Beijing has adopted a resolution to protect trees which are facing a threat from urban expansion programmes. This is for the first time that a legislative method has been used by the Beijing

There has been an alarming rise in noise pollution in most Indian cities. This can be attributed to the increase in number of vehicles, urbanisation and industrialisation. The Central Pollution

Today environmental pollution has assumed serious proportions and become a big problem because the built-in balance has been disturbed by the industrialization and the philosophy of conquest of nature through exploration and exploitation of natural resources by man to the advantage of mankind. This report contains the Environmental status of Jaipur city, Rajasthan, India.

The transportation modes in Indian cities are multifarious with varying capacity and widely varying sizes and speeds.

Large portions of cultivable land may be lost to the desert in northwest China by end 1997

Besides highlighting some of the enduring concerns faced by today s urban planners, what else has the Istanbul city summit Habitat II actually achieved?

Out of more than half the world population that are wannabe urban Bourbons, larger number of women and children will have to rough it out

Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?

Local resource depletion started when hunter gatherer humans grew roots

The city of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka with its magnificent gardens survived for just 18 years

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