From New York to Rio de Janeiro, noise is the number one complaint to the city authorities. It dwarfs daily concerns about street crime, air pollution or waste disposal. [More]

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The history of post-war economic growth has been one of unsustainable development; unsustainable for the planet’s ecosystems, for its species diversity and indeed for the human race. By some recent yardsticks of sustainability, our global ecological footprint has doubled over the last 40 years (Global Footprint Network, 2009) and now stands at 30% higher than the Earth’s biological capacity to produce for our needs. The ongoing degradation of ecosystems and loss of biodiversity is well-documented with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reporting evidence of significant degradation affecting 60% of our ecosystem services over the past 40 years. [More]

Wendy Sarkissian and her co-authors have won an Excellence in Planning Scholarship for their trio of Community Planning books, published by Earthscan. The Award, given by the Planning Institute of Australia, New South Wales Division, recognises three books from the Tools for Community Planning Series. [More]

Congratulations are due to another Earthscan author, Paul Mees. His book Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age has won him the Award for Excellence in Planning Scholarship, given by the Victorian branch of the Planning Institute of Australia. [More]