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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Green Car Congress

New Delhi in India, Cairo in Egypt, Lagos in Nigeria). 21 cities (2.5%) from low-income countries (e.g. Distribution of large cities in the world with greening built-up area (BUA), and greening built-up areas in Yangtze River Delta (YRD) city cluster. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan). Credit: The University of Hong Kong.

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The Coming Construction Boom

Cars That Think

Many of the construction techniques we use today were invented in ancient Egypt or Rome. Many of the techniques we use during construction today were invented in ancient Egypt or Rome. This is literally green technology. Other techniques are changing what we can expect buildings to look like.

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