Rate This Article [ Financial Express ] Jul 9, 2008  'It is not right to fear all kinds of real estate activity,' he said, pointing out that this was helping the country achieve an urbanization level of 50% by ... Read More ...

Infrastructure overhaul needed to addres [ GMA news.tv ] Jun 25, 2008  SINGAPORE — Leaders from Asia's key cities on Wednesday agreed that an overhaul in urban infrastructure, including public transport, water and electricity, ... Read More ...

Angola Luanda Hosts Forum On Real Estate [ AllAfrica.com ] Jun 18, 2008  The second Forum on Real Estates, Urbanisation and Architecture in Angola and the Luanda Real Estates Exhibition will take place on Thursday and Friday, ... Read More ...

Asian cities struggling against urbanisa [ AFP ] Jun 25, 2008  SINGAPORE — Asian cities need help to cope with an unprecedented period of urbanisation, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday, ... Read More ...

>>African Housing Ministers To Deliberat [ LeadershipNigeria ] Jul 4, 2008  Issues relating to urbanisation in Africa will be examined at a meeting of 54 African ministers of Housing and Urban Development this month in Abuja. ... Read More ...

Decoding China's Urbanization [ Beijing Review ] Jul 5, 2008  China's current urbanization lags behind its industrialization by more than 10 percentage points. The satisfactory urbanization rate should be 50 percent ... Read More ...

Deutsche Bank Research says among the BR [ FinFacts Ireland ] Jul 7, 2008  Labour supply dynamics will remain favourable in Brazil and India thanks to demographic trends and/or low urbanisation ratios. ... Read More ...

Urbanization forum adds bulletin board [ Hillsboro Argus ] Jul 3, 2008  The Urbanization Forum of Washington County has rolled out an online community bulletin board for citizens to post comments or ask questions about proposed ... Read More ...

Would you believe beer has kept us going [ Seattle Post Intelligencer ] Jul 9, 2008  The development of civilization depended on urbanization, which depended on beer. To understand why, consult Steven Johnson's marvelous 2006 book 'The Ghost ... Read More ...

EVENT onedotzero motion-graphics night [ Digital Arts Online ] Jul 9, 2008  The event presents interpretations of the built environment and other terrains from across the world, from surreal urban worlds to imaginary technoscapes. ... Read More ...

Urban landscapes [ Savannah Morning News ] Jul 6, 2008  South Korean artist Lee Jong-Suk uses video installations to explore the ways in which urbanization affects human psychology. 'Urban Tree' and 'Tree-Echo,' ... Read More ...

Urbanisation drives global grain demand [ InvestorDaily ] Jul 8, 2008  The urbanisation and industrialisation of the developing world is leading to new investment opportunities in food production, processing and distribution. ... Read More ...

Embracing the Growth Potential of Cities [ Exchange Morning Post ] Jul 4, 2008  I have also been around long enough to witness a dramatic change in my own institution's thinking about urbanization. The 'old thinking' was that ... Read More ...

Singapore's Lee calls for sustainable ur [ Earthtimes ] Jun 24, 2008  Singapore - The sustainable development of cities has emerged as a key challenge with urbanization occurring on an unprecedented scale, Singapore Prime ... Read More ...

African cities development opportunities [ Realestateweb.co.za ] Jul 8, 2008  Experts predict urbanisation trends. African countries must create the same amount of urban space between now and 2025 as has been created since the ... Read More ...

Katine clan ties resist urbanisation [ guardian.co.uk ] Jun 30, 2008  But with urbanisation, more and more people are leaving their home villages for towns and other areas in search of work or more land. ... Read More ...

A Summer Without Power [ Leader ] Jul 7, 2008  By Gemma Quinn As temperatures rise, so do the tempers of residents of one La Zenia urbanisation currently facing a summer with any ... Read More ...

People starve because they cannot afford [ The Age ] Jul 7, 2008  As urbanisation spreads, more people are dependent on global food producers at a time when the availability of agricultural land is diminishing. ... Read More ...