Beijing was merely following the path of other world cities, such as London, Paris and New York, he said.
London has been selected to host a race in the debut Formula E series, which will see electric cars race around major world cities.
The shot-blasted, satin-brushed and polished rotating bezel bears the names of 24 world cities, symbols of the international 24 time zones on its brown upper flange.
New York stands out among world cities as "particularly good value" for residential properties, "especially from an income return point of view, " according to the report.
It was created as a celebration of world cities: Eleven teams were assembled in 11 capitals to each create a unique pair of John Lobb shoes.
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Among high-income world cities, London might finally reach 10 million while the only other high-income world candidate, Chicago, with more than 9 million residents, could take until 2040.
He co-chairs Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and last year he was appointed chairman of the C40, a group of world cities that are committed to slowing climate change.
De Soto makes the point that if you look at squatters and shantytowns surrounding numerous Third World cities, you will find the people who live there have created rules about property.
Those are rigorously first-world cities.
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In 2005 it hosted the first World Cities Leadership Climate Change Summit, a meeting which paved the way for the creation of the C40 -- a group of large cities committed to tackling climate change that includes members as diverse as New York, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Johannesburg and Jakarta.
Certainly one hundred years ago, any list of world cities that held the future in their hands would have been dominated by ones located in the U.S. (London and Berlin might have been included.) New York, Chicago and San Francisco would have made the list and cities like Detroit, St.
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It has world class cities, with a sizeable consumer base in urban centers like St.
In an increasingly complex world, cities need to be run more like corporations, with an emphasis on planning and competent management.
"Only London's ultra-prime market stands out among the 'old world' cities as having shown significant growth since 2005, totaling 107%, " the report said.
"We are looking for cities that are important from a world context, cities that are important in robust economies, and robust political markets that give you some sort of certainty, " Lowy said.
Two-fifths of the world's cities of 1m-10m people, and 15 of the world's 20 megacities, lie on or near a coast, where many are at risk from flooding.
The 20 Most Popular Cities In The World To Visit In 2012 I was just getting ready to go on a European vacation when my e-mail pinged with a press release from MasterCard about the second annual list of the 20 most visited cities in the world.
Already, 75 percent of the world's 21 mega-cities are based in the developing world, and by some estimates, 27 of the 33 mega-cities expected to exist by 2015 will be in developing countries.
How much richer would the world's cities and museums be if today, instead of shattered fragments and armless torsos, we had the undamaged whole?
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a CGI commitment that a group of the world's cities would be taking: The creation of an assessment framework for evaluating risks from climate change.
The Washington, DC-based nonprofit Population Reference Bureau projects that, by 2050, 70 percent of the world will inhabit cities, with most of this growth occurring in underdeveloped countries whose limited resources may exacerbate an already difficult situation.
Because not only is it one of the most interesting and vibrant cities in the world, it is one of the most important cities in Western Civilization.
Cities have always traditionally been the centers of the world's wealth, and the World Bank says that as much as 80 percent of the future economic growth of the developing world will come from its cities.
The challenge of the day is - can the mega-cities of the world emerge with the qualities we seek in the smaller, vital cities of the past?
Asian cities now make up 11 of the world's 20 most expensive cities.
And, just to show that we were capable of leading the world with a comprehensive vision of cities, community leaders rebuilt our pretty much new cities such that they would be celebrated the world over for their beauty!
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South Africa is a more developed safari destination with cosmopolitan cities, world-class hotels and fine restaurants.
Manila, like most of the world's large cities, suffers from a huge and problematic urban sprawl.
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But what else are the thousands of rickshaw-wallahs, in one of the world's poorest cities, to do?
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