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Weekly Video

Mike March 02, 2010 Uncategorized Comments Off

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Gazing toward the future, and hopefully beyond these dismal economic times, what will cities look like? Though it’s easy to get excited about the technologies that might shape the built realities of civilization, any sociologist will tell you that cities are at least equally defined by their inhabitants…

Some quick updates on urbanism and globalization

Denis May 27, 2009 Economic Development Comments Off

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A few interesting articles related to globalization showed up in Planetizen this week that I just had to share. Inside: If location doesn’t matter anymore, then why do cities keep growing? India’s Tata is building $10,000 condos! Should immigrants be brought in to take care of fixer-upper neighbourhoods in the USA?