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Tag Archives: South America
Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Sur (South America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons)
La siguiente lista identifica las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Sur. Estas estructuras de soporte se encuentran principalmente en puentes colgantes y atirantados y la altura se mide desde el suelo o el nivel del … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, business, cities, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, logistics, Maps, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, skylines, South America, spatial design, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged America del Sur, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, bridges, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, piloas, pilones, pontes, puentes, pylons, South America, torres, towers, Uruguay, Venezuela
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El edificio más alto por país en América Latina
(The tallest building by country in Latin America.) Torres Obispado: Monterrey, Mexico = 1,002′ (2020) Gran Torre Costanera: Santiago, Chile = 984′ (2014) J.W. Marriott Hotel: Panama City, Panama = 932′ (2011) Yachthouse Residence Club 1 & 2: Balneario Camboriú, Brazil … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Caribbean, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Mexico, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, skyscrapers, South America, spatial design, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Caribbean, edificios, edificios de gran altura, Latin America, skylines, skyscrapers, South America, torre, towers
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Jaw-dropping images of today’s volcanic eruption from Chile
Here are two amazing images of today’s eruption of the Villarica Volcano in southern Chile. The immense power of Mother Earth is clearly on display.
Posted in environment, geography, Geology, nature, South America
Tagged Chile, environment, geography, geology, South America, Villarica Volcano, volcanoes
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Exquisite equatorial river deltas from space
Here are satellite images (and one map) of exquisite and beautiful river deltas from Earth’s equatorial region lying between the Trip of Cancer and the Tropic Capricorn. Included are the Ganges (Bangladesh/India), Indus (Pakistan), Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Mekong (Vietnam), Niger (Nigeria), … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Africa, art, Asia, climate change, commerce, environment, geography, history, India, land use, Maps, nature, Outer Space, pictures, planning, pollution, rivers/watersheds, Science, South America, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Africa, Asia, deltas, ecology, environment, geography, rivers, South America, transportation, watersheds
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World’s longest subway/metro systems
Below is a list of the longest subway/metro systems in the world, based on a minimum length of 100 kilometers. These do not include street trams, light rail, or commuter railroads, only subways/metros. Of those cities identified below, 14 are located … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, China, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, Statistics, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Asia, cities, Europe, metros, North America, planning, rail, South America, subways, trains, transit, transportation, travel
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Movie titles on the map
Below is a non-comprehensive list of fairly well-known movie titles that include place name/geographic references. For the sake of brevity and my own sanity, documentaries, shorts, foreign language titles, and/or physical geographic terms were not included. Please feel free to send … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, art, Asia, branding, China, cities, Communications, culture, entertainment, Europe, film, fun, geography, globalization, history, India, Maps, movies, North America, Oceania, placemaking, South America, tourism, Travel, UK, writing
Tagged Africa, Asia, cartography, cities, continents, counties, countries, Europe, films, fun, geography, maps atlas, movies, North America, Oceania, place names, South America, states, theaters, towns
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Dos puertas de la ciudad de China de America del Sur
I was rather surprised to find only two Chinatown gates in South America. They are located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Lima, Peru. Below are a photograph of each of these artistic structures: One would think with numerous megacities like … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, China, cities, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, globalization, historic preservation, history, immigration, inclusiveness, land use, peace, placemaking, planning, South America, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, Argentina, art, Buenos Aires, China, Chinatown, ciudad de China, culture, design, diversity, gates, immigration, Lima, paifang, Peru, puertas, South America
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The “Latin America Green City Index”
In a visually stunning and remarkably detailed 2010 report prepared by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist magazine and Siemens AG, an expert advisory panel ranked 17 major urban centers of Latin America utilizing an eight category green city index. The index categories include: … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, diversity, economic development, energy, environment, food systems, geography, health, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, poverty, South America, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged Belo Horizonte, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, cities, Curitiba, ecology, environment, green cities, Guadalajara, infrastructure, Latin America, Lima, Medellin, Mexico, Mexico City, Monterrey, Montevideo, planning, Porto Alegre, Puebla, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paulo, South America
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Leading fair trade producer nations
Below is a list of the leading fair trade producer nations based on the number of fair trade certified producer organizations operating within that country during 2011. The total number of such producers (for all products with coffee, tea, and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, culture, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, environment, fair trade, food systems, human rights, land use, peace, planning, poverty, South America
Tagged Africa, agriculture, Asia, cocoa, coffee, economics, fair trade, food, peace, South America, sustainability, tea, USA
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Where mass transit matters – BRTs in Bogota: el mejor en autobuses de tránsito rápido
In the past decade or so, bus rapid transit (BRT) has become a popular mass transit option for a number of cities in the United States and around the world. The first such system opening Curitiba, Brazil in 1974. However, … Continue reading
Posted in cities, climate change, culture, density, energy, environment, geography, land use, planning, South America, spatial design, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Bogota, BRT, bus rapid transit, cities, mass transit, South America, transportation
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