Environment

 The new urban dream

Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.

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30/05/1993
Tommy Mansson
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Environment

 Clean water is Stockholm's priority

Among steps undertaken by the municipally owned Stockholm Water were renovation of the waste water network, construction of a storm sewer overflow basin and measures to reduce the load on pipes and treatment plants.

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30/05/1993
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Environment

 Solving it together

In 1987, citizens of Gothenburg accepted the challenge of cleaning up their city and succeeded admirably.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Environment

 Overtornea: The first eco municipality

Job creation, to stop migration of its residents to bigger cities, was the aim of Overtornea's action plan.

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30/05/1993
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Environment

 Need to integrate human ecology and nature

IT IS TIME for a grand reconciliation between nature and us. Ecological economists fear we may have already entered an era of "uneconomic growth", which impoverishes rather than enriches. They remind

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Rakesh Kalshian
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India

 Integrated development essential for India

WESTERN urbanisation began with the Industrial Revolution and was accompanied by both economic and social development. But in India and most other developing countries, urbanisation does not reflect

Publication Date: 
14/03/1993
Srila Dasgupta
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Rural Habitat, Urbanisation, Economic Development, Industry, India, Developing Countries
Health

 Health and economy

A COUNTRY'S economic strength influences its health level, which, in turn, is correlated with its average income level. When the economy grows, the people's health should also improve. The gross

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, September 29, 1992
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Health, Economic Development, Developing Countries, Statistics
India

 CENDIT scores with film series

Catalysts for Change, a 13 part film series produced by the Centre for the Development of Instructional Technology, covers the gamut of problems that plague the country and its people

Publication Date: 
29/09/1992
Sevanti Ninan
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India

 Past lessons, future strategies

Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a clearer insight into the causes of poverty

Publication Date: 
30/07/1992
Anumita Roychowdhury
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Environment

 A blueprint and not a plan

THIS BOOK, a collection of articles by six authors, is meant to be a sequel to Blueprint for a Green Economy (Earthscan), which was published in September 1989. The theme of the earlier book was

Publication Date: 
30/07/1992
Kirit Parikh
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