Urbanization

migration of people from rural to Urban areas

• majority of them are going straight into Slum-s, esp in the Third World

see Urban Design, Urban Development

are Urban areas more "efficient"? (Sustainable Capitalism, Energy Accounting)

• http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003034.html

• http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003037.html

• Jan'2007: Tyler Cowen disagrees

• http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/04/13211.html With 2.7 percent of the country's population - 8.2 million of 300 million - the average New York City resident contributes less than a third of the emissions generated by a typical American. This is largely due to the popularity of the city's Mass Transit system, which cuts down on car emissions, officials said.

• 2007-04-18-UrbanGrowthBenefits

• http://www.observer.com/2008/average-new-yorkers-carbon-footprint-roughly-size-6