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NY Times Links

Yesterday and today the NY Times covered an interesting Q&A and iPhone app on two of their blogs – Freakonomics and City Room. Freakonomics Can “Charter Cities” Change the World? A Q&A With Paul Romer The key to the project … Continue reading

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City

In “what is a city?” Mumford lays out his fundamental propositions about city planning and the human potential, both individual and social, of urban life. He says that most of housing and city planning has been not well planned because … Continue reading

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Mumbai – India’s Financial Hub

Over the last four decades, urbanization has shown unprecedented rates of growth, devastating the physical form of our cities, which have been unable to deal with the swelling numbers. A city is often described as a machine – the little … Continue reading

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