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Urbanization

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

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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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Meeting our Metropolitan Challenge

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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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Climate Change and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

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 06.22.2009 | New York

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 06.13.2009 | World

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