Urban metabolism is about people

(Before It's News)

Read aguanomics http://www.aguanomics.com/ for the world’s best analysis of the politics and economics of water My girlfriend Cornelia is very busy with helping people understand “Sustainable Amsterdam,” a topic that includes transportation, urban planning, innovation and so on.

During the summer, the family behind Modacity (Vancouver, CA) came for a visit, and they definitely captured the Dutch talent for building cities around people (not cars).

Rotterdam is the Netherland’s second largest city (after Amsterdam)

Eindhoven (after Delft) is the engineering capital of the Netherlands

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