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Kabul river which goes through the city. and you notice how really crowded it is. most people dont know that kabul has expanded dramatically since 2001. >> why? >> there were about a million people here and now theres between 3 million and 4 million people. so, its grown three to five times. >> is that because people are leaving for opportunity or because they cant stay where they are. >> both. >> once the invasion began, lots and lots of money started pouring into kabul. billions of dollars a m...

So we get a lot of lateral thinking into our own innovation process which is extremely refreshing. >> whats the driving force when you think of 2050 and greater urbanization? is it using less space, environmentally cleaner? what tends to be the driving force for these students? >> i think to be quite honest, its all of the above that you mentioned. and i think you just have to accept the simple fact that there are going to be a lot more of us. were not going to accept a lower quality of life. so...

Months. except ticks are worrying its happening too fast. would it something similar to what happened here in the united states? >> the chinese situation is entirely different from that of the u.s. hanan island is a unique case, the only tropical island in china. clearly theres a lot of money flowing there. if you look at the mainland of china, there are so many second tier, third tier cities not experiencing bubbles at all because the command is really driven by urbanization. so i think the con...

Telephones and skyscrapers and then they said, okay, everybody back. >> well, they found other jobs for people. one of the interesting things about china, there is a huge problem, which is you cant raise income fist they stay on the land. they tried that. thrfts a aggressive policies about this and it didnt work. have you to move them to cities. they are going to urbanize 300 million people over 30 years. urbanization and you pack people in the city and-- >> reporter: because they have the one-c...

Telephones and skyscrapers and then they said, okay, everybody back. >> well, they found other jobs for people. one of the interesting things about china, there is a huge problem, which is you cant raise income fist they stay on the land. they tried that. thrfts a aggressive policies about this and it didnt work. have you to move them to cities. they are going to urbanize 300 million people over 30 years. urbanization and you pack people in the city and-- >> reporter: because they have the one-c...

Rice patties to seeing telephones and skyscrapers and then they said, okay, everybody back. >> well, they found other jobs for people. one of the interesting things about china, there is a huge problem, which is you cant raise income fist they stay on the land. they tried that. thrfts a aggressive policies about this and it didnt work. have you to move them to cities. they are going to urbanize 300 million people over 30 years. urbanization and you pack people in the city and-- >> reporter: beca...

And the giant building, the skyscraper. then the government says everybody back. >> the second part is not right. then they found other jobs for people. a huge problem in china, you cant raise people income if they stay on the land working as farmers. they tried that and there was an aggressive series of pollties a second ago to do that. it didnt work. you have to move people to cities. theyll urbanize 300 million people. when you talk about what could cause the stability, urbanization, you pack...

I cant imagine going from the rice patties to seeing telephones and skyscrapers and then they said, okay, everybody back. >> well, they found other jobs for people. one of the interesting things about china, there is a huge problem, which is you cant raise income fist they stay on the land. they tried that. thrfts a aggressive policies about this and it didnt work. have you to move them to cities. they are going to urbanize 300 million people over 30 years. urbanization and you pack people in th...

Germany is an increasingly popular destination for both german and foreign tourists according to preliminary calculations by germanys federal statistical office two thousand and seventeen saw almost four hundred sixty million overnight stays by domestic and foreign guests eight record year in a row this time there was a three percent increase in visits based on the figures through november the most popular destination in germany is but the area with almost thirty two million overnight stays. the...

Gallup which arent on the graph have show an uptick in gun ownership. we dont kknow if thats a tick blip. this map, which we made with data from the new england journal of medicine compares a number of suicides by gun ownership rates. its four times as high in states with a lot of firearms. even when you factor in suicide by other means. any means at all, states with a high rate of gunopership still experience twice as many suicides. gun ownership and suicide are in the evidence links. and so ar...