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| === Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
| - | Plants are the centre of the web of life. The growth of urban centres around the globe has had a critical impact on ecology. Some of the questions at the core of this research are: | + | The growth of urban centres around the globe has had a critical impact on ecology. Some of the questions at the core of this research are: |
| * Is there an ecological limit to economic growth? | * Is there an ecological limit to economic growth? | ||
| * Do we have the right to consider human beings as more valuable than other life forms? | * Do we have the right to consider human beings as more valuable than other life forms? | ||
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| Some of the reasons for this project are as follows: | Some of the reasons for this project are as follows: | ||
| - | * Uncontrolled growth of cities has had a devastating impact on ecology. | ||
| * By the end of 2008, half the world' | * By the end of 2008, half the world' | ||
| * Cities are becoming increasingly polluted, unhealthy and disconnected with other life forms. | * Cities are becoming increasingly polluted, unhealthy and disconnected with other life forms. | ||
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