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Tag Archives: Turkey
Linking two continents – monumental bridges of Turkey
Turkey already has some amazing bridges, but now they plan to construct the world’s longest bridge span over the Dardanelles Straits linking Europe with Asia. Designed to shorten the travel time between the major southern city of Izmir and Eastern … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Asia, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, planning, shipping, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Asia, bridges, cities, Europe, geography, Istanbul, Izmit, statistics, transportation, travel, Turkey
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Urban duopolies
Most often, the term “duopoly” is used the context of business to identify those markets that are dominated by two primary suppliers who exert great influence. Examples would be Fedex versus UPS in overnight shipping within the United States; Pepsi versus Coca-Cola … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, culture, diversity, economic development, entertainment, geography, history, land use, placemaking, planning, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Alberta, Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, competition, duopolies, economic development, economics, Ecuador, India, Kentucky, Kenya, land use, Libya, Missouri, Nebraska, Norway, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, planning, Portugal, Quebec, Romania, Russia, Saskatchewan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, urban, urban planning, Vietnam
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Timeless city quotes in a literary treasure
I am roughly 75 percent of the way through reading an extraordinary book entitled Istanbul, Memories and the City by Nobel Prize winning author Orhan Pamuk. I intend to write a more-thorough Urbanography review of the book upon completion, but had to … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, book reviews, cities, culture, diversity, history, land use, planning
Tagged cities, culture, history, Istanbul, Turkey
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