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Megalopolises – houses for many, homes for none
The new age of industrialization and globalization is giving rise to unforeseen migration patterns across the globe. It’s giving birth to an increasing demographic movement towards urban and sub-urban areas. This sudden movement of the masses has taken our Chilean cities by surprise. Modern megalopolises are now under tremendous pressure to provide […]
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Big City Boys (and Girls)
An article exploring a curious animal – the megacity – and ways in which cities offer solutions to future challenges they themselves created. Skyscrapers, concrete, steel, smog, sewage, slums, traffic jams, crime, exclusion, broadband, wi-fi, gentrification, commuting, expats, fast-food, bio-markets, land-use planning, alienation, citizenship, identity. Sounds familiar? I am talking […]