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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2017-10-25 02:50 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Four notes around the world: New York City, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Mexico City


  • Bloomberg notes global warming can expose New York City to heightened flood risks every five years, not every 500.

  • Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg notes, plans to build a new city from scratch.

  • VICE notes that Hong Kong, with its dear real estate, is running out of space for its dead.

  • Spacing looks at how Mexico City is expanding its cycling infrastructure as part of its bid for world status.