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Category Archives: World City

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At a Cuban restaurant, Fidel Castro’s polarizing legacy on display

2016/12/07by Ben Wolford Leave a comment

He killed thousands of people. He liberated thousands of people. He was a voice of oppression. He was a voice of justice. He kept Cuba poor. The United States kept […]

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Governance + Politics, Population, World City

Urban Greenness & Chronic Illness — Miami’s Built Environment & Health Researchers Take Stock

Featuredby Matthew Toro 7 Comments

City life impacts your health. We’re not talking about “city life” in any abstract sense. Take the term literally. We’re talking about the actual biology of the city, urban ecology. […]

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Land Use, Maps + Geospatial, Parks, Population, Urban Nature, World City

Photos: 23 Cuban Immigrants Achieve ‘Dry Foot’ in Dry Tortugas National Park

2015/08/06by Matthew Toro 10 Comments

Their boat had run out of fuel several kilometers too soon. It had taken them so far, and brought them so close, but still not yet close enough. The group of 23 Cuban […]

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Governance + Politics, Population, World City

Into Perspective: Miami World City Distances

Featuredby Matthew Toro 4 Comments

How far is Miami from the other major cities of the world? Measuring distances across the planet can be tricky business. Earth, of course, is a three-dimensional object, a not-quite-so-perfect sphere. Geographers […]

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Maps + Geospatial, Population, Transportation, World City

Public Health Study: Proximity to Sprawl Affects Walkability

2014/07/01by Matthew Toro 3 Comments

A scientific article just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports that a person’s proximity to Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary and central business district impacts walkability, and, by extension, has […]

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Governance + Politics, Land Use, Maps + Geospatial, Parks, Population, Transportation, Urban Nature, World City

中 国 制 造 (Made in China)

2014/06/16by Matthew Toro Leave a comment

We’ve seen los latinos en Miami-Dade and, after tapping into a slightly different US Census Bureau data, I added the population of brasileiros to the list. There are, of course, many […]

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Population, World City

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