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The images of warplanes bombing civilians and destroying cities have turned Aleppo into a latter-day version of Guernica, immortalized in Picasso’s masterpiece.
Although overall per capita output in China is still only a quarter of the US level, the standard of living in China’s major cities is impressively high.
Individual managers are tried out in regional cities and promoted based on their success in achieving the goals set by national leaders.
In 1968, student protests erupted in cities across Europe, as well as in the United States, reflecting opposition not only to the Vietnam War, but also – and increasingly – to the “establishment” as such.
By 2030, people living in cities will drive 91% of global growth in consumption, and China is emphasizing both urbanization and a consumer-led growth model.
MGI (where one of us is a partner) foresees continued growth in the number and income of urban consumers, and predicts that 700 Chinese cities will generate $7 trillion, or 30%, of global urban consumption growth between now and 2030.
To be sure, Hong Kong remains one of the freest cities in Asia, not least because of the pride its residents take in their status as Hong Kong Chinese.
Nowhere are the problems with this approach more apparent than in the attempt to plan urbanization, which entailed the construction of large new cities – complete with modern infrastructure and plentiful housing – that have yet to be occupied.
In a sense, these “ghost cities” resemble the Russian empire’s Potemkin villages, built to create an impressive illusion for the passing Czarina; but China’s ghost cities are real and were presumably meant to do more than flatter the country’s leaders.
As the slowdown threatens to impede job creation, undermining the prospects of the millions of people moving to China’s cities each year in search of a more prosperous life, the Chinese Communist Party will struggle to maintain the legitimacy of its political monopoly.
Other towns and cities also joined in the protests, and Abdulwaheed Omar, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, called on workers around the country to strike until the government rescinded its decision to remove the subsidy.
But for the second time in ten years Russia is burying its potential for economic development in Chechnya's mountains and cities.
As we discovered collecting essays for our new book From Cairo to Wall Street: Voices from the Global Spring, one of the defining characteristics of the new age of protest is the dovetailing of the desire and the ability to connect – across neighborhoods, cities, countries, and even continents.
This could be accomplished with EU-level candidate lists for the European Parliament, as Macron recently proposed; or with formal mechanisms to engage Europe’s regions and cities, so that the European Council is not reserved exclusively for member states.
For example, in Japanese cities aspiring to world-class status, limits on floor space will become a thing of the past.
The Fiscal Crisis Down BelowPALO ALTO – Sub-national governments – states, countries, cities, provinces, towns, and special districts – play different roles from country to country, but usually deliver important public services such as police and fire protection, transportation, education, health care, and welfare.
They are used to some semblance of security in their cities, which have long been bastions of knowledge and art, not sites of relentless terror.
Already, ISIS recruiters are achieving success, even as the group loses control of cities and provinces in Syria and Iraq.
Young workers who leave the farm for the cities are increasingly absorbed into urban services jobs instead of manufacturing.
This conference will bring together energy experts from UN member countries, businesses, and cities to work on highly practical approaches to deep decarbonization.
The armed gangs that move freely through rebel-controlled cities such as Aleppo are absent in Kurdish areas.
New arrivals often place significant pressure on urban centers, particularly cities that are already struggling with scarce resources.
Better still, initiatives are no longer confined to individual cities.
The forum also encourages the international community to engage with cities as “key actors in discussions and decision-making processes on the design of migration policies.”
After all, cities – which already house more than half of the world’s population, a share that will rise to 66% by 2050 – have plenty of experience integrating new residents, both from abroad and from rural areas.
The problem is that, despite devolution of power to local governments – a developed-country trend that is spreading to the developing world – many cities still operate with limited resources and authority to act.
But there are also important opportunities to design and construct buildings and cities that are substantially more energy-efficient.
Healthy People, Healthy Cities, Healthy EconomiesOXFORD – The forces that drove the growth of European and North American cities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are now driving urbanization in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and other emerging-market countries.
Because the growth of these cities has been accelerated and magnified by productive technologies, rapid internal migration, and high net reproduction rates, many have reached unprecedented sizes at breathless speed.
Indeed, all but three of the world’s 20 largest cities are in emerging markets.
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