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Green Urbanism: Yesterday, today and tomorrow...
Since 2006, over half the world’s population has lived in towns and cities. If this trend continues, the world’s urban centres will need to find a more sustainable system of managing their economies. In this article, Timothy Beatley and Peter Newman explain why ecological urban planning is about more than erecting wind turbines and solar panels. It also entails a complete rethink of traffic planning, establishing fair trade systems and, just as importantly, the visible return of nature to our towns and cities.
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