Urbanization

The City 2.0 - Dream It, Build It

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, TED Prize, Urban Planning, Urbanization, City 2.0, TED City 2.0, Impact News
Amy Novogratz

Every day -- from Rio to New York to Mumbai -- decisions are made around transportation, energy, public space, housing, and law. Rather than leaving these decisions in the hands of others, theCity2.org provides a platform so we can all become part of the solution.

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Why Has TED Given the 2012 TED Prize to the City 2.0?

Chris Anderson | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Urbanization, City 2.0, Tedtalks, Video, Technology News
Chris Anderson

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Climate Change And Urbanization Will Impact Disaster Relief

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Urbanization, Video, Natural Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, Climate Change Adaptation, Natural-Disasters, Disaster Aid, Climate-Change, Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Relief Climate Change, Green News

* Expert poll shows changing face of humanitarian aid * Role of climate change and urbanisation to grow * Investment in ...

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The Benefits of Global Urbanization

Katherine Krauss | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Environment, Urbanization, Overpopulation, High School News
Katherine Krauss

Clearly, cities have environmental benefits, but the real reason that I am so highly in favor of the world's trend towards urbanization is because cities are the centers of idea exchange.

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Divorce Throughout History: A Primer

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Desertion, Urbanization, History, Divorce Rate, Journal of Family History, Economic Cycle, Tomas Cvrcek, Differences in Age at Marriage, Clemson University, Divorce News
Robert Hughes, Jr.

Taking a historical look at patterns of divorce in the US gives us insight into current times. Tomas Cvrcek, an economist at Clemson University, take...

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The New Usual and the Demise of the Art City

Edward Kubow | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Works Project Administration, Urbanization, Art City, Cities, Urban Sprawl, Gentrification, Culture News
Edward Kubow

In the metropolis where finance overwhelms the presence of every other industry and is the dominant driver of prosperity, a creative void has undeniably emerged.

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What Skyscrapers Tell Us ... About Us

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edward Glasser, Urbanization, Christianity, Skyscrapers, Architecture in America, Religion and Architecture, Religion in America, Spirituality and Architecture, American Cities, Skyscrapers in America, Triumph of the City, Religion News
Jonathan Merritt

Just as the height and placement of skyscrapers tells us about our global standing and self-image, the buildings they now hide and overshadow tell us about new religious realities.

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Chunyun Beijing: What The World's Largest Annual Human Migration Looks Like

An Xiao Mina | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Chinese New Year, Beijing, Migrant Population, International Destinations, Slidepollajax, Asia Travel, Chunjie, Spring Festival, Chunyun, China Travel, Destinations, Holiday Travel, China, World News
An Xiao Mina

Hundreds of millions of people are estimated to have moved to cities large and small in China. These figures can be difficult to wrap your head around. But then I saw what felt like all of Beijing empty out.

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How Smart Are Public-Private Partnerships?

Jeffrey Inaba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, C-Lab, Ibm, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Smarter-Cities-Challenge, Smarter Cities, Jeffrey Inaba, Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, Housing and Urban Development, Business News
Jeffrey Inaba

While public-private partnerships help support public services as municipalities reduce costs, they also call attention to the need to examine the decision-making process for improving cities.

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Urbanization of Poverty

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Globalization, Urban Poverty, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

Megalopolises, teeming with people, pollution and poverty, may not be an attractive lifestyle for you. But, urban life is the future for most of the world's poor.

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Psyche and the City: A Soul's Guide to the Modern Metropolis

Thomas Singer, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Psyche, Megacity, Soul, Natural Resources, Books, Book Reviews, Community, Urban Growth, Megacities, Cities, Books News
Thomas Singer, M.D.

How can one afford not to worry about the intersection of soul and city in the face of the staggering numbers related to the problems flooding our cities?

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A Look At The World's Fastest Growing Megacity

GlobalPost | Erik German and Solana Pyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dhaka Bangladesh, Urbanization, World Bank, United Nations, Immigration, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Poverty, Urban Living, Growing Megacity, Pollution, Globalization, Megacity, World News

The future is here, and it smells like burning trash. As the evening call to prayer echoes across Dhaka's teeming slums, a bluish haze rises in the mu...

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Is China Serious About Major Economic Reform? Probably Not

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Governance, Urbanization, Leadership, Party Reform, Chinese Scale, China Health Care, Ppp, Financial Reform, Chinese Corporate Structure, China Growth Strategy, China, Haier, Chinese Leadership, China Development Strategy, Political Reform, Infrastructure Investment, Anta, China Consumer Sector, Chinese Mobilization, China Service Sector, Lining, Cofco, Yili, Mengniu, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

Is China wrong to make economic reforms so slowly? Probably not. Despite having become the world's second largest economy, China is still a poor country on a purchase power parity (PPP) basis.

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What's Up With the Rainforest: Rate of Forest Loss Has Decreased, But We're Not Out of the Woods Yet

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Illegal Logging, Indonesia, Deforestation, Rainforest Alliance, James Boyce, Biodiversity, Green News
James Boyce

While it's not hard to conclude that logging and high rates of deforestation are detrimental to the forests, a realization that may come as a surprise is the impact urbanization has had on the rainforest.

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We Have Reason to Be Proud of the American Response in Haiti

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Bill Clinton, Poverty, Disaster Relief, Haiti Earthquake, New York City, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, World News
Steven Cohen

Most Americans are united in their compassion for the victims in Haiti. President Obama has an opportunity to demonstrate American compassion to the rest of the world, while increasing America's understanding of extreme poverty.

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Meeting our Metropolitan Challenge

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, World Habitat Day, Rockefeller Foundation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cities, Politics News
Dr. Judith Rodin

The US today hosts World Habitat Day for the first time. It sets a simple question in sharp relief: Will we shape the historic forces driving billions of people to metro regions or will we let these forces shape us?

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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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Climate Change and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Urbanization, Sandstorms, Desertification, Environmental Degradation, World Bank, Food-Insecurity, Turkey Dam, Green News
James Denselow

A forgotten story is how the destruction and painfully slow reconstruction of the Iraq state is occurring against the backdrop of a deteriorating natural environment.

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Shining Cities on a Smarter Planet

Samuel J. Palmisano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Systems, Solutions, Ibm, City Life, Space, Cities, Miami-Florida, New York-New York, Chicago-Illinois, Paris-France, New York News
Samuel J. Palmisano

The world's cities are the proverbial melting pot -- not only for immigrants, but for systems, blending them together to engender new forms of commerce, of culture, of science, of life and of society.

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Urbanization Leading To The Rise Of Slums (AUDIO)(SLIDESHOW)

Worldfocus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Poverty, Slums, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Urbanization and Slums, Global Poverty, Poor People, Advocacy, Video, World News

The year 2007 was a turning point for the world, marking the first time when the majority of the global population lived in cities rather than in t...

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