Trends: Sustainable Megacities
Particularly in emerging markets, megacities face huge challenges ranging from rampant growth and stretched budgets to inefficient infrastructures. Nevertheless, sustainable development is achievable. What’s needed is political leadership, help from private investors, and intelligent technological solutions
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Chongqing: Hot Pot City
Chongqing, the world’s largest city, doesn’t have it easy. Located deep in China’s interior, it has long been cut off from the boom that’s swept other regions. Now it’s catching up
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Beijing: Countdown to the 2008 Olympics
Beijing is reinventing itself for the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition to building high-tech sports facilities, the city is modernizing and expanding its transportation and energy infrastructures, relocating production facilities, and looking even further ahead
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Hong Kong and Macau: From Niches to Riches
Hong Kong and Macau are discovering new niches where they can benefit from China’s booming economy. One serves as a revolving door to the Chinese market, the other as a luxurious retreat for wealthy Chinese visitors. Both need top technology
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Interview: An Architecture for Resource Conservation
The Renowned Architect and City Planner Prof. Albert Speer Discusses Resource Conservation
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Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore: India’s Megacities Reach a Turning Point
New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore—India’s megacities are struggling with chaotic traffic conditions and shortages of energy, water and housing. More public and private investment would help bring about a better future
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Airports: Soaring Sales
Airplanes and airports are two of today’s fastest-growing sectors. With passenger safety and comfort high on the list of top priorities, Siemens is helping to drive this boom with tailor-made solutions for major airports worldwide
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Facts and Forecasts: The Urban Millennium
According to a new report by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Program, 2007 will mark the first time that more people will be living in cities than in rural areas
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Building Automation: When Green Means Gold
Technology is making it possible to operate large buildings such as hotels and office complexes in an environmentally friendly manner. What’s more, intelligent networks are not only cutting costs, but attracting top customers and improving service
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Beverage Industry: Technology on Tap
Whether its beer with guarana or mineral water with papaya, the ability to create and perfect new beverages is possible only with perfectly organized systems. Siemens has standardized key hardware and software components, thus enabling breweries and soft drink producers to achieve the highest levels of production quality
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Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals: Perfecting Processes
Efficiency, safety and flexible production are trends that are crucial to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Siemens helps customers in these fields by offering new processes, modern facilities and sophisticated automation technology
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Fossil Fuels Industry: Gas on the Go
Natural gas is steadily gaining in importance in the energy mix.But because it often travels thousands of miles from production fields to consumers, powerful compressors are needed to keep it moving at the highest possible speed
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Steel Industry: Metals for the Megacities
How can millions of tons of steel be produced for booming cities—without severely polluting the soil, water or atmosphere? Siemens offers extensive solutions, from energy-saving cast rolling facilities to software that can learn production control
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Emergency Communications: Ready for Action
Siemens is developing new solutions that not only improve the security of telephone connections in emergencies, but also make chasing criminals easier
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In Brief
Developments, contacts, links, literature
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