UN-Habitat:Sustainable Mobility in African Cities

Posted by Jennifer Eidelman | 29 Mar, 2011

UN-Habitat:Sustainable Mobility in African Cities

From UN Pulse Permanent Link: UN-Habitat:Sustainable Mobility in African Cities


This report is the summary of the seminar on Sustainable Development of Public Transport in Africa held in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 10 and 11, 2009. The event was jointly organised by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT), UITP (the International Association of Public Transport) and UATP (the African Association of Public Transport). This report can be downloaded here in PDF or from UN-Habitat.

 

Lights at night - video

Posted by Jennifer Eidelman | 18 Jan, 2011

Explore images of Earth at night and compare images from 1993, 1997 and 2003 to infer changes in population, energy consumption, energy efficiency and economic activity. 

 

 

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Journey to Antarctica 1959

Posted by Jennifer Eidelman | 27 Aug, 2010

Follow the journey by slideshow from the New York Times Science Times: 

 

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Big storms shift coastal erosion into overdrive

Posted by Jennifer Eidelman | 26 Aug, 2010

"When Hurricane Ike struck the Gulf Coast in the early hours of September 13, 2008, Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula was ground zero. Before the category 2 storm made landfall, large stretches of beachfront on this narrow, low-lying spit of land were chockablock with homes standing on stilts behind dunes up to 2 meters tall." By Sid Perkins ScienceNews August 28th, 2010; Vol.178 #5 (p. 14) Read more....

 

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