For years, industry and government have treated oilsands pollution studies like unwanted party guests — ignore them, and they just might go away.
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These articles address food, water and environment issues that relate to farmers and consumers to enable their personal and local control over those matters
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Given the environmental straits we find ourselves in at present, architects and policy makers have to rethink our strategy of how to shape the city, buildings, and urban space alike.
This entails that we refrain from the tabula rasa strategies of the past and make do with the standing infrastructure that we already have. Preserving and rehabilitating the aging steel relics of our global cities has proven an ingenious way of saving energy, while enabling newer methods of architectural planning. Projects such as the High Line have kickstarted a new age of urban regeneration—for good or ill—with initiatives from Tel Aviv to Philadelphia attempting to replicate its success on their own turf.
When it comes to urban transformation, size does not matter, per se. The subtleties of thoughtful urban projects shine through at every level, and sometime outperform their more ostentatious contemporaries. The best projects spur new occupation and lively places... Via Lauren Moss
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Examples of creative answers for urban design at this site. 
Lauren Moss's curator insight,
December 30, 2012 8:51 PM
Examples of urban transformation across the globe, from public parks to rehabilitation projects, with links provided for further research and investigation... 
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December 31, 2012 4:35 AM
Transformation Projects and City Design : this is possible the most amazing job to do for the next decade. Who would not change everything to get into a project that changes peoples lives?
I love this. Be aware of the gainijng power of this as a upcoming trend for the next years.
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This is some very interesting research and worth a read for sure