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  June, 2007   Volume 2, Number 6     


Book of the Month

For Hunger-Proof Cities:
Sustainable Urban Food Systems

Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae et al

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 • Geographer Designs Computer Model to Predict Crowd Behavior
 • White City park plans stalled by wetlands regulation
 • Â» City makes short list for federal transportation funds «
 • Lights! Water! Motion!

urban design
 • Gehry to Design Playground in NYC
 • Desert Hot Springs may channel new image
 • Mandurah develops green model to cope with growth
 • Interns start design contest to spark ideas

flower gardening
 • Answer Man
 • How to survive this drought
 • Angel Kiss race, festival registration starts June 23
 • In parched Vegas, wildlife shows ability to adapt

sustainability
 • PlaNYC Albany Advocacy Day
 • Sustainability of capitalism and the rise of 'Asian values'
 • Sustainability and the sea: Climate
 • Waste review finds targets not being met



Family House - Housing
International Trade Fair: Bratislava
AIVP
Cities & Ports Conference: Gdansk
California Redevelopment Association Conference & Expo
Monterey
CCIM
Construction Culture, Innovation, & Management: Dubayy (Dubai)
City Wide Approach
Local Development through an Integrated Urban Approach: Addis Ababa

FEATURE STORIES:    

Reserve June 15-16 for a Kansas City garden tour [  Joplin Independent  ]   The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City are sponsoring their annual Midtown/South Kansas City Garden Tour. Featuring 10 gardens along the state line Read More ...

Villagers learn best practices [  Fiji Times  ]   Mr Hazelmen said the model area was under native land tenure, with customary ownership belonging to 11 landowning units (mataqali). Read More ...

City Hall gardens to be replanted [  BurlingtonFreePress.com  ]   The Burlington Rotary Club will replant the gardens in City Hall Park on Saturday morning. Club members will resume their annual tradition from 8:30 to 11 Read More ...

Editorial:Gambia's fake Vision 20-20 dream revisited-Jammeh [  AND  ]   An unsatisfactory land tenure system is seen as a major obstacle to the development of commercial agriculture at modern, economically viable scales. Read More ...

Consider plight of Sembulan residents: MP [  Daily Express  ]   We also heard that those whose land tenure has expired will not be getting any,' she lamented. Manah had said that the Government should review the Read More ...

Letter from Lebanon: Farmers Face Uncertain Future [  Scoop.co.nz  ]   With the agricultural industry gearing up for export, the current system of land tenure gives many of them virtually no rights over land that in many cases Read More ...

Urgent Solidarity With Paraguayan Campesinos [  Upside Down World  ]   With this direct action, the landless campesinos reiterated their demands for regularization of land tenure in the community. Campesinos from the Pariri Read More ...

Point to Point: The Roots of Prescription [  Amerisurv (press release)  ]   The doctrine of usucapion was not limited to land tenure. As do English and American Law, Roman law recognized the distinction between movables and Read More ...

Local, Interactive and Well-Fed in Northeast UK [  WorldChanging  ]   of garden containers of various sizes placed throughout Middlesbrough, which effectively install an edible landscape in the town's public spaces. Read More ...

Candidate Dodd in Waterloo, Waverly Saturday [  Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier  ]   WATERLOO --- Presidential candidate US Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., will hold campaign appearances in Waterloo and Waverly Saturday. Read More ...


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