Publicações

Julho 2011, espanhol

Las ciudades contribuyen al cambio climático mundial pero, a la vez, son víctimas de dicho cambio. Es bien sabido que, en particular, las ciudades asentadas sobre deltas son extremadamente vulnerables, debido a que están localizadas donde las agresiones a los sistemas naturales coinciden con una intensa actividad humana. Ciertos efectos del cambio climático pueden afectar […]

Julho 2011, inglês

Cities are both contributors to and victims of global climate change. Delta cities, in particular, have long been recognized as being extremely vulnerable because they are located where the stresses on natural systems coincide with intense human activity. A number of climate change impacts may affect delta cities, including rising sea levels, infrastructure damage from […]

Julho 2011, espanhol

La cuestión central que deben resolver los conservacionistas de suelos hoy en día es cómo ampliar la escala de sus esfuerzos para proteger paisajes y sistemas naturales completos. El movimiento de fideicomisos de suelos se ha cimentado en los éxitos individuales de conservación de propiedades privadas, pero crecientemente tanto los conservacionistas como los propietarios que […]

Julho 2011, inglês

The central question facing land conservationists today is how to scale up efforts to protect entire landscapes and whole natural systems. The land trust movement has been built on the individual successes of conserved private properties, but increasingly both conservationists and landowners entering into conservation agreements want to know what is being done about their […]

Julho 2011, espanhol

A medida que una ciudad crece, tanto en tamaño como en su densidad de edificación, una parte de este proceso de crecimiento consiste, por lo general, en las mejoras que se realizan en el suelo a raíz de los nuevos desarrollos. No obstante, la combinación de la demanda de sitios de construcción adicionales y de […]

Julho 2011, inglês

As a city grows in size and building density, improvements to the land supporting the new development are usually part of the growth process. However, the combination of demand for additional construction sites and the limited amount of physical land available for development often results in land price increases. This land scarcity is caused by […]

Julho 2011, espanhol

Las ciudades norteamericanas tienen un potencial prometedor a largo plazo como centros de innovación y crecimiento, y la expansión tecnológica y de las ciencias de la salud están comenzando a compensar la erosión de varias décadas en el sector de manufactura. Las ciudades siguen siendo también lugares llenos de vitalidad, que ofrecen opciones de diseño […]

Julho 2011, inglês

American cities have promising long-term prospects as hubs of innovation and growth, with expansion in technology and health sciences beginning to offset the decades-long erosion of manufacturing. Cities also remain places of vitality, offering urban design, density, and trans-port options that attract residents of all ages and backgrounds. In fact, nine of the ten most […]