The Cities
...rds, they have large ecological footprints. London's footprint is 120 times the size of the city, drawing on resources from the wheat prairies of Kansas, the tea gardens of Assam and the copper mines of Zambia. But does the wealth they generate justify their large ecological footprints, and can development polices reduce them? An increasing nuber of boys are turnning their backs on univerty,apparetly worried about geting into student debt. A study of secondary school pupils published yesterday found a sharp loss of interest mong boy, while girls' enthusiasm for a degree had risen. The survey of 2300 children aged 11 to 16 for the educational charity was conducted between January and March at the haight of the battle over government plans to increase university tuition fees to $3000 a year in 2006. It found that 66 percent of boys believed that they were likely to go on to university, compared with 70 percent of those asked a year ...