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	Places of a Lifetime In October 1999 National Geographic Traveler showcased 50 of the world's top destinations, places that every curious traveler should visit in a lifetime. Now we're expanding our Places of a Lifetime franchise online, with personal essays on top destinations and the addition of a wealth of timely service information, from insiders' tips on the best places to stay and eat, to great books and music, to recommended walking tours. In our online Places of a Lifetime you'll find both inspiration and practical travel tips, and we plan to add more great cities on a regular basis.
	Architecture In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF - Published: July 13, 2008 The aura of China’s new architecture has as much to do with intellectual ferment as economic clout.

	Talk of the Town Een nieuw programma over stedelijke ontwikkeling en de rol van de creatieve industrie. Talk of the Town werpt in zes afleveringen licht op een aantal nieuwe stadsgebieden en buigt zich met betrokken politici, ontwerpers, bouwers en gebruikers over steden-bouwkundige ontwerpen, bestemmings- en bouwplannen. Terugkerend thema: de rol van de creatieve industrie in verschillende fasen van stedelijke ontwikkeling. Hoe denkt de politiek daarover en wat vinden de ondernemers zelf? Aflevering 1: Zone Wibautstraat. Oftewel hoe de lelijkste toegangsweg van Nederland de hemelpoort van de hoofdstad moet worden, en de omgeving eromheen een woon- en werkgebied waarvan Floor Wibaut, de eerste Amsterdamse SDAP-wethouder van Volkshuisvesting, postuum blij zou worden. Talk of the Town is een initiatief van Pakhuis de Zwijger en ORAM (Ondernemersvereniging Regio Amsterdam), Amsterdam Creative Crossings
	Europe’s hottest party capitals WILD TIMES: There is serious fun to be had if you know where to look... Friday April 11 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts as award-winning travel writer MARK EVANS takes us on a tour of Europe’s hottest party capitals
	The exhibition project ISLANDS+GHETTOS by the Heidelberger Kunstverein will be on show from June 7th to August 31st 2008. 30 works will be shown at the four different venues, all touching on phenomena connected to the theme suggested by the polemic title of the show: The social effects of urban expansion in the 21st century. Globally it can be observed that the the spatial fragmentation of cities is increasing, and that thus the social structure of these urban scenarios are drifting apart. Two prototypcial case studies are central to the project ISLANDS+GHETTOS. Dubai and Caracas with their interchanging areas of poverty and wealth as typically seen in modern megacities are examplary for the tendencies of urban segregation. ISLANDS+GHETTOS aim to point out, that polarization, urban demarcations and partitions increasingly also is becoming relevant for European cities. 44 artists – see the complete list of artists below – have been invited to participate. Many have produced new works about the South-American metropolises or the cities around the Persian Gulf. Silke Wagner for example has dealt with the living and working conditions of the Pakistanian, Indian or Philipine guest works, building the artificial islands off the coast of Dubai, while living in segregated neighboorhoods of Sharjah. In the large format photographs of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apostol shows how the almost utopian promises made by architects during the boom of the oil town Caracas have turned into closed off, windowless architecture, that seem to be imagine every foreigner to be an enemy. On July 16th 2008 a panel discussion with lectures about the future of German cities will be held in Heidelberg with participation by Prof. Walter Siebel, Oldenburg, Prof. Jörn Düwel, Hamburg, Prof. Hans Stimmann, Berlin, and Prof. Gerhard Steinebach, Kaiserslautern. The panel is organized in cooperation with BetonMarketing Süd. List of artists: Alexander Apostol (1969), Atelier Van Lieshout (Artists-Coop at Rotterdam, founded by: Joep van Lieshout 1963), Anette Baldauf (1965)/Dorit Margreiter (1967), Sabine Bitter (1960)/Helmut Weber (1957), Sandow Birk (1962), Büro für kognitiven Urbanismus (founded 1999 at Vienna by Andreas Spiegl 1965 and Christian Teckert 1967), Peter Coffin (1972), Alice Creischer (1960)/Andreas Siekmann (1961), Mauricio Dias (1964)/Walter Riedweg (1955), Christo Doherty (1959), Stuart Elster (1965), Harun Farocki (1944), Peter Fend (1950), Andreas Fogarasi (1977), Graham Frew (1970), Kristjan Gudmundsson (1941), Emily Jacir (1970), Armin Linke (1966)/Francesco Mattuzzi (1975)/Alessandro Petti (1973)/Eyal Weizman (1970) in cooperation with Renato Rinaldi (1966), Raul J. Méndez (1973), Luis Molina-Pantin (1969), Multiplicity (founded: 2000, Headquater at Milan, Stefano Boeri 1956, Matteo Ghidoni 1972, Stefano Graziani 1971 and Francesca Recchi a 1975), Rivane Neuenschwander (1967), Ed Osborn (1964), Marjetica Potrc (1953), Sean Snyder (1972), Javier Téllez (1969), Urban Think Tank (founded 1993 by Alfredo Brillenbourg 1961 and Hubert Klumpner 1965), Vangelis Vlahos (1971), Silke Wagner (1968) in cooperation with Beate Anspach (1978), Carey Young (1970), Michael Zinganel (1960)/Michael Hieslmair (1974). The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation Additional funding by Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg, the Municipality of Heidelberg, zetVisions and BASF AG.

	See a city change in four dimensions - 27 June 2007 - NewScientist.com news service - Paul Marks. A new software tool called 4D Cities has been developed that gives people such as architects, historians and town planners a chance to see how a big city changes over time. The software creates a 3D animation of a city from historical photos and allows a viewer to travel backwards and forwards in time to see the how the skyline changes... The result is that the images appear in time order, allowing the researchers to construct and animate a 3D graphic of the city through which users can travel backwards or forwards in time (www.cc.gatech.edu/~phlosoft).
	9th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities Jun 19, 2007 - Jun 23, 2007 Kazan, Russian Federation The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) is a unique forum which brings together politicians and professionals committed to the preservation of historic cities, and in particular those cities included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The 9th World Congress of the OWHC is organized by the City of Kazan and the OWHC and includes a scientific programme developed by the Getty Conservation Institute with the theme "Heritage and Economics".
	The Future Cities Project has been set up to critically explore issues around the city. From the urban renaissance to the urban village; from sustainable development to under-development; from density to sprawl; from greenfield to green politics, the Future Cities Project seeks to explore why the terms of the debate - especially around cities - have become so fraught. We recognise that all questions around "the city" seem to be more intractable and less clear cut than they once were. But does that mean that city questions have become more complex, or have we become less confident to answer them?
	The Megacities Initiative originates from the awareness of the future role of cities as the dominant type of settlement for humanity. Cities will play this role not only as a matter of fact but also as a matter of necessity, as the only other way of housing the increasing world population. In an intensive rural occupation pattern this would certainly lead to an ecological disaster. The Megacities Lecture is a coproduction of the Megacities Foundation and NICIS (Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies), and is sponsored by:
	By The Numbers: Megacities Of The Future Today, Greater Tokyo tops the megacity list with a population of 35.2 million. In 2015, it will retain the pole position with 35.5 million, according to United Nations population projections. But Tokyo's growth rate is slowing. The demographic future belongs to cities like Mumbai, Shanghai and Dhaka.
	NICIS (Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies) - Het Nicis Institute is het Maatschappelijk Top Instituut voor de steden. Het Nicis Institute stelt grootstedelijke problematiek centraal en versterkt de economische en sociale kracht van steden met wetenschappelijk onderzoek, kennisdeling en opleiding. De DOCBANK van het Nicis Institute bevat een groot aantal onderzoeken en praktijkvoorbeelden, gerangschikt op thema.
	Put your city on the 3D map Engage the public by featuring your city's buildings, landmarks and terrain on Google Earth. If your local government is like many around the world, you've invested in developing a 3D model representing buildings in your city's downtown--perhaps your entire jurisdiction. Or, maybe you haven't yet produced a 3D model, but you've collected the geospatial data necessary for producing a model. With Google's Cities in 3D Program, your local government can share this 3D data with the public by adding a model of your city to Google Earth.
	Vertical Farming - Skyscraper Farms to Combat Global Warming Sky farms are like huge greenhouses, protecting crops and from foul weather and contaminated runoff. Dr. Despommier even predicts a reduction in global warming because overfarmed land could be re-forested.
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	Technology Meets The City The availability of information and technology is creating new opportunities to comprehend the character and dynamics of cities. Wiki City, a current research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Laboratory, is trying to harness this available information to create interactive systems that enable people to better understand and participate in their cities. In the SENSEable City Laboratory's "Wiki City Rome", signals from cell phone and Global Positioning System navigational devices were used to create a real-time map of the mobility of people and transit in Rome during a recent all-night street festival, White Night. Wiki City seeks to create an interactive and participatory connection between people and their city, much like the concept of the user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
	Vertical Farming is Already Here- Organitech (TreeHugger) Treehugger talked about vertical farming yesterday but Israeli startup Organitech has developed an automated, high density farming module ...
	Architecture 2039 -Climate Change, Global Warming, and the Built Environment ... Buildings are responsible for almost half (48%) of all greenhouse gas emissions annually; globally the percentage is even greater.
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	15 Cities to Go Green Under Clinton Plan (AP) -- Sixteen cities around the world will begin cutting carbon emissions by renovating city-owned buildings with green technology under a program spearheaded by former President Clinton's foundation. Major global banking institutions have committed $1 billion to finance the upgrades of municipal buildings in participating cities, which include *New York, Chicago, Houston, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Berlin and Tokyo.* The makeovers will include replacing heating, cooling and lighting systems with energy-efficient networks; making roofs white or reflective to deflect more of the sun's heat; sealing windows and installing new models that let more light in; and setting up sensors to control more efficient use of lights and air conditioning.
	GLOBAL: Tomorrow's Crises Today: The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanisation - Overview At present, 3.3 billion people live in urban centres across the globe. By 2030 this number is predicted to reach five billion, with 95 percent of this growth in developing countries. Over the next three decades, Asia’s urban population will double from 1.36 billion to 2.64 billion, Africa’s city dwellers will more than double from 294 million to 742 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean will see a slower rise from about 400 million to 600 million, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). While megacities appear more frequently in headlines and on development agendas, overall growth in urban centres of 10 million or more inhabitants is expected to level out. Instead, over the next 10 years, cities of less than 500,000 will account for half of all urban growth.