Graeme Reid, the council's inner-city manager, argues that it is neither feasible nor desirable for the area to go back to what it was, but that a new, vibrant, multi-ethnic city is evolving.

ECONOMIST: A city��s metamorphosis

More fundamentally, not all Global Zero's signatories are convinced that zero is either achievable nor necessarily desirable.

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It is neither desirable nor sensible for governments to deploy taxpayers' money as venture capital.

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They said the agency's nuclear plan would require more than 200 new nuclear reactors in the next 24 years, which was "neither desirable nor realistic".

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Unfortunately, not all American motorists will find it practical or desirable to drive a subcompact car like the Ford Fiesta pictured above, nor will they want to give up desired conveniences.

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