De publicatie Landschap beschermen en ontwikkelen: evaluatie en beleidsopties is een beknopte studie van het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (PBL) naar het landschapsbeleid in Nederland. Het PBL brengt deze notitie uit naar aanleiding van de Kamerbehandeling van de Agenda Landschap. En de conclusie luidt: Zowel op het gebied van de algemene landschapskwaliteit, van de Nationale Landschappen als ook de balans tussen rood en groen rond de steden is de kans om binnen de gestelde termijnen de gewenste doelen te bereiken zeer beperkt

La urbanización acelerada está trayendo consigo grandes retos en materia de empleo, infraestructuras y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Al mismo tiempo, muchas ciudades en rápido crecimiento se enfrentan a un aumento de la escasez de agua, a menudo agravada por los efectos del cambio climático, y a servicios de saneamiento insuficientes, aumentando así la exposición a los agentes contaminantes.

Rapid urbanization is coming together with great challenges regarding employment, food and nutrition security and infrastructures. Simultaneously, many rapidly growing cities are facing increasing water shortages, often aggravated by the effects of climate change, and insufficient sanitation coverage with higher exposure to contaminants.

An Act to amend certain written laws with a view to providing further provisions for mortgage financing.

An Act to provide for the management of the division of buildings into units, clusters, blocks and sections owned individually of co-owned and use ofdesignated areas; to provide for issuance of certificate of unit titles for the individual ownership of the units, clusters, or section of the building, management and resolution of disputes arising from the use of common property; to provide for use of common property by occupiers other than owners and to provide for related matten.

Land -use Conflict and in-optimal Spatial Patterns in Peri-urban Areas of the City of Nairobi,Kenya

Cet article étudie la confrontation des constructions identitaires locales et du tourisme culturel dans le Salento, une région des Pouilles où, depuis une dizaine d’années, des politiques culturelles et un marketing territorial avisés ont relancé le tourisme. Ce processus a vu le jour à partir de la revalorisation de la langue locale d’origine grecque (le griko) et de la patrimonialisation de la tradition ethnologique du tarentisme et de la musique qui accompagnait le rite d’autrefois, la pizzica.

WHEN Snr-Gen Than Shwe relocated the seat of Burma’s military government to a site some 320 km (200 miles) north of the former capital, Rangoon, he did so without any fanfare. Acting solely on his prerogatives as the undisputed ruler of the country, he offered no explanations to the Burmese people or the rest of the world. The move was announced only after it had become a fait accompli.

Naypyidaw, now three years old, was designed and built to serve as the seat of Burma’s military government. For the ordinary Burmese who have to live and work there, it’s a city without a hear

This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical countries; the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean economy; and Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America. Together, in 2000-04, these countries accounted for 78 percent of the region's population, 80 percent of the region's agricultural value added, and 84 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Latin America.

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe the matters delegated by the Urban Development Act and other matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. The text – consisting of 87 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: Areas to be Designated as Urban Development Zones (art. 2); Requests for Designation of Urban Development Zones (art. 5); Phased Development Planning (art. 6); Matters to be Included in Development Plans (art. 8); Public Hearings (art. 13); Announcement, Public Inspection. of Designation of Urban Development Zones and Formulation of Development Plans (art.