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Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Long-emblematic of urban decline,\u00a0Detroit continues to suffer<\/a> from poverty, racial segregation, insufficient infrastructure\u00a0and municipal corruption. An in-depth piece on the\u00a0New Republic<\/a> explores Detroit’s grim past and finds hope in its future.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A fascinating\u00a0post on Mental Floss<\/a> looks at the mysterious rail and subway systems hidden “beneath the bustling streets of some of America’s biggest cities”.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Come tomorrow America’s transit future could change dramatically as\u00a0President Obama is scheduled to announce the benefactors<\/a> of the $8 billion the administration has set aside for high-speed rail transit.\u00a0The Infrastructurist<\/a> provides a detailed overview of the transit projects most likely to benefit from the funding.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Urban News<\/a> looks at the tremendous success of food carts in Portland,\u00a0Oregon<\/span>. 400 food carts have sprung up in the city in the last few years; adding diversity to the city’s culinary scene and vitality to its urban landscape.
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\u2022 The havoc wrecked on Haiti’s Port-au-Prince–its capital city and urban heartland--has sparked a worldwide conversation on the country’s future<\/a>. In addition to the scores of homes and commercial buildings lost the city’s port, airfield, electric gird and road system have been all but\u00a0wiped-out<\/a>. A return to anything like normality demands onimmediate investment in the city’s infrastrucutre<\/a>. While I looked at Haiti’s\u00a0in last week’s World Wide Wednesday<\/a>, the scale of urban destruction and recent discussions on the city’s future warrant another mention this week. The aftermath of the quake has changed the urban landscape of the country irreversibly;\u00a0thousands of Haitians are returning to the country side <\/a>(a historical reversal after a decade of rapid urbanization) and Port-au-Prince (whatever form the rebuilding takes) will a emerge wholly transformed city.\u00a0As reported by The New York Times<\/a>, a meeting among western world leaders in Montreal this past Monday led to a $3 billion commitment for a coordinated 10-year rebuilding effort. And, as the\u00a0L.A Times<\/a> reports, 50 of\u00a0 Haiti’s most prominent architects, engineers and urban planners have been meeting daily since the January 12th earthquake to discuss and plan the city’s future.<\/p>\n

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