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NEWS ABOUT: urbanization

urbanization stories: 6 news summaries

 Megacities Stagger India 

Out-of-control urbanization threatens to drag down Indian economy for years

May 13, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The explosive growth of India's cities is threatening to drag down the country's economy for decades to come, economists tell the Wall Street Journal. The global trend toward urbanization has gone into overdrive in India, but most cities aren't prepared to deal with the influx of migrants from the countryside,... More »

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India • infrastructure • Mumbai • urbanization • cities • Calcutta • urban planning • slums • Lucknow, India

GLOSSIES

Single City Dwellers Are Often Happier, Healthier

Social scientists say New Yorkers defy that lonely stereotype

Nov 24, 08 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Our stereotype of the single, lonely urban dweller is all wrong. City folk who live alone often lead happier, healthier lives than married couples do in suburbia, Jennifer Senior writes in New York. “There was a time when living alone meant you were a hopeless shut-in," writes... More »

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New York City • urbanization • US cities • cities • living alone • single people

  Middle Class America
 Moves Downtown

Shift could spark suburban slums, experts fear

Aug 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Middle class Americans are moving back downtown, pushing out minority groups and reversing the 20th century trend of "white flight," Alan Ehrenhalt writes in the New Republic. Why the shift? Downtown areas are safer, industries have moved out, and rising fuel prices make suburban commutes less attractive. "... More »

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Chicago • demographics • urbanization • cities • urban revitalization

 Light Pollution Veils Starry Skies

Obscured night sky could be a health hazard

Jul 25, 08 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dark skies are being engulfed by light all over the world, creating some unexpected consequences, the Wall Street Journal reports. Over two-thirds of the world's people— including nearly all Americans—can no longer see "what is possibly the most extraordinary natural wonder," said one astronomer. The amount of... More »

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star • light • stargazing • urbanization • night sky • fluorescent light

OPINION

India, China Growth Breaks Western Mold

Essayist says market reforms are only part
of the big picture

Feb 3, 08 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom chalks up the economic booms in China and India to their moves toward global capitalism in the '90s. It's a comforting thought for the West, writes Pranab Bardhan in the Boston Review, but the truth is far more complex. The astounding growth in both countries started well before... More »

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China • India • democracy • economics • urbanization • authoritarianism • boom economy • inequality • rural poverty

Record Heat Fries Phoenix

Nearly a month’s
worth of temps
topping 110

Aug 30, 07 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phoenix citizens can’t blunt this hot spell with claims of “dry heat”: The city’s just marked its 29th day in a year of 110-degree temperatures. Urbanization and global warming are likely factors in the chart-topping season, though Phoenicians have been spared a highest-ever figure, the AP reports—... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • Arizona • temperature • Phoenix • heat • urbanization

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