Our restored cities, where the living is easier

Article Abstract:

Chattanooga, TN's revitalization is an excellent example of how businesses and communities can restore the urban vibrancy that helped their cities to develop. The city's urban renewal effort began in 1981. Univ of Tennessee professor of architecture Stroud Watson helped design mixed-used areas to sustain its economic and social lifelines. The creation of the Tennessee Aquarium and a new mass-transit system contributed to encouraging people to spend time and money in downtown areas.

Public works, Cover Story, Cities and towns, Chattanooga, Tennessee, City and town life, Urban life, Central business districts, Civic improvements

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Where wired is a way of life

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Many cities in the US and abroad are following the success of Silicon Valley, energized by advancements in high technology, which is a culmination of location, money, brains, and some luck. In the US, cities such as Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Salt Lake City. UT, and Seattle, WA are booming. Other international cities such as Singapore, Sophia-Antipolis in France, and Cambridge, UK are experimenting with high-echnology companies as well.

High technology industry, Economic policy, Singapore, Silicon Valley, Portrayals, Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Washington, Cambridge, England

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Living dangerously

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A huge private-sector debt and the current political regime are two factors threatening to make Indonesia's economic difficulties long-lived. A bailout by the International Monetary Fund, which insists on strict reform, may help Indonesia in the long run, but perhaps not before sinking into prolonged recession.

Indonesia

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