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Urban sprawl Summary Areas of urban sprawl are also characterized as being extremely dependent on automobiles for transportation. Some urban planners claim that in traditional neighborhoods these buildings were given places of importance in the community, accessible to everyone, and often creating the focal point of an entire city, perhaps at the end of a scenic boulevard, but that this scheme is radically different in suburban areas. Urban sprawl is not the only way to increase real estate development; many of the urban areas of cities in Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe which have controlled urban growth plans show higher property values than do their suburbs. www.bookrags.com /Urban_sprawl   (4981 words)

Stockholm Within a hundred years, Stockholm was the largest city in Sweden, dominated by an impregnable castle (which was never taken by force) and surrounded by a defensive wall. Stockholm's coastal archipelago (skärgård) consists of at least 24,000 islands and is served by one of the largest antique steamer fleets anywhere in Europe. Stockholm is built on islands, except for the modern centre (Norrmalm), focused on the ugly Sergels Torg. www.aol.com.au /site/aol/travel/destinations/stockholm.html   (2934 words)

Nomination of Stockholm Partnerships for 2004 WTN Environment Prize The vision of the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities is to gather comprehensive knowledge and information on the most innovative and inspiring sustainability projects from all over the world in a grand exposure of urban solutions and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and technology from these initiatives. The Stockholm Partnerships has as its mission to facilitate for those who represent hands-on projects, volunteer groups working often on their own, national or local governments, industry, non-governmental organizations, academia, media, finance institutions, international organizations, etc. to share knowledge and experience in the field of applied technology and management. In focus for the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities are the respective roles of individual innovating groups, industry, local government and communities in enabling sustainable urban development, and how these roles evolve and influence each other. ecoplan.org /general/stockholm.htm   (1858 words)

Stockholm Travel Guide | Fodor's Online Stockholm is a city in the flush of its second youth. Stockholm's 1 million or so inhabitants have, almost as one, realized that their city is one to rival Paris, London, New York, or any other great metropolis. Stockholm has become a city of design, fashion, innovation, technology, and world-class food, pairing homegrown talent with international standard. fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=stockholm@152&...   (287 words)

Johann & Sandra's Stockholm Slide Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Stockholm is known worldwide as the most beautiful capital city in the world, and rightfully so. The city is built on 15 islands, part of an archipelago of 24,000, connected by bridges, and the waterways that run throughout the ancient city add to its charms. At 738,000 people, it is by far Sweden's largest city, with an urban area population of 1,760,000, one-fifth of Sweden's total population. www.johann-sandra.com /sweden/stockholmmain.htm   (123 words)

dittl.org As of the 2005 census estimate, the city's population was 494,236, with a metropolitan population of 781,447. The populations of the Stockholm urban area and Metropolitan Stockholm are roughly 1. 5 million in a relatively small area, it is mostly urban and suburban in its eastern half and still primarily rural in the west. www.dittl.org   (1861 words)

Stockholm : Planning a Trip : Orientation | Frommers.com The downside of this area is that there are few hotels, and they tend to be expensive; there are, however, dozens of restaurants. Stockholm's newspapers have their headquarters at Marieberg on the southwestern tip of the island. This is another area of Stockholm that's a hotel district. www.frommers.com /destinations/stockholm/0066024555.html   (1419 words)

Stockholm Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.net (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Stockholm shares slightly higher as engineering shares offset... STOCKHOLM (AFX) - Shares were slightly higher in mid-morning trade as gains for engineering stocks on the back of the firmer US dollar and optimism over the... Stockholm shares close at 6-yr highs on US rate cut hopes www.naturalresearch.net /encyclopedia/Stockholm   (3729 words)

Sweden Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Stockholm, the country's capital, is a progressive city with pockets that maintain a village feel. The wilderness areas of Norrland have the legendary midnight sun in summer, Arctic Scandinavia's highest mountain and marvellous hiking trails. In regional areas of Sweden, Tomte the Christmas gnome still lives under the floorboards of houses and barns watching over the inhabitants and the farms. www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/sweden   (234 words)

Stockholm Hotels by Verizon Superpages Stockholm has been Sweden's political and economic center since the 13th century and is currently the largest city, with a population of 774,000 within the borders of the Stockholm Municipality. It is located in Vasastan in the central part of Stockholm, close to the Haga Park and the pulse of the city. Among the greenery of the diplomatic quarter in Östermalm, Stockholm, lies Scandic Park, an oasis of calm in the heart of a thriving city. www.superpages.com /global/hotels/stockholm-sweden-hotels.html   (1747 words)

Stockholms stads webbplats - About   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) The area’s location as a natural continuation of Stockholm’s inner city has helped shape the infrastructure, planning and design of the buildings. The fundamental thinking behind the planning process was to seize this unique opportunity and show how to further develop this inner city area while its waterside setting in focus, and at the same time transform an old industrial and docklands area into a modern urban environment. And where Stockholm and Nacka have been able to agree on how the areas either side of the common local authority boundary can work in harmony and be further developed. www.stockholm.se /Extern/Templates/Page.aspx?id=87569   (777 words)

Stockholm : Planning a Trip : Getting Around | Frommers.com To travel within most of urban Stockholm, all the way to the borders of the inner city, requires only two tickets. Stockholmskortet (Stockholm Card) is a personal discount card that allows unlimited travel by bus, subway, and local trains throughout the city and county of Stockholm (except on airport buses). Some of the country's finest artists were asked to participate; their work now is displayed in "the longest and deepest art gallery in the world," some 100 stations stretching all the way from the center of Stockholm to the suburbs. www.frommers.com /destinations/stockholm/0066020156.html   (928 words)

City Mayors: Mayor of Stockholm Annika Billström was born in 1956 in northern Sweden. At the age of 19, she moved to Stockholm to work as an assistant treasurer at the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party. Stockholm, with its more than 755,000 inhabitants, is the largest municipality in Sweden. www.citymayors.com /mayors/stockholm_mayor.html   (1185 words)

Stockholm pictures - Europe stock photos, fine art prints by QTL Stockholm is one-third water, one-third architecture, and one-third green. The most pleasant views are from the water edge, but there are also the old streets of Gamla Stan (the historic center of the city), as well as the parklands of Djurgarden, which include Skansen, the prototype of the open-air museum, which has reconstitutions of rural and urban buildings from all around the country. Gamla Stan, literally "old town", is the island where Stockholm began in the 13th century. www.terragalleria.com /europe/sweden/stockholm   (297 words)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) This assessment covers the area of the National City Park of Stockholm (NCP) and its 20 km circular surroundings. Coupled to population increase and urban development, the greater metropolitan region of Stockholm displays a dramatic loss of ecosystems over time. Within this area, green areas that cover several self-governing municipalities have successively become fragmented and isolated, hence the capacity to sustain the region’s ecosystem services are increasingly reduced. www.millenniumassessment.org /en/subglobal.stockholm.aspx   (381 words)

Car Hire Stockholm. Discounts Stockholm Car Rentals Companies Beneluxcar can help you to rent a car in Stockholm Whether it is one way interstate rental car Stockholm, Beneluxcar has just the right car hire for you. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. Stockholm has been Sweden's political and economic center since the 13th century and is currently the largest municipality of Sweden, with a population of 776,000. www.beneluxcar.com /car-rentals/sweden/stockholm   (260 words)

Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice Canadians living in cities or planning a move to or from an urban area may want to monitor the proceedings to discover relevant perspectives and useful insights. The Second Session of the World Urban Forum was held in Barcelona. Urban environments as centres of art and culture, and of disease, crime, pollution, poverty and social unrest. realtytimes.com /rtcpages/20060620_vancouverurban.htm   (850 words)

Post-Enlargement Challenges for the Baltic Sea Region, Speech by H.E. Mr. Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) A rather promising future is being forecasted for the Baltic Sea area. In the past decade, our countries were repeatedly alerted of the tendency to use our region as a transit route for illegal trade and migration. Frankly speaking, what I usually fail to grasp is the argument that the expansion of the security and stability area in Europe may create new dividing lines. stockholm.usembassy.gov /bsconf/2002/speech_adamkus.html   (1480 words)

Stockholm tour The populations of the Stockholm urban area and Metropolitan Stockholm are roughly 1.2 and 1.7 million, respectively, this also makes it the largest city in the Nordic countries. Stockholm is located on the east coast of Sweden at the mouth of lake Malaren and its adjacent Stockholm archipelago, a site reputed for its natural beauty. Stockholm is often referred to as the Venice of Scandinavia because of its many water channels. blip.tv /file/70190   (602 words)

UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Sweden > STOCKHOLM T-Bana The Stockholm T-bana is also considered to be one of the most beautiful metro systems in Europe, especially the newest line (blue) is a real art gallery. Stockholm's tunnelbana is 108 km long (62 km are underground) with 100 stations. The Stockholm Tunnelbana is operated on the left. www.urbanrail.net /eu/sto/stockhlm.htm   (1061 words)

North American P-51D in Detail (Revisited) - Wings and Tails Despite the once widely-spread urban myth, high-performance US aircraft such as P-51 or P-38 were never finished entirely in bare metal. What you can see here is the faithful reproduction of this job on the fixed wing area, while flaps, ailerons and the wing root area remain unpainted. Close-up of the upper wing area showing the red fuel filler cap and two-part hatch covering the gun compartment. ipmsstockholm.org /magazine/2005/12/stuff_eng_detail_p51d_02.htm   (403 words)

Kaknäs TV-Tower - the Stockholm guide to tourist information, hotels & maps. There is one tower in Stockholm that offers a better view than any other, from the Kaknäs TV-Tower you can see as far as 36 miles in good weather. The areas surrounding the tower are also well worth a visit. Kaknäs TV-Tower is located in an area that has been known since 1995 as Ekoparken, which is the first national urban park in the world. www.stockholmtown.com /templates/SimplePage___6506__EN.aspx   (416 words)

Urban Area Data Data for Stockholm cover both the urban area and the larger county of Stockholm. They show that the urban area lost 133,000 residents from 1960 to 1990, but the county gained 370,000 residents. Clearly, many Europeans are moving out of the big cities into low-density areas that are outside of the areas that the Australian researchers count as urbanized. www.ti.org /europedata.html   (656 words)

Air Quality Indicator Sulphur dioxide urban area The indicator is based on hourly urban background monitoring and is automatically updated on the www every hour. The EMMA scale is proposed in the EC project EMMA as a common scale for air quality indicators. The limit between good and average air quality represents annual mean concentrations in Stockholm urban area. www.slb.mf.stockholm.se /e/aq_so2_urb.htm   (105 words)

C'est le Toon - videoblog or podcast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Areas such as film history and theory, production management, acting, special effects, 3D animation and more are treated in the elective part of the program. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf.Stockholm has been Sweden's political and economic center since the 13th century.? This makes Stockholm the largest city in the Nordic countries.With its location on the east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake M?laren, by the Stockholm archipelago, it is widely renowned for its beauty.   www.mefeedia.com /feeds/7192   (4428 words)

CBC.CA - Torino 2006 Paralympics The fair pavilion Torino Esposizioni is situated in corso Massimo d'Azeglio, a central urban area. Sledge hockey was developed at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm during the early 1960s by some Swedes who wanted to continue playing hockey despite their physical disabilities. By the end of the decade, Stockholm had a five-team league that included players with a disabled and able-bodied players. www.cbc.ca /paralympics/sportprimers/sledgehockey.shtml   (561 words)

DEMOGRAPHIA: Demographics Development Impacts Market Research & Urban Policy Cox presented well seminars and classes on U.S. and international public transport, intercity rail (including Amtrak), freight transport and world urban areas in Paris and Le Havre and conducted research on French and European demographics and transport. In this report, Wendell Cox and Alan Pisarski show that Atlanta's intense traffic congestion, unusual for a low density urban area, is principally the cause of underinvestment in suburban roadways. While the casual visitor to Atlanta may think the urban area well served by wide freeways, coverage of the urban area is sparse. www.demographia.com   (2011 words)

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