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Massive new store a one stop shop for condo dwellers
2015-01-13 20:18:43| Furniture - Topix.net
Two scions of the family behind long-running design store Elte have poured their family's 40 years of furniture-industry know-how into this brand-new, 40,000 square foot shop in the Castlefield Design District.
VIDEO: Taiwan's city dwellers go to farming
2014-11-26 03:22:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Taiwan's focus on developing high-tech and manufacturing industries saw many people migrate from its farms to its cities. Now, there is a reversal.
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Take heed city dwellers: its hot and getting hotter
2014-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Country: Buildings, roads, and other infrastructure that make up urban environments typically make cities hotter than surrounding rural areas, a condition known as an urban heat island. If you live in Albuquerque, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland or Seattle, you inhabit a notably hotter environment than do your rural neighbors during the hottest months of the year, thanks to the urban heat island effect. Other cities with large Native American populations like Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Tucson suffer, too....
Slum Dwellers Face Climatic Disasters
2014-04-06 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: Millions of people living in the shantytowns of the developing worlds mega-cities will be among the most-vulnerable groups feeling the brunt of climate change in the coming decades, according to a just-released report from UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This new technical study predicts that tidal surges, heat waves and water shortages could hit Manila, Mumbai and over 100 other such cities in developing nations, precipitating potential disease epidemics, climate experts say. ...
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Science Talk: Dwellers in the Deep
2014-02-05 20:02:33| PortlandOnline
Join the Johnson Creek Watershed Council for an evening with a local scientist
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