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Category Archives: Cities
Beijing’s ‘Airpocalypse’
Reported over the weekend, the pollution in Beijing went off the map’s edge. DCFR addressed this topic in the summer with Rajan Gupta of the Los Alamos National Lab. His slides with some interesting data are here. And an interview here. … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cities, climate change, Development, Energy
Tagged sustainability
Cities as opportunity and threat: new DCFR brief
Urbanization is a significant driver of future economic opportunities and growth in developing countries. Many developed-country cities have GDP as high as entire countries. This brief explores the underlying characteristics of cities and their growth prospects given the emerging science and … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Development, Economics
Tagged Dr. West, growth, population, Santa Fe Institute, scaling, science, sustainability, urbanization
