Sheltered and hidden away at a bend in the river, shaded by trees, stands a yurt in one of the most beautiful locations in a country of beautiful locations.

BBC: Nomadic Kyrgyzstan

Atlanta's business leaders have recognized that improving the quality of life, whether by reducing drive time, planting trees or cleaning up the polluted Chattahoochee River, is in their self-interest, he said.

CNN: Gridlock drives developers to design wiser cities

Boarding a vessel on the Nile is to peel back millennia and slow down to river speed as ancient temples, oxcarts and palm trees pass by, unaltered since Pharaohs ruled the roost.

BBC: Journey down the world��s longest rivers

The flow of the river, made constant by careful management to please consumers, did not suit the handsome river red gum trees along its banks, which thrive on drought and flood.

ECONOMIST: So long as it doesn��t cost too much