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Watch Paul Romer talk about a radical idea: “Charter Cities”, at TED

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date September 26, 2009
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How can a struggling country break out of poverty if it’s trapped in a system of bad rules? Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: “charter cities,” city-scale administrative zones governed by a coalition of nations […]

Tags Architecture, Economics, economist, Environment, Hong Kong, Paul Romer, poverty, Stanford University, TED conference, Urban Patterns, Urban studies and planning, Urbanization

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Living in China: urban population exceeds 600 milion with rural income’s yawning gap

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date August 21, 2009
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China’s urban population surged to 607 million with an urbanization rate of 45.7 percent at the end of 2008, a social researcher revealed recently […]

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Autodesk Announces Incheon, Korea as Second City of its Digital Cities Initiative

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date November 5, 2008
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Autodesk today announced it is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) and the Incheon Urban Development Corporation (IUDC) to cooperate in the creation of Asia’s first Digital City for Incheon, Korea — the ‘Tomorrow City’ in Song-do City. Autodesk has designated Incheon as the second pilot city of its Digital City initiative, after […]