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		<title>Phnom Penh: a city of forced evictions and land grabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eviction for the public good]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[power of eminent domain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squalor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phnom Penh has been developing at breakneck speed. Infrastructure dots the capital. The result of this property boom is the sad and sorry reality that the city&#8217;s poor are being displaced at an alarming rate. ‘Activists are calling it the largest epidemic of evictions since the Khmer Rouge emptied all of Phnom Penh in 1975.’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The undervalued ‘secondary forests’ of the Amazon</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-undervalued-%e2%80%98secondary-forests%e2%80%99-of-the-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandoned agricultural land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon rainforests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon dioxide capture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curbing global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest denudation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[secondary vegetation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New growth is saving the Amazon rainforest through renewed vegetation that addresses the problem of deforestation. These ‘secondary forests’ have been undervalued, even overlooked or ignored, by scientists, especially those who want to stick to the buzzwords of irreversible deforestation and unabated forest denudation. A UN study says ‘the ecological importance of these new forests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban poor in developing countries: the biggest stakeholders in global climate policy</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/urban-poor-in-developing-countries-the-biggest-stakeholders-in-global-climate-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/urban-poor-in-developing-countries-the-biggest-stakeholders-in-global-climate-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change adaptation. Copenhagen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate stakeholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global climate policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal settlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduction of greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=19318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cities in developing countries absorb 70 million new people every year. The urban population in these countries is expected to double by 2050. Approximately one billion people live in unsanitary slums. They could be 2 billion by 2030, according to the UN. The urban population living in slums accounts for 99 percent in Ethiopia and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Urban Strategy: amended to include climate change issues</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/world-bank-urban-strategy-amended-to-include-climate-change-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/world-bank-urban-strategy-amended-to-include-climate-change-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradigm shift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapid urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rising waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support to the vulnerable and disadvantaged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban coastal lowland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the adoption in October 2008 of its strategic plan on climate change and development, the World Bank has worked exceptionally hard to become a major player in climate issues. After being convinced that the climate change battle will be won in the cities, the World Bank is amending its preparedness strategy and position. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan: The Melding of Modernity and Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/taiwan-the-melding-of-modernity-and-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/taiwan-the-melding-of-modernity-and-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel &amp; Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddha statues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhist monasteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chung Tai Chan Monastery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meditation centers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modernity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nantou County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puli Township]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taipei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veneration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small red-roofed temples and golden Buddhas perched on steep mountain slopes are proof of the Taiwanese attachment to veneration of the gods. In cities and towns, people come to pray and seek the hope of a better life, whether Buddhist or Taoist, or even Christian or Aborigines. Ceremonies and processions punctuate the calendar. Giant costumes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The return of the hanging gardens: a concept to address urban hunger</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-return-of-the-hanging-gardens-a-concept-to-address-urban-hunger/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/the-return-of-the-hanging-gardens-a-concept-to-address-urban-hunger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 01:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragonfly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hanging gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metabolic farm program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-traditional farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overlaying crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban congestion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertical farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Callebaut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world's cities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=14900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With 132 floors, this planned 600-meter high futuristic curved building in the sky over Manhattan shall be a monolith of environmental design. At first glance, it looks like a gigantic sailboat that landed on the East River. It will also usher in the return of the hanging gardens. Agricultural fields will be designed to occupy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The overall trend of rural migration brings hunger in the cities</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-overall-trend-of-rural-migration-brings-hunger-in-the-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/the-overall-trend-of-rural-migration-brings-hunger-in-the-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[countryside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutritional deficiencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban malnutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It will eventually be a world of cities. The planet is expected to have 5.3 billion urban residents by 2050, according to forecasts by the UN. That’s 2 billion more than what the planet has today. In developing countries, 5 million new people migrate to cities every month, swelling urban populations. Many are fleeing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Farming: solving the twin problems of urban hunger and rural migration</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/city-farming-solving-the-twin-problems-of-urban-hunger-and-rural-migration/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/city-farming-solving-the-twin-problems-of-urban-hunger-and-rural-migration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration to cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a report from the Food for Cities Program of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), it says, “The riots of hunger in the cities of Haiti, in particular, have served to draw attention to the importance of urban poverty in the world food crisis.” Urban food chains should be studied differently from their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Ebb of Despair: Water Crisis in Slums</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/at-the-ebb-of-despair-water-crisis-in-slums/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/at-the-ebb-of-despair-water-crisis-in-slums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internal migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potable water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=1993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poverty in the countryside makes people flock to urban areas. The glitz, glamour, and bright lights of the city attract poor people to urban destinations as if they were the guiding star. Millions of people flock to cities every week. In developing nations, populations are expected to triple over the next 30 years. Most of [...]]]></description>
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