Urban Sprawl

Nigeria evicted 800,000 Abuja residents - report (AlertNet)

15 May 2008

Source: Reuters LAGOS, May 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria evicted more than 800,000 people from their homes in Abuja as part of a four-year drive to restore order to the capital's chaotic urban planning, housing rights ...

Global Risk - Infection By Deadly Bacterium Can Be Prevented With Proper Sanitation (Medical News Today)

15 May 2008

As urban sprawl spreads throughout the globe, so do poor urban ghettos and the infectious diseases that are perpetrated by unsanitary slum conditions. Weill Cornell researchers stationed in the urban slums of Salvador, Brazil, have discovered that certain unhealthy living conditions lead to transmission of leptospirosis, a life-threatening disease caused by the bacterium Leptospira.

The Comet (The Comet)

15 May 2008

PLANS to build more than 36,000 new homes in Comet country and "create a dreadful corridor of urban sprawl" have been slammed as "truly appalling". Proposals to build thousands of homes in Stevenage, North Herts and Mid Beds were revealed at the launch of the East of England Plan on Monday.