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Small-scale nuclear power plant operating
Small-scale nuclear power plant delivering energy only for two cities was put into operation. The production of the energy from this source make the two cities independent on pan-European energy system.
Risk assessment “saves" millions of lives but…
Risk assessment research could save millions of lives but also lead to new social disasters. Such as "ghost towns" or abandonment of "unwanted people". Highly influential risk assessment could unexpectedly result in a widesprea...
Big cities and urban areas work on new types of health care management, such as disease management and care/treatment management. They actively intervene in public health and thus in national competencies. This particularly aff...
Successful world development strategy leads to stretching the population to the rural area (reversal of depopulation)
Land use in and around cities has reached a tipping point – all underused or semi-vacant pieces of land are seized by local food growers, supported by local authorities who compete to be the most self-sufficient. In response ...
Serious protracted flooding of low-lying areas leads to rethink of Dutch and other low country policies. Benelux consortium firms start buying large tracts of land in Africa for a series of new retirement towns.
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