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Sustainable cities

All over the world, cities are bursting at the seams. Everywhere, people are being drawn from the countryside into urban centres. They come for the jobs, for education, for refuge from poverty and war, for the arts, culture and entertainment. Cities offer all of these things and more. They are crucibles of intellectual, artistic and entrepreneurial vitality.

In many places, explosive urban growth has overwhelmed city services and further impoverished the countryside. How do we make our cities sustainable? Liveable? These are key questions that will be addressed in June 2006 at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver. It will be one of the largest gatherings ever of people from around the world interested in not just talk, but in crafting concrete solutions to the problems of cities.

You too can join in the conversation. Canadian Geographic is planning a special report in its May/June 2006 issue on sustainable cities. Tell us what you think we should be focusing on in our special report.

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