Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Cities on the Edge
Editor, Julianne Schultz
"For the first time in history most people in the world now live in cities. This is an enormous change of profound importance. The sheer pressure of numbers will test the old adage, that cities are the heart of civilization. Many already teeter on the brink of chaos.
Climate change is the great new challenge confronting cities and the billions of people who live in them. ... Making cities more liveable, more sustainable ond more fun is one of the great new global tasks."
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