4.1 - How can cities throughout the
world be classified?
Britain
Cities used to depend on
whether or not they had a
Cathedral
Now - Settlement hierarchy +
hierarchy of services
More villages than cities - but cities have higher pop density
Most liveable cities in 2001
polls - 1) Vancouver 2)
Melbourne 3) Vienna
Paris, La Defense district
Plan launched 2006
- issues when
property market died
2007
delayed 3 yrs because of crisis
- tower expected completion
2010 - now 2013
Redevelopment - 2 new
buildings, several
overhauled
Plans to increase
development - more
retail + offices
District would
grow to 1730
acres
3.5x bigger
than Canary
Wharf
Biggest project - One of
biggest skyscrapers in
Western Europe
$3.65 billion pair of towers
Issues - High levels of
vacancies - Some 38%
Singapore's One-North Biomedical Park
One of world's leading
biomedical hubs
Biopolis
Biomedical
research complex
Built to accommodate top research
institutes, private research organisations
and biomedical universities
Phase 1 - Sept 2003 - 2
million sq ft, seven building
complex
More than 2000 working here
Phase 2 - 2006 - 2 new
research buildings -
additional 398,000 sq ft - cost
$70 million
Phase 3 - 2008 - 2
more research
buildings - 136,000 sq
ft - further $100,000
Phases 4 + 5 - 2010 -
£80 million and $100
million respectively
Phase 5 - Twin towers -
basic labs - 31,500 sq ft -
$87 million
Projected
completion 2013
Total cost - $787 million
Tuas Biomedical Park
$100 million
invested - divided
into 2 parks
Combined area
of 39,900,000 sq ft
Dedicated to manufacturing-related
activities for pharmaceuticals,
biopharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccine,
medical devices and nutritionals related
companies