Urbanization as Opportunity
Urbanization as opportunity
The world's cities will add more people in the 21st century than during all of human history to date. Nearly all of this urbanization will occur in the developing world, where it has the potential to drive growth and development. Never before have cities, or the policy choices therein, been more important.
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Civic Startups: Lessons from Shenzhen
Shenzhen can be described as a civic startup and more specifically, an example of a charter city. On these metrics as well as several others it can be considered a success. As leaders think about …
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Urban Land Magazine Reviews Planet of Cities
David Godschalk reviews Planet of Cities in the latest edition of Urban Land, the magazine of the Urban Land Institute. Planet of Cities sets an ambitious agenda—nothing less than formulating evidence-based rules for managing the worldwide …
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Stakes in the Ground
Joan Clos, executive director of UN-HABITAT and former mayor of Barcelona, champions the work of the Solly Angel of the NYU Stern Urbanization Project in a recent Atlantic Cities post. Rapidly growing cities in the …
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