Posts Tagged: China
Celebrating Lunar New Year Abroad
February 19, 2015 marked the first day of the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival as it is known in China. While it is still very much winter here in Ithaca, there were still many of us that found
Celebrating Lunar New Year Abroad
February 19, 2015 marked the first day of the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival as it is known in China. While it is still very much winter here in Ithaca, there were still many of us that found
Urbanization Notes #4
A Bird’s Eye View of China’s Rapid Urbanization from polis Miami City of Art Manuel Castells at Occupy London Street Films: documenting liveable streets worldwide The City Solution: Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing pains in
Urbanization Notes #4
A Bird’s Eye View of China’s Rapid Urbanization from polis Miami City of Art Manuel Castells at Occupy London Street Films: documenting liveable streets worldwide The City Solution: Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing pains in
Urbanization Notes #1
“China takes aim at rural influx” by demolishing low cost schools How New York City sold public housing in the 1930s Food deserts in American cities are a solvable problem What does 7 Billion people on earth mean for our
Urbanization Notes #1
“China takes aim at rural influx” by demolishing low cost schools How New York City sold public housing in the 1930s Food deserts in American cities are a solvable problem What does 7 Billion people on earth mean for our
Urbanization News: July 29
Pop Up to Permanent: The Globe and Mail features cities in North America and Europe that have embraced the idea of pop-up projects as a planning tool to rethink public spaces. The image above is from Times Square in New
Urbanization News: July 29
Pop Up to Permanent: The Globe and Mail features cities in North America and Europe that have embraced the idea of pop-up projects as a planning tool to rethink public spaces. The image above is from Times Square in New
Urbanization News: July 24
“1 Million Dead in 30 Seconds”: That’s the appropriately jarring title of an article by Claire Berlinski in the Summer volume of City Journal, about the increasing risk of earthquakes for massive destruction as cities grow larger. It’s really an
Urbanization News: July 24
“1 Million Dead in 30 Seconds”: That’s the appropriately jarring title of an article by Claire Berlinski in the Summer volume of City Journal, about the increasing risk of earthquakes for massive destruction as cities grow larger. It’s really an
Urbanization News: July 15
That snazzy promo video is for this week’s featured urban happening, “The Just City: A Ford Forum on Metropolitan Opportunity” held in New York yesterday. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, it brought together “Civic leaders and policymakers, urban designers and
Urbanization News: July 15
That snazzy promo video is for this week’s featured urban happening, “The Just City: A Ford Forum on Metropolitan Opportunity” held in New York yesterday. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, it brought together “Civic leaders and policymakers, urban designers and
Urbanization News: July 8
Rankled: This week’s featured news story is from Polis, which posted an excellent critical piece about city rankings: “The regurgitated notion that New York, London, and Tokyo sit comfortably at the peak of the “global city” hierarchy has little bearing
Urbanization News: July 8
Rankled: This week’s featured news story is from Polis, which posted an excellent critical piece about city rankings: “The regurgitated notion that New York, London, and Tokyo sit comfortably at the peak of the “global city” hierarchy has little bearing
A European Ghost Town In China?
Recent articles from CNN to the India Times have reported on ghost town cities popping up all over China built in the image of western counterparts. Places like Thames Town outside of Shanghai have been built in the replication of
A European Ghost Town In China?
Recent articles from CNN to the India Times have reported on ghost town cities popping up all over China built in the image of western counterparts. Places like Thames Town outside of Shanghai have been built in the replication of
Shenzhen: The “Instant City”
We will be starting a new monthly profile of cities around the world that have experienced unprecedented growth. Hopefully this will give insight into some of the massive challenges that planners and governments face in accommodating this growth and what
Shenzhen: The “Instant City”
We will be starting a new monthly profile of cities around the world that have experienced unprecedented growth. Hopefully this will give insight into some of the massive challenges that planners and governments face in accommodating this growth and what
Urbanization News June 17
ECA International, the world’s leader in the development and provision of solutions for the management and assignment of employees, around the world just release its international cost of living survey. There were a few notable results, especially in Australia as
Urbanization News June 17
ECA International, the world’s leader in the development and provision of solutions for the management and assignment of employees, around the world just release its international cost of living survey. There were a few notable results, especially in Australia as
Encountering Urbanization 