[sustran] Re: Two more good ones Re: Urban Forum

[Sujit Patwardhan]

24 June 2006


Dear Todd,
Thank you for sending some inspiring stuff. And please do continue sending
more. --
Sujit



On 6/24/06, Todd Edelman <edelman at greenidea.info> wrote:
>
> Hi again, like the previous posts these are about style (how the Urban
> Forum did or didnt go about things the right way) AND content... which is
> they are going to all three of these lists... I dont think I will make any
> more postings on this...
>
> - T
>
> ---
>
> Viewpoints: The urban world in 2050
>
> Intro: The world is fast approaching the point where the majority of the
> human population will be found in urban areas.
>
> The projection is that in 50 years' time, two-thirds of humanity will live
> in cities. Six experts outline their vision of the urban world in 2050.
>
> Excerpt:
> "The more we rely on advanced technologies, the more cities seem to grow"
> -
> Stephen Graham, human geographer and author of The Cybercities Reader
>
> Full story:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5094602.stm
>
> ***
>
> Ideas struggle amid urban chatter
>
> Intro: During the closing speeches at the third World Urban Forum in
> Vancouver, one leading UN figure noted that critics would leave and
> announce that "nothing will be achieved" as a result of the forum.
>
> "They are wrong," he added with defiance.
>
> Excerpts:
>
> ...And, even better, they were ideas that really could make a difference.
>
> For example, there was the Swedish town that virtually powers itself,
> including its cars, on the biogas waste from the local slaughterhouse.
>
> AND...
>
> ... Meanwhile, from a completely different part of the world, the mayor of
> the Colombian capital, Bogota, told of just exactly what could be done
> with the real will to meet some of challenges of making cities
> sustainable.
>
> Faced with calls to upgrade and expand the city's road network, he argued
> such a move was unwarranted, as car usage is relatively low - only around
> 12% of the capital's people regularly drive.
>
> Instead, funds were put into a "car free city" and as a result, Bogota now
> has more cycle paths - 300km of them - than almost any other city in the
> world.
>
> Full story:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5112210.stm
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Todd Edelman
> Director
> Green Idea Factory
>
> ++420 605 915 970
>
> edelman at greenidea.info
> http://www.worldcarfree.net/onthetrain
>
> Green Idea Factory,
> a member of World "Car free" Network
>
>
>
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