Showing posts with label CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN WORLD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN WORLD. Show all posts

Monday, 5 October 2015

London centric?!?!

LONDON- CENTRED- Everything in the UK is focused around London isn't it? 

London by night, from the air
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Improving quality of life in Mexico

Mexico City promises free condoms and transportation in exchange for exercise http://gu.com/p/4apyv?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger
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Saturday, 25 April 2015

The world's most innovative cities in pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/apr/23/modern-cities-panos-photography-futureofcities-exhibition-in-pictures 

Singapore: These ‘supertrees’ dominate the ‘Gardens by the Bay’ landscape, at heights of up to 50 metres. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees.<strong>Tokyo, Japan</strong> A monk prays at the Banshoji temple where, on the third floor, there is a room called the Suishoden. In this hall, blue LEDs illuminate 2,000 small glass cinerariums, each containing a box holding the ashes of a deceased person. Each is decorated with an image of the Buddha. A visitor uses an electronic identity card at the entrance and the appropriate urn lights up in goldMumbai, India An aerial view over Dhobighat, the open air area where the city’s laundry is washedMedellín, Colombia A street scene near the Santo Domingo metro-cable in Comuna 1
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Thursday, 2 April 2015

Extreme cities...

The Guardian has a series called this and has articles about the world's extreme urban places....

The poorest hereResidents of Monrovia's West Point township.


The most private here
Sands SkyPark infinity pool on the 57th floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore.

more about Singapore here

Singapore sign

The riskiest cities here 

An Iranian worker goes down steps on the rooftop of a multi-storey building in Tehran's wealthy northern neighbourhood


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Which is the world's greenest city?

See the article here.....
 http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/02/where-is-the-worlds-greenest-city-ecofriendly

Bristol is Europe's green city 2015, Copenhagen comes out well in the poll also .
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Kabul- soon to be megacity-

Kabul; the world's 5th fastest growing city- 

Afghan shoppers throng the Mandave market area in downtown Kabul.The edges of Kabul are spreading ever outwards.

A boy helps make bricks for new apartment blocks next to Aria City, a gated high-end residential complex.
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