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- Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success - International Herald Tribune
or Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families.
Bouza was a research biologist, living a solidly middle-class existence, when the collapse of the Soviet Union — and the halt of [...]
- Urban crush drives traffic woes - Jamaica Gleaner News
The failure of the state to implement an uncompromising transportation policy has contributed to the traffic mayhem unfolding on Jamaica’s streets.
Add that to unstructured urban planning, and commuters face a Pandora’s box of woes.
This is the view of Jacqueline Douglas-Brown, programme director of the Urban and Regional Planning Programme at the Faculty of the Built [...]
- HOK Designs First LEED Gold for Latina America
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has certified the first LEED Gold building in Latin America. Located in Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, the HSBC Bank Headquarters Tower features a redesigned facade, public spaces, and interiors by architecture firm HOK.
The 400,000-square-foot, 24-story redesigned Torre Angel building is a pilot project for HSBC’s new [...]
- New transport centre for downtown Kingston in five months
PHASE one of a new transport centre in downtown Kingston, somewhat similar to the one opened in Half-Way-Tree on the weekend, is expected to be completed and ready for use in another five months
New transport centre for downtown Kingston in five months - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM.
