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    More than half of the planet's population now lives in cities. Yet the cities of today are radically different than those from the past. The advancement of urbanism poses enormous positive and negative consequences from climate change to cultural and economic globalization. To understand and tackle the challenges of today is to understand cities. This group is a forum for observing and exploring the urban condition around the world.

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