News Catégorie d'articles: Urban forests

Located in the South of Malaysia, island city-state of Singapour* is held up as a model of sustainable development. As a matter of fact, Singapour, nicknamed the “Garden City”, has adopted since its independence in 1965 an urbanization policy focused on green spaces. With more than 50% of its surface area covered by green spaces, […]

2008 was a turning point in history: for the very first time number of urban dwellers surpassed the number of people living in rural areas.   That hyper-concentration of population – towns occupy 2% of the globe’s surface – generates many social and environmental problems and presents major urban management challenges. Sustainable urban management is […]