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The United Nations Environment Programme notes that
. . . society is rapidly changing from rural to urban, with cities and towns expanding, not only in terms of population growth, but also spatially. They are taking up more space and encroaching on rural and agriculturally productive land. Globally, urban and built-up areas occupied in 1999 more than 471 million hectares (ha) – about 4 percent of the total land area.
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Water at Center Stage?
Reporting (Put water centre stage, says UN report) on SciDev.Net 12 March 2009, Naomi Antony writes Unless water occupies a more central role in decisions regarding crises such... More »
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Update: 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science...
Update on 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs The Forum was held Thursday,12 February 2009 in Chicago I draw your attention to the notes from the 2009 Forum for... More »
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Arab Environment: Future Challenges
The Arab Forum for Environment and Development has produced a report, "Arab Environment: Future Challenges". The report assesses the current and future state of a range of... More »
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Focus: Impacts of Humans and Their Economy on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Dear Colleague Letter to the scientific community ". . . encouraging increased research . . . on the links among environment,... More »
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Pensando en el SIG : Thinking About GIS
Thinking About GIS by Dr. Roger Tomlinson is now available in Spanish {En Español} Desarrollado a partir de décadas de experiencia en consultoría global y sus populares... More »
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Distribution of People and the Dimension of...
Urban Remote Sensing Conference Abstract What is known about the urban world is largely derived from local knowledge. This paper showcases substantial efforts at new data... More »
Earth Forum
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About the Earth Forum
The Earth Forum is one component of the Earth Portal that provides the means for the interested public to engage in discussions with experts on ... More »
Update: 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs
Last Updated on 2009-04-10 at 13:47
Update on 2009 Forum for Sustainability Science Programs
The Forum was held Thursday,12 February 2009 in Chicago
I draw your attention to the notes from the 2009 Forum for... More »
Forum on Science and Innovation for Sustainable...
Last Updated on 2009-04-08 at 18:56
The Forum on Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development
is an attempt to outline the burgeoning field. Rather than looking broadly at sustainability, the Forum focuses on... More »
Water at Center Stage?
Last Updated on 2009-03-22 at 10:50
Reporting (Put water centre stage, says UN report) on SciDev.Net 12 March 2009, Naomi Antony writes
Unless water occupies a more central role in decisions regarding crises such... More »
Arab Environment: Future Challenges
Last Updated on 2009-03-22 at 10:49
The Arab Forum for Environment and Development has produced a report, "Arab Environment: Future Challenges". The report assesses the current and future state of a range of... More »
Focus: Impacts of Humans and Their Economy on the...
Last Updated on 2009-02-27 at 21:47
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Dear Colleague Letter to the scientific community ". . . encouraging increased research . . . on the links among environment,... More »
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