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Urban pulse: land reclamation as climate urbanism
ABSTRACT Large coastal city regions have rapidly accelerated their outward expansion, reclaiming thousands of square kilometers of land from the sea. Here, we argue that land reclamation is emblematic of the emerging logics of climate urbanism; a spectacular and speculative form of urban adaptation, multiplying in vulnerable cities around the world.
Why Ports Matter to Cities: Understanding the Importance of Logistics‐Led Urbanism
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions. References 2024. “Uncovering Greenwashing Practices Within the Maritime Sector.” Master's thesis, University of South-Eastern Norway. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5511996. , and . 2020.
Edited by Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng, Jonathan Silver and Alan Wiig
Introduction: The World Transformed - Grounding the Belt and Road Initiative - Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng, Jonathan Silver and Alan Wiig 1.The Contested Coal-Fired Power in the Belt and Road Initiative: Indonesia as a Case Study - Bowen Gu 2.Dynamics of Grassroots Collectivism in Thailand’s Special Economic Zones: Cases of Natural Resource Conflicts within the Belt and Road Initiative - Ratchada Arpornsilp 3.Railways of Hope, Railways of Conflict: Governance of the Domestic Environmental...
Full article: Arriving at Airport City Manchester: “Exporting” and “Importing” the Enterprise Zone, Entrepreneurial Governance, and the Geopolitics of Economic Development
Abstract The last four decades have witnessed the emergence of zones of various designations as a means of generating economic development and growth. On the one hand, a considerable amount of recent academic attention has turned to the various experiments with enterprise zones, export processing zones, freeport zones, and special economic zones in rapidly urbanizing areas of Africa and Asia.
As China’s Silk Road changes cities from London to Kampala, can locals keep control?
22 minutes ago Alan Wiig, The Conversation & Jonathan Silver, The Conversation Share Tweet Email Reddit Print Share Tweet Email Reddit Print A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district. The project, which started in June 2017, will create 325,000 square metres of prime office space – a “city within a city”, as it has been dubbed – for Asian finance and tech firms.
China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala
A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district. The project, which started in June 2017, will create 325,000m² of prime office space – a “city within a city”, as it has been dubbed – for Asian finance and tech firms. Then, in 2018, authorities in Kampala, Uganda celebrated as a ferry on Lake Victoria was unloaded with goods from the Indian Ocean, onto a rail service into the city.
China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala - can locals keep control?
Featured Image Credit(s): Pexels. By Alan Wiig and Jonathan Silver A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district. The project, which started in June 2017, will create 325,000 square metres of prime office space – a “city within a city”, as it has been dubbed – for Asian finance and tech firms.
China's 'Silk Road urbanism' is changing cities from London to Kampala - can locals keep control?
Urbanisation China’s ambition to reshape the world economy has sparked massive infrastructure projects spanning all the way from Western Europe to East Africa, and beyond By Jonathan Silver, Alan Wiig Last Updated: Friday 29 March 2019 A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district.
From London to Kampala, China's 'Silk Road Urbanism' Is Changing Cities
A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district. The project, which started in June 2017, will create 325,000 square metres of prime office space – a “city within a city”, as it has been dubbed – for Asian finance and tech firms. Then, in 2018, authorities in Kampala, Uganda celebrated as a ferry on Lake Victoria was unloaded with goods from the Indian Ocean, onto a rail service into the city.
China's 'Silk Road urbanism' is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?
A massive redevelopment of the old Royal Albert Dock in East London is transforming the derelict waterfront to a gleaming business district. The project, which started in June 2017, will create 325,000 square metres of prime office space – a “city within a city”, as it has been dubbed – for Asian finance and tech firms. Then, in 2018, authorities in Kampala, Uganda celebrated as a ferry on Lake Victoria was unloaded with goods from the Indian Ocean, onto a rail service into the city.
Theorizing Global Infrastructure – global-infrastructures
Infrastructure has historically been the state-provided, universally-distributed services of a city-region: water and sewerage, energy, transportation, telecommunication and information exchange. While these networks were unevenly distributed, they nonetheless remained a layer binding cities and regions together. Within and between city-regions today, a new class of global infrastructure reconfigures proximity and distance, privileging the far over the nearby.
The energy demand of “the bones of cyberspace”
The energy demand of “the bones of cyberspace” This short essay is an addendum to “The urban, infrastructural geography of “the cloud”, a piece of writing that was chosen as an Ars Technica Editor’s Pick by Cyrus Farivar, shared widely on social media, and described by William Gibson as an exploration of “the bones of cyberspace”.
Essay published: Everyday Landmarks of Networked Urbanism
Readers of this blog will recognize many overlapping themes and concerns in the essay as it more formally details the research on mobile communication systems and ubiquitous computing infrastructures in Philadelphia. Everyday landmarks of Networked Urbanism: Cellular antenna sites and the infrastructure of mobile communication in Philadelphia Study a city and neglect its sewers and power supplies (as many have), and you miss essential aspects of distributional justice and planning power.
The urban, infrastructural geography of ‘the cloud’
Data takes up space. The space it takes up — and the water, land and electricity that get used in taking it up — remains, for the most part, out of sight, out of mind and utterly uninteresting to actually look at. -Ingrid Burrington, The Cloud is not the Territory The relationship between data to space extends beyond the network equipment, services, and mobile devices that transmit and present information to a user.
The Urban, Infrastructural Geography Of ‘The Cloud’
The relationship between data to space extends beyond the network equipment, services, and mobile devices that transmit and present information to a user. Pervasive wireless connectivity and ubiquitous computing, as ‘the cloud’ are central, common elements of contemporary urban life. Data centers translate, as it were, between individuals and their experience of the city by mediating experiences through digital augmentation.
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