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Tag Archives: growth
The Challenge of Hosting Different Visitors
By Renard Teipelke I was walking through the streets of Ha Noi, when a shoe polisher insisted on cleaning my ‘apparently’ dirty shoes. I happened to be in the capital city of Viet Nam for ‘business matters’ – not as … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, opinions
Tagged air, business, diversification, economic development, Egypt, growth, guest, Hanoi, hub, mall, Metro Manila, Philippines, Spain, tourism, transport, urban economy, Vietnam, visitor
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Unlimited Growth of Gulf Airports: The Sky Has a Limit?!
By Renard Teipelke If you happen to travel between Europe, Africa, and Asia, you will nowadays very likely stopover and transfer in one of the big airport hubs of the Middle East: Dubai, Doha, or Abu Dhabi. Strategically located between … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, air travel, city state, Doha, Dubai, growth, infrastructure, Middle East, Network, Qatar, socio-technical, sustainability, transport, United Arab Emirates, urban design
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Pick of the Day: African Cities and the Evil of Global City Development Paradigms
By Renard Teipelke A critical discussion about “Global Cities” is neither new to this blog (see for instance 1, 2, 3) nor to the community of critical geographic research. However, our understanding of “Global Cities” and “Ordinary Cities” in the … Continue reading
A Sense of Scale – Part I
By Renard Teipelke I wanted to put a simple scale definition here, but I did not like what I found. What is scale with regard to cities? Generally, it is about size, dimensions, relationality. Particularly I am referring to scale … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, density, extension, growth, infrastructure, Los Angeles, Manila, Megacities, metropolitan region, nairobi, scale, smart growth, urban design, urban planning, urban space
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New York City’s Bloomberg Years
By Renard Teipelke It actually blew my mind. Ford Fessenden and his colleagues summarized the main urban development changes during the ten-year tenure of New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a couple of animated info graphics. But the result … Continue reading
Global Second Row-Status as a City’s Advantage?!
by Renard Teipelke In my last article, I wrote about Frankfurt’s high ranking amongst German cities with regard to locational qualities, and I discussed the city’s high livability. While reasons for the good ranking of Frankfurt are found quickly, the … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, research
Tagged economy, Frankfurt, global city, growth, inequality, ranking, second-row, urban politics, vision, world city
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Frankfurt at the top; again.
by Renard Teipelke Before I actually start with the topic, I would like to contend: Once a city is at the top of statistical economic rankings, it is in a quite good position to stay there. Just refer to New … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Frankfurt, global city, growth, housing, knowledge, livability, metropolitan region, public transport, ranking, RheinMain, urban economy, world city
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Global City Indicators Facility
By Renard Teipelke “The Global City Indicators Facility provides an established set of city indicators with a globally standardized methodology that allows for global comparability of city performance and knowledge sharing.” This web-based relational database website, Global City Indicators Facility … Continue reading
Squatting in German Cities: Then and Now
By Renard Teipelke Last Thursday, November 17, 2011, gentrification and urban politics experts Andrej Holm and Wolf Wetzel gave a lecture at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main. The lecture was titled “Squatting is worthwhile – staying, too” and combined the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrej Holm, Berlin, crisis, development project, Frankfurt, gentrification, growth, Hamburg, investment, Place Development, Squatting, urban regeneration, urban renewal, urban space
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