Monday 5 October 2009

70% of World's Population in Cities by 2050?

"We need the open and tolerant culture of cities to liberate people and stimulate innovation but we also need cities to grow in smart ways, or they will destroy farmland and forests, drink dry the reservoirs pollute the waterways and impose unacceptable costs in energy use and carbon emissions."

[Cliff Hague, Commonwealth Association of Planners secretary-general]

Planning Daily reports that, "Urban planners hold the key to meeting the challenges of climate change and natural disasters, according to a major UN report today."

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