Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

When the Streets Have No Names, Three Words Will Suffice

Confronting a problem that affects roughly 75 percent of the world's population, a new system will give every place on Earth an address based on three words.

August 16, 2016 - Quartz

Synthetic Natural Gas will be China's (and the World's) Climate Nightmare

China's drive to reduce urban air pollution and increase energy security will unleash massive carbon and toxic emissions, almost tripling its current emissions over 40 years. The plan is to build 40 plants to convert coal to synthetic natural gas.

September 27, 2013 - Quartz

Could Artificial Glaciers Keep Your City Cool in the Summer?

They're about to try it in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, creating giant "naleds" of ice that would melt slowly due to the extreme cold preserved inside.

November 16, 2011 - BLDGBLG

China's Road To Nowhere

Marina Hyde writes that the "horrible thing about China's 62-mile nine-day jam was that it destroyed the certainty that travel will inevitably result in arrival."

September 4, 2010 - The Guardian

Urban Yurts

Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, was planned by the Russian government in the 1950s with extensive infrastructure and lush city parks. That infrastructure is deteriorating, while more of the nomadic population move to the city to survive.

June 4, 2010 - POLIS

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