Brussels, 16/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Poor air quality, high levels of traffic and congestion, urban sprawl, ambient noise, greenhouse gas emissions and generation and disposal of waste: - most European towns have to come to grips with a number of such environmental challenges. The Thematic Strategy for the Urban Environment presented by the European Commission (EUROPE 9109) aims to answer the growing concerns caused by these environmental problems in towns, given the harmful effect that...