Geografia
- History Of Kolkata (calcutta)
Calcutta History The discovery and archaeological study of Chandraketugarh, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Kolkata, provide evidence that the region in which the city stands has been inhabited for over two millennia. Kolkata's recorded history...
- Do Ovo à Cidade
Uma interessante analogia entre o crescimento e expansão das cidades e .... o ovo. Uma forma de representar de forma significativa a evolução das cidades ao longo de vários milénios, que se assemelha a um ovo cozido, ao ovo estrelado e ao ovo mexido....
- Sustentabilidade, Globalização E Urbanização
Sustainability within a World City Network "Cities and their networks form the greatest of human achievements and are incrementally built up over time, reflecting human progression in which scarcity is continuously challenged by means of societal and...
- Qual O Limite Para O Crescimento Da Cidade?
"The world is in the throes of a sweeping population shift from the countryside to the city. Underpinning this transformation are the economies of scale that make concentrated urban centers more productive. This productivity improvement from urbanization...
- Cidades Médias Em Crescimento
The world’s new growth frontier: Midsize cities in emerging markets "Senior executives searching for growth face a stark new reality: roughly 400 midsize cities in emerging markets—cities they mostly will have never heard of—are posed to generate...
Geografia
O centro de gravidade económico do mundo
Fonte: The Economist
"IT IS not exactly news that the world's economic centre of gravity is shifting east. But it is striking how fast this seems to be happening. In a new study on the economic impact of urbanisation the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the eponymous consultancy, has attempted to calculate how this centre of gravity has moved since AD 1 and how it is likely to move until 2025. Although the underlying maths (which involves weighting the approximate centre of landmass of a country by its GDP) has to be taken with a pinch of salt, the calculations show that the centre is rapidly shifting east—at a speed of 140 kilometres a year and thus faster than ever before in human history, according to Richard Dobbs, one of the authors of the study. The main reason for this is rapid urbanisation in developing countries, in particular China. As people are moving into cities many are becoming richer, driving further economic growth. Most of this growth will not occur in much-hyped megacities, such as Mumbai or Shanghai, but in what the authors call "middleweight cities". Few in the rich world would be able to identify these on a map. Ever heard of Foshan or Surat, for instance? (Hint: the former is China's 7th-largest city, the latter India's capital for synthetic textiles.)"
- History Of Kolkata (calcutta)
Calcutta History The discovery and archaeological study of Chandraketugarh, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Kolkata, provide evidence that the region in which the city stands has been inhabited for over two millennia. Kolkata's recorded history...
- Do Ovo à Cidade
Uma interessante analogia entre o crescimento e expansão das cidades e .... o ovo. Uma forma de representar de forma significativa a evolução das cidades ao longo de vários milénios, que se assemelha a um ovo cozido, ao ovo estrelado e ao ovo mexido....
- Sustentabilidade, Globalização E Urbanização
Sustainability within a World City Network "Cities and their networks form the greatest of human achievements and are incrementally built up over time, reflecting human progression in which scarcity is continuously challenged by means of societal and...
- Qual O Limite Para O Crescimento Da Cidade?
"The world is in the throes of a sweeping population shift from the countryside to the city. Underpinning this transformation are the economies of scale that make concentrated urban centers more productive. This productivity improvement from urbanization...
- Cidades Médias Em Crescimento
The world’s new growth frontier: Midsize cities in emerging markets "Senior executives searching for growth face a stark new reality: roughly 400 midsize cities in emerging markets—cities they mostly will have never heard of—are posed to generate...