Beginning next week, the BBC will begin running a series of articles, images and interactive features on the topic of rapid urbanization. They are soliciting contributions from readers of images that depict "before and after" scenarios in places that have undergone urban transformation. Article here.

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Looking at the comments on that series of articles, it seems like a lot of people are ignoring the problem of low density which promotes car use.

Since it seems unavoidable that most of humanity will be living in cities eventually, we have to work to reduce their ecological footprint as much as possible. We need to help the industrializing world plan and build their cities to reduce auto use and promote density even as we help them build the infrastructure of clean water and electricity for public health.

Posted by: Pace Arko on June 16, 2006 11:26 PM