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Deconstructing Gaza (and other lessons in covert geography)
Israel Defense Forces under Shimon Naveh developed a very 21st century military arm: the Operational Theory Research Institute, dedicated to applying poststructuralist theory to the domination of Palestine
Breaking the Bribery Cycle in Chongqing
“If urban development depends on land management, it won’t be sustainable,”
China Prepares for Urban Revolution - BusinessWeek
Over the next 17 years, 350 million rural residents will move to China's cities... bring the Chinese urban population from just under 600 million today to close to 1 billion, changing China into a country where more than two-thirds of its people are city dwellers
China's disappearing land puts food supplies at risk - environment - 21 November 2008 - New Scientist
Each year some 4.5 billion tonnes of soil are lost, threatening the country's ability to feed itself. If erosion continues at this rate, harvests in China's north-eastern breadbasket could fall by 40% in 50 years.
China's Cars, Accelerating A Global Demand for Fuel
Some Chinese cities actually promote bigger, fancier cars to help foster the image of a more "wenming," or civilized, modern society.
Johan and Tan Ying's homepage
Our research is focused on urban conservation and social aspects of urban renewal in Chinese cities. A speciality is how tourism development can utilise the historic-cultural resource and promote preservation, and vice versa.
UAI Magazine: Winter 05/06: 5 Asian Success Stories
Unlike most other regions in China, Quanzhou protected the private ownership of homes (due mostly to an official interest in not alienating expatriate owners who continued to invest locally). Building in the city, at least since 1949, has been mostly priv
shrinkingcities : Welcome
Includes several Chinese cities... which ones?
Quanzhou: Introduction
Also, in a number of areas shown in the Planned Redevelopment pages, much of the old housing considered historic and aesthetically valuable has been demolished by large-scale construction since this survey.
Weighing In on City Planning: Science News Online, Jan. 20, 2007
Such studies can't prove that living amid sprawl leads to inactivity; it may also be that inactive people choose to inhabit areas where driving is the easiest way to get around. - Ed. Setting vs. sorting re: urban sprawl.
Fordlandia--Henry Ford's manufacturing center in the Brazilian jungle
“Dearborn in the Jungle.”
Half of China's Population to be Urban by 2010
The number of people living in urban areas is expected to rise to 50 per cent by 2010 and 60 per cent by 2020, posing big challenges for the cities
Taipei Times - China's Achilles Heel
In June, the state environment protection agency estimated that 90 percent of urban water supplies were contaminated with organic or industrial waste. According to the water resources ministry, 400 of the country's 600 cities are short of water.
RESTATE | Case Studies | Amsterdam | the Bijlmer
The town plan for the Bijlmer is based on the ideas of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, favouring a natural separation between living, working, recreation and traffic.
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