GLOBAL FOCUS: NOTES ON ARTICLES IN CURRENT JOURNALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

The article focuses on articles published in different journals that deal with different subjects such as city planning and land use. It states that in an article that deals with the topic of city planning asserts that a city should not be compared to an organism with a predictable rate of growth. It also implies that urban evolution is a combination of tradition and innovation which continuously takes place in the development of a city. It tells that the bus rapid transit (BRT) system known as TransMilenio has been effective towards the creation of a suitable traffic system in Bogota, Colombia. Moreover, another article on the topic of land use says that environmental sustainability is evident in the well-defined zoning ordinance of New Orleans, Louisiana.