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3:42 pm in cities, Design & Architecture, egypt, News, turkey, urban life, urban planning by TreeHugger
Dense urban development in Cairo (left) and Istanbul (right). Photos: reibai / Creative Commons (L) and Jennifer Hattam (R).
Rapid urban expansion has turned the historic cities of Cairo and Istanbul into overcrowded, Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:40 pm in agriculture, Business & Politics, egypt, farming, Food & Health, lester brown by TreeHugger
Photo credit: Dale Gillard/Creative Commons
A new scramble for Africa is under way. As global food prices rise and exporters reduce shipments of commodities, countries that rely on imported grain are panicking. Affluent countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China and India have descended on fertile plains across the African continent, acquiring huge tracts of land to produce wheat, rice and Read the full story on TreeHugger
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