Can the Earth Survive Urbanization?


	Can the Earth Survive Urbanization?

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11-21-2007 11:39 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2a5bea33-fd3f-4734-912e-503805240c97/3599ABCE-37FD-4B5C-ABA5-D2E9D95390C4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp" href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ens-newswire.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">
Rapid and chaotic urbanization is taking a massive toll on human health and the environment</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">
How the world tackles the social and environmental challenges of urbanization,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">will determine the future of humanity and the fate of the planet</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">The global shift from rural to urban is the defining trend of our time</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">
"The international community has been too slow in recognizing the growth of urban poverty,"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">many cities are "environmentally unsustainable" and "rapidly becoming socially unsustainable."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ens-newswire.com/img/5734C2F0-CBE3-41CA-9DB3-9A4C52201AF8" alt="library" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">environmental problems facing cities are profound, including energy and food production, air pollution, transportation and waste disposal.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">those challenges are providing fertile ground for new sustainable solutions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">
"Cities are great centers of innovation and that is even more true today than it has been in the past," </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">
Cities are also increasingly realizing that they are on the front lines of climate change</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp">and that could provide momentum for a global cooperation on the daunting issue.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ens-newswire.com/img/77C2E673-B021-4001-BDBD-FC24270F1CFB" alt="Karachi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ens-newswire.com/img/C38242E8-3C44-47EA-929B-3E650E3B08CE" alt="green roof" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-10-10.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ens-newswire.com/img/8364517B-C8CE-4F9E-B6F4-A50371E83C9A" alt="Rio de Janeiro" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3599ABCE-37FD-4B5C-ABA5-D2E9D95390C4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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