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	<description>Worldwide, we will soon have more city-dwellers than rural ... What does that mean for the future?</description>
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		<title>The demise of &#8220;the country&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/the-demise-of-the-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freshly back from a visit to Northwest Ohio.  Farm country.  Or what used to be farm country.  Today&#8217;s post is all about lamenting, so sorry to whine but the loss of true farm land and farm communities is at best sad and at worst destroying the future of cities. Disclaimer: I grew up on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=71&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of the Malecon</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/in-praise-of-the-malecon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[havana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess the closest word we have in English would be Boardwalk?  I just wanted to make a note to come back to this later because the idea of a Malecon &#8211; a public, ocean-front boulevard &#8211; has a lot of cache.  Maybe because in Florida where I live so much waterfront real estate is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=69&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor for President</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/mayor-for-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[urban planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This recent article got me thinking: &#8220;Cory Booker: Bringing Newark Back&#8221; (Fortune Magazine / CNN.com) Not about how I want Booker to be President, but rather about who typically becomes President of the United States.  In recent times, there was the ill-fated bid for the seat from Rudy Giuliani &#8230; In history I believe that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=65&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next read</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/next-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/?p=61</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the next book I&#8217;m reading: &#8220;Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier&#8221; (Edward Glaeser) Hopefully if enough people keep writing the same thing, it will start to get through people&#8217;s skulls and make some sense!!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=61&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In a nutshell &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/in-a-nutshell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Post series on the rise of mega-cities has a wonderful interview with Stewart Brand. Here&#8217;s the gem: &#8220;The old thinking was that slums are the problem and the new thinking is that slums are the solution.&#8221; Amen.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=59&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mega-Cities Series on Global Post</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/mega-cities-series-on-global-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a must-read for anyone interested in this blog &#8230; which sometimes seems to be no one. But the subject matter interests me enough to keep on keepin&#8217; on.  Here&#8217;s the link: &#8220;Special Report: The Rise of Megacities &#8230; Dhaka: The fastest-growing mega-city in the world&#8221; I particularly liked this passage: &#8220;The earth’s countryside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=54&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The role of squares</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/the-role-of-squares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dramatic events we&#8217;ve been seeing in Egypt these past few weeks have lead me to reflect on the role of squares.  Tiananmen.  Red.  Trafalgar.  Time.  And now Tahrir Square. While protests are not always popular (especially with those whose policies or regime are being protested against), they are an essential function of free speech [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=47&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>and what about Port-au-Prince?</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/and-what-about-port-au-prince/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have heard rumors of completely resettling the Haitian capital that sounds pretty wacky schemes for redoing the city into some utopian, agricultural paradise that spreads the city throughout the greater Port-au-Prince region.  What worries me the most is the sort of &#8220;Shock Doctrine&#8221; craziness cooked up in the wake of Katrina and other disasters. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=41&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>great book!</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/great-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[david owen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read this book and it has me thinking a lot about how cities can be the SOLUTION to our problems, not the cause of them. It reminded me of something Andres Duany said about his favorite natural/conservation place in the world &#8230; He says it&#8217;s Times Square in NYC because there are so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=36&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>cities in recession</title>
		<link>http://globalcityzen.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/cities-in-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ciudadanaglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the &#8220;Great Recession&#8221; is what they&#8217;re calling it and here in the US people, businesses and especially local governments are having to SLASH budgets.  We can all see how this affects cities negatively in service cutbacks and tough trade-offs.  In some cases we can see how they handle it positively in reducing unnecessary expenditures or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalcityzen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1274682&amp;post=34&amp;subd=globalcityzen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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