Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany is sponsoring this interesting research on Energy- and climate-efficient structures in urban growth centres.
A prominent example for global changes that no longer affect individual countries or regions alone but affect the whole of humanity is the trend towards urbanisation and the spread of “megacities”, especially in developing and newly [...]

Andrew McKillop is a writer and consultant on oil and energy economics. Since 1975 he has worked in energy, economic and scientific organizations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. These include the Canada Science Council, the ILO, European Commission, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, the UN Economic and Social Commission for [...]