What Happens When a City Breaks Down
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Manhattan's tower of steam is just one more dramatic example of the cost of letting urban infrastructure deteriorate
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When hurricane  Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of  small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the  spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi  - When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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It's not easy being at the top when your empire is crumbling.
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Cities are the future of the world, and slums are the future of the city.
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Here's a city with a parking crisis, crippling traffic jams, and unaffordable rents.
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Putting the recent collapse in perspective.
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From terrorism to the tech meltdown, here's a look at how a perfect storm gave rise to a boom and then a new meltdown.
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Fifteen years ago, Berliners took to the streets in a spontaneous explosion of disbelief and jubilation as they realized that the wall that had divided their city for 28 years had crashed to the ground literally and figuratively.
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This could be the clash, which may turn into the crash of the titans.
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Top two stories of structure in Victoria crumble following apparent explosion.
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If US forces prevail in taking the city, keeping it stable afterward may be the biggest task - and influence what happens elsewhere.
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I'm unsure what good will come out of this whole incident. The problem is that when emotions run high, as they did here, people tend to spend more time fortifying their own positions rather than exploring new ones.
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PARIS: Cities on the US East Coast and in the Caribbean could be wrecked by a tsunami unleashed by the collapse of a volcanic island in the eastern Atlantic, British scientists believe.
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New Orleans is a city on a knife's edge. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, an alarming number of residents are leaving or seriously thinking of getting out for good.
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Towering above the modern streets and buildings of Irbil, the citadel's narrow alleyways and dusty courtyards stand almost deserted. Its mud-brick houses, built atop layers of ancient civilizations stretching back through millennia, are crumbling.
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How our lives ground to a halt when a storm knocked out power.