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Tag Archives: infrastructure
Ten Take-Aways from the Last Day of the Metropolitan Solutions Conference 2016
By Renard Teipelke While there is always a breadth of thematic areas and topics that is represented and discussed during the Metropolitan Solutions Conference (particularly as it coincided with the German Habitat Forum this year), I would like to provide … Continue reading
Further Densification – Are They Ready for This?
By Renard Teipelke Eight out of the 30 most densely populated cities of the world are located within Metro Manila, Philippines (here). Number 30 is Makati City with about 19,000 people per square kilometer. Number 1 is Manila City with … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged access, affordability, brownfield, decentralization, geography, greenfield, high-rises, infrastructure, investment, Metro Manila, metropolitan region, mobility, Philippines, population, scale, secondary cities, sprawl, urban design, urban growth, urban planning
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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
Posted in miscellaneous, opinions
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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A Sense of Scale – Part II
By Renard Teipelke At the end of last year, my ‘scale’ perspective and understanding was challenged when I moved to the gigantic metropolitan area of Manila in the Philippines (article here). Earlier this year (2014) I have been challenged again … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged density, Green City, ICT, infrastructure, Lao, Manila, Philippines, public amenities, resilience, scale, small town, urban development, urban growth, urban planning, Vientiane
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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
Posted in opinions
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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Infrastructure Projects Concern Not Only Engineers
by Renard Teipelke From the end of 2008 until the end of 2012, the first ‘Superhighway’ in East Africa was constructed between Kenya’s capital Nairobi and the industrial satellite town of Thika in the Northern part of the Nairobi Metropolitan … Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged highway, infrastructure, Kenya, Kenya Vision 2030, nairobi, participation, Thika, Thika Highway Improvement Project, THIP, urban space, vision
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The Vision, the Superhighway, and the Local Poor
by Renard Teipelke Kenya Vision 2030: “A national long-term development blue-print to create a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by 2030, that aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a … Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged highway, housing, infrastructure, Juja, Kenya, nairobi, peri-urban, rent, Ruiru, speculation, Thika, urban development, Vision 2030
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It’s a Cool Place, but Don’t Tell Anyone!
by Renard Teipelke Traveling to new destinations is one of human mankind’s greatest experiences. You have two options with respect to a destination’s standing: you can either decide for the well-known, established one or you can try out the relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, Berlin, California, city tourism, easyjet setter, Europe, Image, infrastructure, Lonely Planet, mass tourism, place, Place Branding, Place Identity, public transportation, tourism
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Let Us Change England’s Economic Geography
By Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen This week the Economist, a weekly news and international affairs publication from England, highlighted that railroad connections usually serve two directions. You think this is trivial? Well, maybe not.
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Tagged economic development, England, infrastructure, planning
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