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\"\"<\/a> Each week we will be focusing on 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 If you’re worried that the left wing pinko badge may make the cycling conversation more difficult, consider Streetsblog’<\/a>s recommendations on how to talk to conservatives about cycling. Author Angie Schmitt offers an important reminder that “bicycling and safer streets aren\u2019t tethered to any particular political ideology”.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Urban regions the world over invest billions in cluster-theory economic development: the idea that with the right ingredients our cities can grow their own Silicon Valley enclaves. Vivek Wadhwa at the The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a> questions the traditional recipe for economic growth and focuses instead on risk taking, entrepreneurship skill development, skilled immigrants and freedom of expression.
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\n\u2022 “To my knowledge, Le Corbusier never handed anyone a gun.” Willy Staley at Next American City<\/a> eulogizes Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing. As the city pursues an urban renewal approach to the existing stock of towers, Wiley questions the relative contributions of design and urban poverty to the concentration of crime and celebrates the ability of the human spirit to turn even the darkest of places into home.<\/p>\n

\u2022 With a transit ridership rate of 90% and an expanding subway network, Hong Kong’s MTR is the envy of many urban regions. As The Transport Politic<\/a> reports, the MTR’s continued financial success is made possible as it uses profits from extensive housing, commercial and retail development to fund both construction and operation which are “entirely unsubsidized by the local government.”<\/p>\n

Photo by Clark Mizono, Next American City<\/a>
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