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Volume 5 Issue 2 2005
ISSN 1474-6824 (Online)
ISSN 1474-6832 (Print)

 
Contents
 
Editorial
 

The Ever Increasing Global-Local Link of the Contemporary Urbanism
Tasleem Shakur

1
 
 
Commentary
 

A Personal Viewpoint on the Earthquake in Pakistan
Younus Khan

6
 
 
Articles
 

Green Architecture: the Need for Climate Analysis and Thermal Simulation during Early Stages of Design
Monjur Mourshed, Denis Kelliher and Marcus Keane

12

Chinese Urban Planning in Transition: Market Economy and its Way Forward
Li Yu

21

Business Partnership in Meeting Housing Needs of the Urban Poor
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz & Noor Rosly Hanif

39

The Hills of Bangladesh: Endangered Ecology
Nizamuddin Ahmed and Mohammad Hassan Al-Mamun

49

Sustainable Transportation in United Arab Emirates
Maha S. Al-Zubaidi and Khalid K. Sabie

63
 
 
Book Reviews
 

Making Space, Property Development and Urban Planning By Andrew MacLaran (ed)
Erica Liu

74

Cities in Transition - Transforming the Global Built Environment
Shayer Ghafur

 
76
 
 
Conference and Exhibition Reports
 

Sustainable Planning and Development Conference, Bologna, 12-14th September, 2005
Environmental Health Risk, Conference, Bologna, 14-16th September, 2005

Ann Worsley

79
Listings, News Reports, Books and Conferences
Ayyub Malik
81

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