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With Urbanization Comes Mountains of Trash
Cities in developing countries will see waste management challenges skyrocket as they continue to grow.
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A Jacket That Lets Introverts Hide in a Cloud of Fog
This weather-producing coat out of Cambridge is perfect for city-dwellers who want privacy.
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The Next Big Start-Up Wave: Civic Technology
Right now, civic-minded digital innovation is done mostly by volunteer hackathons and app contests. Code for America has a plan to change that.
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Postcard
What a Turn Toward Traditionalism Looks Like in Jakarta
The dance of the "Human Theaters."
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Bloomberg Offers $5 Million Prize for City Innovation
The "Mayors Challenge" will award "breakthrough solutions" to urban problems.
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Photos
What Should an Apartment for Motorcyclists Look Like?
Here's how one Tokyo designer imagines it.
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Next Great Idea
What If Mayors Ruled the World?
With Washington paralyzed by political dysfunction, is it time for mayors to take over?
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The Mathematical Puzzle That Is the Complexity of the City
How, if at all, can we quantify the relative complexity of a place?
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Olympics 2012
The Pettiness of Olympic Branding
The micromanaged brand protection strategies of the International Olympic Committee are going down about as well as you’d expect with the home crowd in London.
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Maps
Map of the Day: The State of a Warming America
Temperatures rose in each of the continental 48 states since 1970.
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