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Variety, stimulation, and an atmosphere of tolerance help attract people who can afford to be choosy about where they live. 
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Famous for its gang wars, Los Angeles also has seen its share of "park wars," writes Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, chair of urban planning at UCLA.
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US cities saw their core populations boom by 10 percent in the last decade, as both Hispanics and young white Americans found it increasingly beneficial and appealing to live close – often very close – to the inner city, according to a unique Census report released Thursday.
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The "City by the Bay" rose to the top, based on leisure, economic, education, crime, and air-quality ratings...
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NoteThis piece was first published at Transportation Nation, a public radio reporting project.New Yorkers can get their first peek at the technology required to construct a proposed park in an underground abandoned trolley station.
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Ken and Boris have made the office a huge success - but at what a cost to the rest of the UK.
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Don't count on gaining much from your moment in the sporting sun.
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When you think of parks in New York City, you probably imagine the big dogs -- Central Park, or Prospect. But the green is seeping through the city, and we’d be wise to take notice.
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If you could live anywhere in the U.S. and money was no object, these 50 cities
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To spruce up our summer wardrobe, we searched the web for some great Facebook-themed tee designs.
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Boston was a top-20 city in my first ever global ranking of smart cities last year.
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More than 6,000 small businesses weighed in on a recent Thumbtack survey of the nation's 40 largest metro areas. Here are the cities that rated highest on hiring, licensing, regulation, zoning and more.
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The 19th century was a century of empires, 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities... This outstanding infographic (courtesy of postscapes.com) begins with some information about our current state of urbanization. Did you know that 1.3 million people are moving to cities each week?! It then explains the need for smart cities and delves into what is required to establish these intelligent connected environments, how the smart city may take various forms in the developing worlds and what specific technologies are necessary to achieve such grand goals in practice. Via Lauren Moss
luiy's curator insight,
December 18, 2014 4:31 AM
We have been grateful to the wide array of planners, architects, techies, entrepreneurs and students of the built environment who have joined us on this journey. And the ‘Smart City‘ has featured again and again, whether it be a futurologist’s insights into the bionic, nature-centric adaptable cities of the future, or an economist’s keen ideas on instilling happiness in the built environment. 
Eli Levine's curator insight,
December 18, 2014 10:45 AM
There is an evolution taking place where politics, policy, technology, the environment, and the economy all intersect. This movement towards technical, empirically driven local policy making could be our saving grace.This could be the future of government.
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596 Acres, a group devoted to mapping and re-claiming unused public land, decamped for the Rockaways from August 20-September 6, 2012, in partnership with Rocaway Resource Recovery. The Rockaways have the highest concentration of vacant public land in Queens, and 596 Acres worked to identify and relaim that land for community gardens.
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Jeff Bullas has posted infographs that have the latest facts, figures and statistics to help keep you on top of the rapidly changing social media ecosystems.
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"Social media is no longer just about Facebook. Social media is splintering and fragmenting as more users find increased activity about their interests and passions residing on other social networks, such as Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter".
Through the rapid rise of smart phones and mobile platforms globally such as tablets led by the surging iPad, the way we use and view media is changing business and marketing.
Maintaining your business marketing momentum on a social web requires constant updates to identify and understand how and why users are using social networks.
These infographs have the latest facts, figures and statistics to help keep you on top of the rapidly changing social media ecosystems.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
See article and infographics here: [http://bit.ly/O2JXgZ] Via janlgordon
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“The rates of obesity were much higher than previously reported based on self-report, with 39 percent of rural Americans being obese compared to 33 percent of urban Americans,” study ...
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USA TODAYBike-lane cultural revolution pokes along in some citiesUSA TODAYBike-lane cultural revolution pokes along in some cities ...
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USA TODAYRefugees find peace, establish roots with urban gardensUSA TODAYRefugees find peace, establish roots with urban gardens ...
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ARTFARMS is an innovative project combining art, architecture and agriculture, that responds to our nation’s problem of urban vacancy created by Terrainsvagues, architects David Lagé and Andrea Salvini.
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On Tuesday, San Francisco passed game-changing legislation that should cement the city’s role as a national leader in urban food production.
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The invention of the air conditioner is still shaping the future growth of global metros.
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Paisajismo Urbano has given Bogota's Gaia Hotel an 8-story vertical garden facelift with more than 25,000 plants!
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Support Urban FarmingHuffington PostAnd although I am a country boy with very little urban gardening experience per-sey, I have been deeply inspired by some of the rooftop agricultural efforts I've seen while traveling through major cities sowing...
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+Pool designers have reached their $25,000 funding goal to begin testing the system for their floating pool concept.
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