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Amy Smith | Feb 11th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A look at a new report that presents a surprising finding: The average Chinese citizen has a smaller carbon footprint than the average American. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Sep 23rd, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
Josh Leon on the relentless upward motion of cities like Shanghai and Dubai, and the excitement and excess implicit in the new building boom. (
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Katherine Mella | Aug 6th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Researchers working on earthquake-proof housing discover that the simplest of substances may be the answer to safety. (
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Hamida Kinge | Jun 9th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
In her column, The Tipping Point, Hamida Kinge looks at a new United Nations report that links urban poverty, climate change and migration to cities from rural areas to “megadisasters.” (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | May 19th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Detroit |
In the latest installment of his column, Josh Leon wonders who gets left behind when cities adapt to a volatile market and a mobile professional class. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Apr 1st, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
A series of recent studies shows that city dwellers pollute less than their suburban counterparts. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Feb 26th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
In the second installment of his column, Josh Leon discusses labor practices in Chinese and Middle Eastern boomtowns. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 9th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction. (
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Jennifer Kim | May 16th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
What happens to a neighborhood when its most important commodity is in short supply? The shortage of rice has already taken its toll on Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Jennifer Kim reports. (
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Meredith Aska McBride | Apr 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
Hospitals’ stir fears, sect youths conditioned to deceive outsiders, Olympic torch relay switches route and more in today’s headlines.
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A look at a new report that presents a surprising finding: The average Chinese citizen has a smaller carbon footprint than the average American. (keep reading…)
Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction. (keep reading…)
What happens to a neighborhood when its most important commodity is in short supply? The shortage of rice has already taken its toll on Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Jennifer Kim reports. (keep reading…)
