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10 Beautiful Yet Deadly Mega Metropolises
Any city with a few million inhabitants is bound to have problems: population, pollution, transportation, water quality, sanitation, crime, natural disasters – you name it. A mega metropolis with a population of 10 or even 20 million will have massive ones especially if it is disadvantaged due to geographic location. Let’s take a look at ten of these mega metros around the world and see what’s bothering them most.
Continue reading...Nature’s Enclave in a Japanese Metropolis
Thursday, June 26, 2008
image by Flickr user A Posh Sentinel The insane architecture you see above is the aftermath of a baseball stadium being abandoned in Osaka Japan; a new opportunity revealed itself and brought a bit of green regeneration to the urban jungle.
Continue reading...Lead Metropolis: the Five Densest Cities in America
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Recently an American economist crunched the numbers and determined the most dense urban areas in America–something that may be a bit of a misnomer, given our national reputation for sprawl and hourlong commutes. Image from NASA Nevertheless, he had some shocking findings relating to location, geography, and public transportation.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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