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China's Lopsided Labor Force - Businessweek

China's Lopsided Labor Force - Businessweek | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.businessweek.com - May 31, 2013 2:36 PM
China's Lopsided Labor Force Businessweek While a dwindling number of migrant laborers is helping drive up salaries in China's assembly-line industries and other low-skilled employment categories, a surplus of college graduates for available...
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Some are more equal than others

Some are more equal than others | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.economist.com - May 31, 2013 11:32 PM
FOR many migrants who do not live in factory dormitories, life in the big city looks like the neighbourhood of Shangsha East Village: a maze of alleys framed by...
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Hazardous air: What goes into your lungs on a bad day in Beijing

Hazardous air: What goes into your lungs on a bad day in Beijing | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.greenpeace.org - May 31, 2013 2:32 AM
Image:One of the 16 volunteers with the sampler simulating human breathing.© GreenpeaceThis was originally posted on Greenpeace International on April 23, 2013.You have seen air pollution before, but not in this way.
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Infographic: Sustainable Energy for All - What Will It Take?

From www.worldbank.org - May 31, 2013 2:29 AM
What will it take to meet the Sustainability for All goals for energy access, renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2030?
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Interactive: The 50 Largest Ports in the World

Interactive: The 50 Largest Ports in the World | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.smithsonianmag.com - May 10, 2013 8:20 PM
Investigate for yourself the mechanisms of global trade
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China's Ghost Cities and Malls

From www.youtube.com - May 8, 2013 10:18 PM
Documentary by SBS Dateline (Australian TV) about the Chinese real estate market. Original link to SBS Dateline video: http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/w...
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Urbanisation issues in China include the "ghost cities" - status in 2011

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The United States - Location, Size and Regions

From www.youtube.com - May 8, 2013 10:11 PM
A brief educational video on the geography of the United States.
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Introducing the USA in preparation for exlaining the settlement patterns.

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Will cities ever get smart about water use?

Will cities ever get smart about water use? | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From grist.org - May 7, 2013 8:25 PM
Cities worldwide have dangerously unsustainable water supplies, says a new study. But making a deal with farmers could solve the crisis for many.

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A Vision of a Carbon-Zero Urban Future

A Vision of a Carbon-Zero Urban Future | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.theatlanticcities.com - November 26, 2012 7:53 AM
How the world's wealthiest cities can beat back climate change.

 

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Alex Steffen calls himself a planetary futurist. 


His most recent book, which comes out November 26, is called Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities That Can Save the Planet. In it, he lays out his case that "remaking the world’s wealthiest cities over the next 20 years may prove the best—perhaps the only—chance we have of avoiding planetary catastrophe."



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America's "greenest street" provides a blueprint for sustainable urban development

America's "greenest street" provides a blueprint for sustainable urban development | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.gizmag.com - January 9, 2013 4:21 PM

A streetscape that includes natural landscaping, bicycle lanes, wind powered lighting, storm water diversion for irrigation, drought-resistant native plants and innovative “smog-eating” concrete has earned Cermak road in Chicago the title of “greenest Street in America” according to the Chicago Department of Transport (CDOT).


 

Opened in October 2012, the first phase two mile stretch is part of the Blue Island/Cermak Sustainable Streetscape project which was introduced in 2009 with the aim of reducing overall energy usage by 42 percent.


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how does your street rate? compare it to the 'greenest street in America?
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Forbes India Magazine - Madhu Kishwar: Urbanisation And Poor

Forbes India Magazine - Madhu Kishwar: Urbanisation And Poor | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From forbesindia.com - May 31, 2013 11:33 PM
The United Nations estimates that more than 40 percent of India�s population will be living in urban areas by 2030, making it the fastest urbanising country in the world.
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Map of the Day: Urbanization in 15 Seconds

Map of the Day: Urbanization in 15 Seconds | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.theatlanticcities.com - May 31, 2013 10:31 PM
What the urban world will look like in 2050.
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Urbanization and Megacities: Jakarta

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"This case study examines the challenges of human well-being and urbanization, especially in the megacity of Jakarta."

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Tracy Galvin's curator insight, May 1, 2014 2:25 PM

It is nice to see an organization that is not just blindly giving resources to people in need but actually empowering them and training them to be able to get the things they need through work. The women in this story describe how they have learned to make and sell things in order to take care of their families and they describe how empowering that feels.
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mega cities Jakarta
Mark Hathaway's curator insight, November 28, 2015 6:53 AM

Megacities are beginning to populate the entire globe. In the developing world, more and more megacities are beginning to form. Jakarta Indonesia is an example of a rising megacity. This rapid urbanization has placed a special burden on the resources and local economies of many developing nations. This areas are not prepared to deal with the rapid population growth associated with the development of a megacity. This strain placed on the local areas, will often lead to terrible living conditions for the lower classes of society. Sanitation will often become a major issue in many of these megacities. Large portions of the population will often lack a proper sanitation system. The lack of proper sanitation will lead to the onset of deadly diseases. The effects of rapid urbanization can be deadly, for those living in the pooper regions of society.
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Promoting Innovative and Sustainable Cities | World Bank Institute (WBI)

From wbi.worldbank.org - May 31, 2013 2:31 AM
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Diving for sand to make a living

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From www.bbc.co.uk - May 28, 2013 9:51 PM
Divers in the River Niger collect sand seven hours a day to provide house-building materials for the property boom in Mali.
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Impact pf urbanisation on the Niger River in Mali - Interconnections curriculum focus

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Hong Kong dolphins at risk from pollution

Hong Kong dolphins at risk from pollution | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From www.aljazeera.com - May 19, 2013 5:25 PM
Environmentalists fear Hong Kong's pink dolphins are in danger as pollution rises in their habitat.

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Mind-Bending ‘Inception’ Maps Show Manhattan Like You Haven’t Seen It Before

Mind-Bending ‘Inception’ Maps Show Manhattan Like You Haven’t Seen It Before | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From au.businessinsider.com - May 11, 2013 9:12 PM
London-based design firm BERG created these two 3D maps of Manhattan, which look like a scene out of “Inception” (via Curbed NY).

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A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth

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From www.theatlanticcities.com - May 10, 2013 8:19 PM
A new interactive project from Google, NASA and the US Geological Survey.
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The largest migration in history: China's migrant workers

From www.youtube.com - May 8, 2013 10:16 PM
Migration from inland villages to coastal cities has transformed China. Now that is changing, as regional cities inland become the new focus of migration pat...
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China's urbanisation and internal migration explained simply with maps and graphs

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Sustainable Urbanism

From www.youtube.com - May 2, 2012 10:09 PM
http://www.ted.com Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see whats po...

 This video outlines practical plans to rethink the city to be more sustainable.  To see an trailer for a documentary about the urban changes in Curitiba, Brazil, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQTTG3NcYY

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Elizabeth Bitgood's curator insight, February 17, 2014 11:47 AM

This video is enlightening.  The speaker uses the city as a model for fixing problems in the world.  Instead of seeing the city as an enemy to environmentalism, he purposes changing the cities and reworking old sites like quarries into something that is useable today.  He also advocates the integration of the transportation systems to make commuting more feasible as well as less pollution generating. 
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A Mass-Transit Proposal To Connect A City Using Aerial Gondolas

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From www.fastcodesign.com - November 15, 2012 6:56 AM
For many, aerial mass transit--either by way of tram or gondola--is an idea best left to ski resorts and World’s Fairs.


 But for a growing number of urban planners and designers, aerial transit represents an alternative for cities where traditional transit options are limited. 


Designer Michael McDaniel unveiled an ambitious plan called the Wire, which proposes a network of gondolas over Austin, Texas.


McDaniel and his team imagine a system of detachable gondolas connecting neighborhoods throughout the city, making it possible for cyclists and pedestrians to “hop” over particularly congested areas. “The big advantage here is the detachable part which means more gondolas can be added during rush hour and removed in non-peaks times.” 



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Better City Life | Sustainable Cities Collective

Better City Life | Sustainable Cities Collective | Stage 5 Changing Places | Scoop.it
From sustainablecitiescollective.com - January 3, 2013 1:20 AM


Since our goal at Polis is to foster dialogue and cooperation for improving city life, I'm proposing a short list of New Year's resolutions to help us all live better urban lives...


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