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A city is a large and permanent human settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.
Cities generally have complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing, and transportation. The concentration of development greatly facilitates interaction between people and businesses, benefiting both parties in the process, but it also presents challenges to managing urban growth.
A big city or metropolis usually has associated suburbs and exurbs. Such cities are usually associated with metropolitan areas and urban areas, creating numerous business commuters traveling to urban centers for employment. Once a city expands far enough to reach another city, this region can be deemed a conurbation or megalopolis. In terms of population, the largest city proper is Shanghai, while the fastest-growing is Dubai.
There is not enough evidence to assert what conditions gave rise to the first cities. Some theorists have speculated on what they consider suitable pre-conditions and basic mechanisms that might have been important driving forces.
Capital City or Capitol City or variants, may refer to :
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth or pertaining to anywhere on Earth.
In a philosophical context it may refer to:
In a theological context, world usually refers to the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred. The "end of the world" refers to scenarios of the final end of human history, often in religious contexts.
World history is commonly understood as spanning the major geopolitical developments of about five millennia, from the first civilizations to the present.
World population is the sum of all human populations at any time; similarly, world economy is the sum of the economies of all societies (all countries), especially in the context of globalization. Terms like world championship, gross world product, world flags etc. also imply the sum or combination of all current-day sovereign states.
This is a conversation starter first, a video second. I’d love to hear your thoughts on cities, the future, and this project. I shared some words, a reading list and featured interviewees here: medium.com/@oscarboyson/the-future-of-cities-ba4e26c807fe#.lrpyoofi4 * Note that the first shot in the movie a "Garbage Truck in Taipei" is actually in Changhua City, also in Taiwan. Thank you Taiwanese friends for pointing this out! Thank you to everybody who contributed! Trust me when I say that even if I didn’t get your footage in the cut, we can feel it in the finished product. I want to keep telling urban stories and building on these ideas - hope you do too. Knowledge is Power. A collaboration with The Nantucket Project. Edited by Thomas Niles Graphics & Editing by Nate DeYoung Prod...
If the worst climate-change predictions come true, hundreds of coastal US towns and cities — from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Galveston, Texas — could disappear underwater by 2100. The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Agency released a report in January that hinted at the possibility of an "extreme" sea-level-rise scenario that could cause chronic flooding to affect as many as 670 coastal communities. That scenario is considered unlikely but possible. The research group Climate Central took the projections laid out in NOAA's report and created a plug-in for Google Earth that shows how catastrophic the damage would be if the flooding happened today. You can install it (directions here) and see anywhere in the US. -------------------------------------------------- Follow BI Video on Twi...
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What's The Most Common Language In The World? http://testu.be/1JvSDoQ Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Right now, there are 28 megacities in the world, with about 450 Million inhabitants among them. So, what are some of the largest cities in the world? Learn More: World Urbanization Prospects http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/Highlights/WUP2014-Highlights.pdf "In today's increasingly global and interconnected world, over half of the world's population (54 percent) lives in urban areas although there is still substantial variability in the levels of urbanization across countries." An interactive explores the astonishing boom in East Asian cities http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/the-already-massive-cities-of-east-asia-are-only-getting-bigger/ "How much change can happen in onl...
We've grown good at making many things in the modern world - but strangely the art of making attractive cities has been lost. Here are some key principles for how to make attractive cities once again. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/fwFNPV FURTHER READING “Cities are a big deal. We pretty much all have to live in them. We should try hard to get them right. So few cities are nice, very few out of many thousands are really beautiful; embarrassingly the more appealing ones tend to be old, which is weird because we’re mostly much better at making things now...” You can read more on this and other topics on our blog TheBookofLife.org at this link: https://goo.gl/6wYBGc MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Our website has classes, articles and product...
"Safe and Sound" available on Capital Cities' debut album 'In A Tidal Wave of Mystery,' download on iTunes http://smarturl.it/IATWOM Check us out on the Campus Consciousness Tour and on tour with Katy Perry this summer Capitalcitiesmusic.com/tour Capital Cities take you through the history of dance in their official music video for "Safe and Sound" Follow Capital Cities: http://capitalcitiesmusic.com http://twitter.com/capitalcities http://facebook.com/capitalcities http://instagram.com/capitalcities http://youtube.com/capitalcitiesmusic Music video by Capital Cities performing Safe And Sound. (C) 2013 Lazy Hooks, LLC Under Exclusive LicenseTo Capitol Records, LLC
The next time you're going to visit one of these cities, don't forget your camera. Scientists believe photos will be the only thing remaining from them, and quite soon. For a number of natural and man-made reasons these cities might not make it to the next century.
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Oh oh oh ... Blurring facing evasive evolving
747 lands I go out strolling
Pacing lacing up the shoes
That depict a kind of blues
Get a paper read the news
Oh so many cities
Are going around in my head
Take me back to where I might belong
Traipsing trading with strangers and romance
Learnt about the nights where you live like your last
chance
Oh oh oh ... I'm going to rocket with bus across the
sky
Gonna catch a train through the sea
Then steal some fire
Hold on baby while the stage lights eve
When the beat ignites us Prometheus is free
Oh so many cities
Are going around in my head
Take us back to where we might belong
Oh so many people
Rolled up on these shoulders
Something give me grace oh darling please
Blurring facing evasive evolving
747 lands I go out strolling
Pacing lacing up the shoes
That depict a kind of blues
Get a paper read the news
She was a fountain in the desert and a tropical sea
Our caravan stopped temporarily