Tag: urban living

As part of our  coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not look like.

This picture reflects the most urban part of Skardu town situated in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. This part is known for its natural beauty but this view is the inside of a huge market known as New Bazaar (Naya Bazaar). It has hundreds of shops that offer almost everything from trekking supplies, souvenirs, local goods, and eatables. Skardu is technologically way behind the idea of urban cities but it has its own definition of urbanness as reflected in the picture!

Preserving the Forts – in this mountainous area – to increase sustainability of Skardu as the people here generate a huge amount of budget through its tourist resorts.

As part of our  coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not look like.

In winter everybody talks about Ulaanbaatar’s air pollution and it has often been mentioned that our home city has become the most air-polluted city of the world.

As written in  UB post Mongolia’s capital suffers from air pollution that harms health and that even causes the death of some of its dwellers. People living downtown are breathing six times more toxic air than normal and those who live in ger districts of Ulaanbaatar are breathing air that is 18 times worse than normal.

Photo by D.Tserennadmid

But my home town Ulaanbaatar does not always have such dirty air as mentioned. It’s only in winter when outside temperatures fall below minus 30 -40 degrees Celsius.

Photo by J.Otgo, suburb of Ulanbaatar, Gher area