2015年11月5日 · In a breathless rush to boost growth and development, some urban areas have built vast, unused real estate projects — China’s infamous “ghost cities.” These eerie, shining developments are complete except for one thing: people to live in them. China’s ghost cities have sparked a lot of debate over the last few years.

2014年9月22日 · China’s ghost towns and local-government debts are not harbingers of doom. They are bumps on the road to a developed economy, in which excesses will have to be resolved by the state or the market. In fact, overcoming these challenges will make for a more resilient economy in the long run. Published in collaboration with Project Syndicate

2023年9月8日 · Design for inclusion: ghost airports located near cities – many with a shortage of affordable housing – present a powerful opportunity to bring socioeconomic equity right onto the drawing board. Design for sustainability: all airport redevelopment efforts should have climate-neutral principles at their core, from build through to operations ...

2022年3月15日 · Then there’s the dystopian ghost towns of China, where 130 million properties are vacant, which could house about 340 million people, surpassing the current U.S. population. The opposing trend is the ground-up construction of “smart city” utopias, such as Songdo City in South Korea and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, among others.

2025年1月24日 · The Annual Meeting 2025 of The World Economic Forum will take place at Davos-Klosters from 20th to 24th January 2025.

2016年3月14日 · Although the days of 30% annual growth might be a thing of the past, China still boasts many cities experiencing rapid growth. These are cities that few outsiders will have heard of – such as Guiyang, Xiangyang and Hengyang – but in 2016 their economies are forecast to grow by as much as 12%.

2020年1月20日 · For example, plastic bags will be banned in major cities by the end of 2020 and in all towns and cities within the next 5 years. The restaurant industry will also be affected - with consumption of single-use plastic items in towns and cities needing to be cut by 30% by 2025.

2023年11月29日 · China suffered direct economic losses of more than $42 billion in the first nine months of 2023 from natural disasters including torrential rains, landslides, hailstorms and typhoons according to the nation’s government data.

2017年7月4日 · The new city, being built in southern China’s mountainous Guangxi area, will bring nature to an urban setting, with over 40,000 trees and 1 million plants covering every building. The green city follows a string of ‘vertical forest’ projects - highrise buildings swathed in green - being built around the world.

2017年11月21日 · China’s ‘Forest City’ The Chinese government is building a new city where all the buildings – including schools, offices, homes and hospitals – will be covered in over 40,000 trees and 1 million plants.