urban Reforms The 20th Party Congress of the CPI (M) notes that while urbanization in many states has picked up in the recent period in our country, the Central Government is imposing a regime of urban reform reflecting the policies of the World Bank. The basic thrust of these policies is to meet the requirements of the neo-rich, the corporate and foreign investors. Considering that the process of urbanization in a country like India also reflects distress migration to the cities of the rural population, these policies have a very negative impact on the vast mass of the urban poor. read ...
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