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Emerging City Innovation | GOOD - 6 views

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 27 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kathleen Noreisch on 27 Oct 09
     
    Video from GOOD - Most of the world's population now lives in cities. How can we make sure these urban centers are good homes for humanity? Cities from Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro to Seoul are leading the way, using fresh ideas to reduce pollution and waste; provide efficient, clean transportation; and support biodiversity.
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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Urbanisation - 1 views

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 26 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Kathleen Noreisch on 26 Mar 09
     
    Trace the past and future expansion of the world's biggest cities with the BBCs interactive map (urbanisation and urban growth) The world in 2050: leading experts give their forecasts for the urban future Making cities work: Detroit, Mexico City, Moscow and China Rural to urban migrants speak out.
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BBC News - Audio slideshow: Chicago's doomed spire - 3 views

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  • Richard Allaway on 25 May 11
     
    Slide show with commentary about the high rise in Chicago and how this was the city to watch for the 20th Century and how cities might re-assess their need to build up as a traditional CBD.  Helps to establish the idea of a CBD based on building height with Bid Rent and Burgess.   [Submitted by Chris Stephenson]
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Toward Zero Waste: Mumbai's Informal Recycling Economy | Sustainable Cities Collective - 1 views

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  • Mumbai’s rapid growth, high density, and sheer size present significant challenges for its waste management system. The enormous quantity of waste generated in the city makes large-scale, technologically driven “solutions” tempting. However, the opposite approach—a highly decentralized, people-powered model of waste management—has proven successful
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The Big Squeeze: Can Cities Save The Earth? : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR - 2 views

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  • James Mattiace on 17 Apr 13
     
    If the world lived in one city  
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Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways : Krulwich Wonders...... - 2 views

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  • James Mattiace on 16 Sep 12
     
    different view of city blocks. New York, Paris, Berlin, 
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Cities Issue | Foreign Policy - 3 views

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  • Reuben Snyder on 28 Sep 12
     
    Foreign Policy Magazine dedicates a issue to cities.
  • Phil Bennie on 28 Sep 12
     
    Excellent resource
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Google Image Result for http://www.oneinchpunch.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/0... - 1 views

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  • Phil Bennie on 14 Jun 10
     
    Kowloon walled city
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Percentage of global population living in cities, by continent | Environment | guardian... - 0 views

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  • Kathleen Noreisch on 15 Sep 09
     
    Studies have shown city dwellers have smaller carbon footprints than their countries' national averages
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The Death and Life of Model "Eco-cities" | GOOD - 2 views

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  • Kathleen Noreisch on 10 Jun 09
     
    From Florida to China, showcase "green" communities are popping up all over the globe. But some have already failed. Here are four model cities that might actually make it.
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Seoul tears down an urban highway and the city can breathe again | Grist - 1 views

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  • tearing down a busy, elevated freeway, re-daylighting the river that had been buried beneath it, and creating a spectacular downtown green space, all in under two and a half years — is nothing short of amazing, not because it actually worked (there was plenty of evidence from other cities to suggest that it could), but because they were able to get public support for it.
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Power of Place - 5 Overview - 1 views

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  • Richard Allaway on 10 Jul 11
     
    This video presents how the urban complex of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague threatens to intrude upon the rural spaces between the three cities, and how the Dutch government seeks to preserve a sustainable urban environment. [Submitted by John Jordan]
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