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Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 In Changsha, China, there are plans afoot to build the world\u2019s tallest tower. At 220 storeys, the Sky City Tower comes in ahead of Dubai\u2019s Burj Khalifa. The air conditioning company turned property manager erecting the building is promising to do so in as little as three months using prefab components. The question remains whether there will be enough tenants to fill the building\u2019s 1 million square metres of floor space. (Globe and Mail<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Behold, HavvAda – designer Dror Benshetrit\u2019s answer for what to do with a billion cubic meters of dirt. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has proposed the construction of the Istanbul Canal<\/a>. Of course, carving out this canal will produce a lot of displaced earth, so Erdo\u011fan put out the call for creative ideas for what to do with it. The result, HavvAda, is a man-made island community off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey. Each of the six hills pictured above would be supported by a geodesic dome. Benshetrit emphasizes that the plan is more of a vision that an actionable idea. (Fast Company<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 SimCity, longtime nursery for burgeoning city planners, is set to release a new version in February 2013. This version of the game, first released in 1989, adds the a multiplayer dimension \u2013 allowing users to share resources between their cities or to specialize and trade. The game emphasizes the perils of energy choices \u2013 highlighting the negative health impacts and public opinion that can come as a result of a local coal or nuclear plant. (FastCompany<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Southern California Institute of Architecture, The Architect\u2019s Newspaper<\/em> and LA Metro<\/em> recently issued an open invitation for ideas that would increase public transportation ridership in L.A. Architects, Li Wen and Shawn Gehle, have responded with NETWORK_LA. The app mines existing data streams to make a more responsive, accurate and personal transit experience for riders. The Trip Finder function, for instance, performs fastest route calculations which consider parallel options such as shared bikes, scooters and cars. In a city where 67% of the population drives to work alone, Wen and Gehle feel that their app could significantly increase transit ridership without major infrastructure investments. (FastCompany<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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