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Why Africa’s Cities Need African Planning
Posted by Arch Daily: None Given on March 29th, 2014
Arch Daily: In this article, originally posted on Future Cape Town as "Designing African Cities: Urban Planning Education in Nigeria", Professors Vanessa Watson and Babatunde Agbola discuss a paradigm shift occurring in Nigerian Planning Schools: from the American and European planning theories that have so far been applied in Nigeria to new theories more suited to dealing with the unique challenges presented by African cities.
In June 2011, the Governor of Osun State inaugurated a 10 man Committee for the...
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UN panel: 8 reasons to worry about global warming
Posted by Associated Press: Seth Borenstein and Kaori Hitomi 12 Hours Ago on March 29th, 2014
Associated Press: If you have already read "12 Pieces of Practical Advice from Housecats," now you can move on to "8 Reasons to Worry about Global Warming."
A United Nations panel of scientists is joining the list craze with what they call eight "key risks" that are part of broader "reasons for concern" about climate change.
It's part of a massive report on how global warming is affecting humans and the planet and how the future will be worse unless something is done about it. The report is being finalized at...
Anxious Wait for News Days After Deadly Slide
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 29th, 2014
New York Times: The grim work of recovery at the site of last week’s landslide in Oso was compounded on Friday by rain and wind, but also by growing anxiety over how bad the disaster might yet get, as emergency officials declined again to confirm numerous reports by volunteers and families about retrieved bodies. Officials have been slow to update the death toll, even as volunteers and family members working at the site, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, reported numerous bodies that had been discovered and,...
A Zen-like approach to flood risks
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 29th, 2014
BBC: Coping with increased risk of flooding in a changed climate is not just about money. BBC environment correspondent Matt McGrath reports from Japan, where philosophy is just as important as resources.
At a large government research facility in Tsukuba city, engineers have built a 30-sq-m replica of a meandering Japanese river.
At one point along the concrete shore, there's an unremarkable, small square of wood, with red and white triangles on top. But it is a constant reminder of the power of...
The cost of climate change
Posted by Al Jazeera: None Given on March 29th, 2014
Al Jazeera: The United Nations climate change body is painting a grim picture about global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) fifth major assessment report is out this week, and the content affects us all. Millions have already been directly impacted by climate change. In the Philippines, for example, there was a lot of talk about how the warming Pacific Ocean played a part in last year's catastrophic Typhoon Haiyan. Although the IPCC report was not yet out by the end of the week,...
Soaring death toll looms in U.S. mudslide with 90 still missing
Posted by Reuters: Eric M. Johnson on March 29th, 2014
Reuters: The death toll from a mudslide that has left 90 people missing in Washington state appeared certain to climb nearly a week after the disaster, as anguished relatives turned to the Internet and word of mouth for scarce scraps of new information.
At least 26 people were killed when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning last Saturday, unleashing a towering wall of mud that flattened dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle.
While...