Word: urban
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...uncoordinated. Hong Kong has no central planning for the harbor: its use and misuse are dictated by more than a dozen competing government departments and covered by at least 15 separate zoning plans. Hong Kong's "relationship with the waterfront was always an awkward thing," says Richard Marshall, an urban design director for the planning firm EDAW, who led a Harvard University study of the harbor in 2000. "It's surprising, given the identity the waterfront has with Hong Kong...
...more of its liquid water vaporizes, which can be carried a long way from the source since a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. Where and how heavily this moisture falls as precipitation are other aspects of climate change that have enormous potential to tax our existing agricultural systems and urban infrastructure...
...When I made this album, I wanted something more simple, more urban, more dark, more natural,” he says...
...parts of the country. The student surge is revamping inner cities and the culture of universities. In Melbourne, foreign students from a range of campuses have opted to live in town, saving property developers from "a huge embarrassment of oversupply in city apartments," according to Monash University urban planner Kevin O'Connor...
...don’t know if that’s sort of an urban legend, or if it’s actually true,” Huang said. “If so, it will have a tangible impact, and if not, it will just be a tremendous honor to be part of this group of really talented scholars...