ABSTRACT
Wednesday 23 May 2007 was not a date that will be widely remembered for its groundbreaking news. The news in Europe was dominated by the Champions League final between AC Milan and Liverpool, whilst in the US and the Middle East, a new bombing in Iraq dominated the news. Nevertheless, 23 May 2007 might still go into our history books. After all, it is this day that is considered to be the first day in human history that more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas (Wimberley & Fulkerson 2007) – a fact signifying that the 21st century might well be considered the urban century.
