The 15 Global Challenges from t he Millennium Project, a global participatory think tank. 1. How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change? 2. How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict? 3. How can population growth and resources be brought into balance? 4. How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? 5. How can decisionmaking be enhanced by integrating improved global foresight during unprecedented accelerating change? 6. How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone? 7. How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor? 8. How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune micro-organisms be reduced? 9. How can education make humanity more intelligent, knowledgeable, and wise enough to address its global challenges? 10. How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terroris
Derby, Our Century, published as part of the Derby Evening Telegraph's Millennium celebrations, it looks back at Derby and Derbyshire over the greater part of the last hundred years, telling the story of places and personalities that made Derby the city that it is today.
Unlike traditional local heritage books, Our Century -By The People Who Lived It does not carry detailed historical records which have been researched from the archives. Instead, it is packed with evocative eye-witness accounts by the people who were there.
One article written by Peter Saunders (Manor Road Hoylake Wirral), titled Pre-war boom in affordable housing hits Colwyn Avenue. This article tells us the unbelievable low house price during 1920s and 1930s, compared to the current house price, despite that it has dropped remarkably from the highest point because of the credit crisis.
Thanks to a boom in affrodable housing plan during pre-war era, people in Derby moved from congested streets to the new private housing developments on the leafier outskirts of the town. At that time, more than 2,500,000 houses were built for private sale in Britain during the years between the two world wars, and many of them were modestly priced, with mortgages available on fairly easy terms. Deposits on new houses could be as low as £25, particularly towards the end of the 1930s when competition was keen in the building industry.
The author's parents were among the first who moved in a neat semi-detached house with generous gardens which formed the new outer suburbs of Derby. The house cost around £600 and gained the builder an encouraging subsidy from the government.
£600 for a semi-detached house with a generous gardens! Look at that, could you believe it?!
Unlike traditional local heritage books, Our Century -By The People Who Lived It does not carry detailed historical records which have been researched from the archives. Instead, it is packed with evocative eye-witness accounts by the people who were there.
One article written by Peter Saunders (Manor Road Hoylake Wirral), titled Pre-war boom in affordable housing hits Colwyn Avenue. This article tells us the unbelievable low house price during 1920s and 1930s, compared to the current house price, despite that it has dropped remarkably from the highest point because of the credit crisis.
Thanks to a boom in affrodable housing plan during pre-war era, people in Derby moved from congested streets to the new private housing developments on the leafier outskirts of the town. At that time, more than 2,500,000 houses were built for private sale in Britain during the years between the two world wars, and many of them were modestly priced, with mortgages available on fairly easy terms. Deposits on new houses could be as low as £25, particularly towards the end of the 1930s when competition was keen in the building industry.
The author's parents were among the first who moved in a neat semi-detached house with generous gardens which formed the new outer suburbs of Derby. The house cost around £600 and gained the builder an encouraging subsidy from the government.
£600 for a semi-detached house with a generous gardens! Look at that, could you believe it?!
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