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Tag Archives: Shanghai
Most congested megacity index for 2014
Below are the results from the most congested megacity index which are based on an interesting and fairly simple measure of street congestion – the average number of stops and starts per vehicle during a given year. Please note that … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, Asia, bicycling, Cars, China, cities, civility, commerce, environment, Europe, geography, health, humanity, India, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, Passenger rail, planning, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, traffic, transit, transportation, UK, urban planning, walking
Tagged Bangkok, Beijing, Buenaos aires, cars, cities, congestion, geography, Istanbul, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, newgeography, Paris, planning, Rio, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, spatial design, traffic, transportation, travel
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CITIES WITH THAT ‘sinking’ FEELING
We all have heard about the perils posed to urban areas by rising sea levels, but less often discussed (until recently) are the potential disasters awaiting those cities that are literally sinking under the weight of themselves. The proper term … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Asia, cities, civics, climate change, Economy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, politics, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning, visual pollution, writing
Tagged Bangkok, Dhaka, drilling, engineering, environment, extracting, geography, groundwater, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Houston, Jakarta, LA, land use, Manila, mining, nature, New Orleans, Shanghai, sinking cities, subsidence, Tokyo, urban planning, Venice
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World’s 25 busiest air travel “markets” in 2011
It is often heard that Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. On an individual airport basis, that is correct. But when you calculate the total air passengers passing through each market (single airport or multiple-airport), … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airports, Asia, China, cities, Communications, economic development, Europe, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, South America, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airlines, airports, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beijing, Chicago, cities, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Moscow, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, statistics, Tokyo, tourism, transportation, Washington
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Cities in history: review of “Ten Green Bottles”
Vivian Jeanette Kaplan’s book (Ten Green Bottles) about her parent’s harrowing escape from Nazi-controlled Vienna, Austria to Japanese-controlled Shanghai, China is a captivating and disturbing true story of one family’s efforts to escape Nazi aggression. The book primarily covers from the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Asia, bicycling, book reviews, cities, civics, culture, diversity, Europe, history, human rights, poverty, psychology, transportation
Tagged Austria, Axis, book reviews, books, Canada, China, communists, culture, diversity, exodus, facists, family, Germany, history, holocaust, injustice, poverty, religion, Shanghai, Toronto, Vienna, war, World War II
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Summary of the “Asian Green City Index”
A expert panel selected by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist magazine and Siemens AG ranked 22 major urban centers of Asia in 2011, by utilizing an eight category green city index. The index categories include: Energy and carbon dioxide Transport Water Air … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, economic development, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, fair trade, food systems, geography, health, homelessness, human rights, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, poverty, rail, recycling, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, tourism, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Asia, Bangkok, Beijing, Bengaluru, cities, environment, green, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kolkata, Manila, Mumbai, Nanjing, nature, Osaka, pollution, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Wuhan, Yokohama
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