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Great story of contrasts - drought and flooding in India
Whilst the monsoon rainfall has disappointed many in India, causing drought; many in northern India are sufferening from the opposite problem - floods!
Typhoon Koppu hits the Philippines
Borthern Philippines has been hit by the slow moving typhoon; set to cause major damage over the next three days.
Is New York City Too Small?
The NIMBY-ism (‘not in my backyard’) of local politics leads to a bias against large cities that constrains national productivity growth. That is the central conclusion of a study by Frederic...
Which UK City Tops the 2014 Wages League?
London, Aberdeen, Crawley and Reading feature as the four cities in the United Kingdom with the highest weekly earnings in 2014. The data below is from the Centre for Cities which provides a wealth...
California drought
By exploring the National Geographic's "When the snow fails" students can get a sense of the problems which led the Californian Governor Jerry Brown to order the States first ever water...
Population: Is Italy (Slowly) Dying?
In most developed economies, mortality rates are falling and people are living longer, on average. But. what happens if the birth-rate falls behind the mortality rate? Can a country slowly start to...
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm gets Green Light for North Sea
What could become the world's largest offshore wind farm was given the go-ahead this week by the UK government. Situated 77-130 km off the Yorkshire coast, the Dogger Bank wind farm project...
First straw houses go on sale in the UK
Flimsy? Fire-hazard? Gimmick? None of these, as the first straw-bale houses go on sale in the UK.
Economist interactive guide to megacities
The Economist magazine has produced an interactive map of the rise (and rise) of mega cities around the world
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