They also boost demand for urban infrastructure and housing, which can boost economic growth.
One of the solutions on the docket, particularly for urban infrastructure, is the catchall term public-private partnerships.
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And in this desperately water-scarce country, the urban infrastructure does little to conserve.
For they are building that first stage of the urban infrastructure.
For large scale financing urban infrastructure which is assuming critical importance in the context of rapid urbanization, conventional fiscal transfers to the urban local bodies or municipals from governments are no longer considered sufficient.
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Other 2011 Grand Challenge Scholars from Duke University and Olin College pursued projects to restore urban infrastructure, improve technology for wind and solar energy, create educational software for middle school students, and develop low-cost cancer diagnostics for developing countries.
This he believes will encourage business growth and lead to more rational long-term urban planning and infrastructure development.
Superstorm Sandy illustrates another compelling reason to incorporate natural infrastructure into urban development: resilience to extreme weather events.
Whereas there are legitimately 8-10 U.S. cities that have the facility, infrastructure, and urban dynamics to host a future Super Bowl.
This is a fundamental change in the business equation, enabling much more robust investment in this layer of wireless infrastructure throughout dense urban environments.
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This shift to smaller-scaled cities, as Michigan State's Zachary Neal points out, has been conditioned by massive improvements in telecommunications and transportation infrastructure throughout the urban world.
Focusing on city infrastructure and sustainable urban development, this three-day conference and exhibition will be attended by over 1, 000 delegates, and 5, 000 professional visitors, comprising Central and State Urban Development Departments, Municipal Corporations, Urban Local Bodies, Urban Development Authorities and Urban Parastatals.
Any big metropolis can tap a central fund, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, for new infrastructure.
The island can be reached from Manhattan on the F train, only three stops after Rockefeller Center, but according to a 2009 report on the island's infrastructure conducted by the department of urban affairs and planning at Hunter College, the subway was even then running at full capacity.
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City-funded urban development projects are installing a pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, and a real estate boom is enabling a young, creative class of artists and entrepreneurs to open hip boutiques and restaurants.
The subsidy guidelines encouraged builders to construct on pricier land closer to urban areas, so that residents benefit from existing infrastructure and shorter commutes, and to erect apartment towers rather than town homes.
With their budgets gutted by austerity programs pushed by the IMF and World Bank and unable or unwilling to tax the rich, city governments cannot provide basic services needed by this swelling urban mass such as water, electricity, and infrastructure.
His new powers extend beyond relief and reconstruction to cover areas including infrastructure, banking and finance, rural and urban land use, telecommunications, defence and security.
All eyes will be on Brazil when it hosts the Confederations Cup, which will also be a trial run of infrastructure -- from hotels to airports and urban transport.
Similar problems are creeping into other urban areas as the vibrant economy outpaces the Indian government's belated infrastructure buildout.
They require systems that can scale from a two-person clinic with no IT infrastructure (other than an Internet connection) to a large urban hospital and everything in between.
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Given its population size and huge economic potential, Myanmar is a market that has huge opportunity for growth given the need for infrastructure development, better healthcare facilities and power generation in both urban and rural areas.
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In the developing world, Urban life is a hieronymus Bosch-like vision of tangled traffic, crumbling infrastructure, overcrowding and crippling economic inefficiencies.
The project is further supported by infrastructure investment from the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Affairs as well as funding from the state of Hessen.
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Matson's story is a reminder of a growing problem in many of the nation's busy, sprawling urban landscapes: More people are using bikes for transportation amid a culture and infrastructure designed for automobiles.
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That's why I've been fighting to create millions of new jobs in clean energy and rebuilding our infrastructure, jobs to come to all of our states, and urban and rural areas, and suburban communities and small towns.
"The goal of the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge is to collaboratively engage designers, urban planners and technologists in imagining an innovative future for the City's public communications infrastructure, and we have been humbled by the phenomenal talent and creativity of the initiative's participants, " said Chief Digital Officer Haot.
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It has sabotaged infrastructure (blowing up 220 electricity pylons and 32 bridges since February), placed bombs in urban centres and kidnapped prominent politicians (including Ingrid Betancourt, a presidential candidate), all in an apparent effort to undermine civilian morale.
However, out there on the cutting edge, innovative urban planners, policy-makers, social entrepreneurs and impact investors are advancing the development of natural or green infrastructure (GI).
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