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The World Bank ranked cities by ‘skyscraperness’. The highest aren’t what you might expect

Name: The World Bank ranked cities by ‘skyscraperness’. The highest aren’t what you might expect
Uploaded: 2023-08-28T18:33:56Z
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Description: The World Bank collected data on buildings above 55 metres worldwide to calculate a region’s ‘skyscraperness’ which is how much cities build upwards, given their income and population levels. The highest-ranking spots were not North America or China but South America, Eastern Europe and South-East Asia, which ‘overbuild’ relative to their economic level.

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The World Bank ranked cities by ‘skyscraperness’. The highest aren’t what you might expect

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