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TEBC
#1 ·
In economics, BRIC or BRICs is an acronym that refers to the fast growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The acronym was first coined and prominently used by the bank holding company Goldman Sachs in 2001.[1][2] Goldman Sachs argued that, since they are developing rapidly, by 2050 the combined economies of the BRICs could eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries of the world.


Goldman Sachs did not argue that the BRICs would organize themselves into an economic bloc, or a formal trading association, like the European Union has done.[3] However, there are strong indications that the "four BRIC countries have been seeking to form a political club" or "alliance", and thereby converting "their growing economic power into greater geopolitical clout".[4][5] One of the recent indications was from a BRIC Summit meeting in 2008, in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg between the foreign ministers of the BRIC countries. Also in his Latin America trip Russian President Dmitry Medvedev while visiting Brazil, met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and agreed to visa-free travel. Also Medevedev has recently made a trip to New Delhi, India and meet with Indian President, Prathiba Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss a nuclear deal as well as agreeing to cooperate in the spheres of finance and financial security, tourism, culture and fighting drug trafficking


The Economic Cities:

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

gui_x_ said:
Fotos pesquisadas aqui no skyscrapercity e no sampaonline.com.br


Regiao da Av. Paulista























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MOSCOW, RUSSIA

ambient said:
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http://community.livejournal.com/ru_roofers/295157.html
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SHANGAI, CHINA

Foglio1986 said:
Shanghai,Part I

Shanghai,Part II

Shanghai,Part III

City Life - Nightlife




























































































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MUMBAI, INDIA

Hindustani said:
Suncity..................check out my next set of finds on Mumbai on this thread. Now hopefully, i'll keep my fingures cross, these are never before seen.


















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TEBC
#5 · (Edited)
BRIC´s Capitals:

BRASILIA, BRAZIL


from wikipedia:

Brasília (IPA: [bɾaˈziliɐ]) is the capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the fourth largest city in Brazil, after passing up Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza. However, as a metropolitan area, it ranks much lower at ninth. It is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The city was planned and developed in 1956 with Lúcio Costa as the principal urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as the principal architect. In 1960, it formally became Brazil's national capital. When seen from above, the main planned part of the city's shape resembles an airplane or a butterfly.[2][3] The city is commonly referred to as Capital Federal, or simply BSB[4]. People from the city of Brasília are known as brasilienses or candangos.

Country Brazil
Region Central-West
State Brazilian Federal District
Founded April 21, 1960
Government
- Governor José Roberto Arruda (Democrats)
Area
- Total 5,802 km2 (2,204.2 sq mi)
Elevation 1,172 m (3,845 ft)
Population (2007)
- Total 2,455,903 (3rd)
- Density 435.98/km2 (1,129.17/sq mi)
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)
HDI (2000) 0.936 – high
QUOTE=atmBrasil;31552256]Brasília was designed and built from skretch to bring progress to Central-west of Brazil and also start a new era in the Brazilian economical and historical context.
Firstly, it was a dream of a President, Jucelino Kubtcheck, and then it became the dream of all brazilians.
It´s been 48 years and the city still amazes for its monuments, buildings and infrastructure.

The Esplanade

This is where most of the Government Buildings are. The National Congress is right in the back and all the other buildings are the Ministries along the esplanade.

The Palace of Justice

The Cathedral



The National Congress

The Candangos Monument at the Three Powers Square

Ulisses Guimaraes Convention Center

JK Memorial

Temple of the Good Will I

Temple of the Good Will II

JK bridge

South Wing

North Wing

South Financial District

Cultural Complex of the Republic[/QUOTE]
 
TEBC
#6 · (Edited)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA


from wikipedia

Moscow (Russian: Москва́, romanised: Moskva, IPA:see also other names) is the capital and the largest city of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest city in Europe, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world.

It is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, which serves as the residence of the President of Russia. Russian parliament (Gosudarstvennaya Duma and Sovet Federacii) and Government of Russia are meeting also in Moscow.


Area 1,081 km² (417.4 sq mi)
Population 10,470,318 inhabitants (2nd)
9,685.8/km² (25,086.1/sq mi)
Government Head: Yury Luzhkov

Founded 1147



NEW DELHI, INDIA

New Delhi (Hindi: नई दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu: نئی دلی) is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

Planned by Edwin Lutyens, a leading 20th century British architect, New Delhi is known for its wide, tree-lined boulevards and houses numerous national institutions and landmarks as well.

Country India
State National Capital Territory of Delhi
District(s) New Delhi
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
Population
• Density 302,363 (4th)
• 9,294 /km2 (24,071 /sq mi)
Area
• Elevation (AMSL) 42.7 km² (16 sq mi)
• 216 m (709 ft)







Suncity said:
Some more

Metro station


Parliament


South Block


North Block


India Gate


Rashtrapati Bhawan
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TEBC
#7 ·
BEIJING, CHINA


from wikipedia:

Beijing (help·info) (pronounced /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/ or /beɪˈʒɪŋ/ in English; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; IPA: [pèitɕíŋ]; Wade-Giles: Peiching or Pei-ching) (also formerly known in English as Peking (/piːˈkɪŋ/listen (info) or /peɪˈkɪŋ/)) is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. The municipality of Beijing borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast. Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.

Beijing is China's second largest city, after Shanghai. Beijing is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China. Beijing is recognised as the political, educational, and cultural center of the People's Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields. The city hosted the 2008 Olympic Games.

Country China
Settled c. 473 BC
Government
- Type Municipality
- CPC Secretary Liu Qi
- Mayor Guo Jinlong
Area
- Municipality 16,801.25 km2 (6,487 sq mi)
Elevation 43.5 m (143 ft)
Population (2007)
- Municipality 17,430,000 (1st)
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)


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travelworld123 said:
some pics taken end of nov 08.






all were taken from in a car
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Grand Opera House



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big-dog said:
here's some Beijing 2008 pics. what a splendid year for Beijing.











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TEBC
#8 ·
BRIC´s largest stadiums:

SALT LAKE STADIUM, KOLKATA, INDIA


Salt Lake Stadium, officially Stadium of the Indian Youth (Yuva Bharati Krirangan), is a multi-use stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India.

Location Kolkata, India
Opened 1984
Owner Government of West Bengal
Surface Grass (Astroturf) with an Olympic-class athletics track
Capacity 120,000
Tenants
East Bengal Club
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Mohammedan Sporting

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The stadium has the second largest capacity in the world & largest in the Indian sub-continent. It is currently used for football matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000[1] in a three-tier configuration.

It is situated approximately 10 km from the heart of the city. It is elliptical in shape. The roof is made of strong tubes and aluminum sheets and concrete. There are two electronic score boards and control rooms. The lighting is uniformly distributed to facilitate nocturnal sports. There are special arrangements for TV broadcasting.

The total covered area of 76.40 acres, Salt Lake Stadium was inaugurated in January, 1984. The salient features of the stadium are unique Synthetic track for athletic meet, electronic scoreboard, main football arena measuring 105M x 70M, elevators for dignitaries along with VIP/VVIP enclosure, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, A.C. VIP rest room and Conference Hall. Other features of the stadium are also commentary boxes for A.I.R. and T.V. along with several platforms for T.V. Cameras, Press Boxes, dormitories and A.C. rooms, player's changing rooms, practice grounds for football, cricket and khokho, volleyball field and an ultra-medium gymnasium. The Stadium has its own water arrangements and standby diesel generation sets.

The excellent arrangement of floodlight which illumines the stadium has 624 bulbs of 2 k.wt. each and two electronic scoreboards consists 36,000 bulbs of 25 watt each. The four underground reservoirs have unique fire-fighting arrangements with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. The architectural and structural design of the stadium had been done by the Joint Consultants viz., M/S. Ballardie, Thompson & Matthews Pvt. Ltd. and M/S. H.K. Sen & Associates- both from Kolkata, West Bengal. The track was prepared by Reckortan Tartan Track, Germany. The electronic scoreboards were supplied by Electro Impex of Hungary.

As its inauguration in January, 1984 with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Soccer Tournament, the Salt Lake Stadium has hosted several important international tournaments or matches such as The Pre-World Cup Tournament in 1985, Super-Soccers in 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1994, 3rd S.A.F. games in 1987, U.S.S.R. Festival in 1988, Charminar Challenger Trophy in 1992, Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup in 1995.The chief engineer of the stadium is Mr. Somnath Ghosh.

This Stadium also hosts different kind of cultural programs [Dance, Music Concerts etc.].







MARACANÃ STADIUM, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL


The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracanã ("Maracanã stadium"), is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Full name Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates 22°54′43.80″S, 43°13′48.59″W
Broke ground August 2, 1948
Opened June 16, 1950
Renovated 2007
Owner Rio de Janeiro State Government
Surface Grass
Architect Waldir Ramos
Raphael Galvão
Miguel Feldman
Oscar Valdetaro
Pedro Paulo B. Bastos
Orlando Azevedo
Antônio Dias Carneiro
Capacity 95,000
Field dimensions 110 x 75 m
Tenants
Flamengo
Fluminense

Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events. Although the paid attendance at the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was 199,500, the stadium currently seats 95,000 spectators.[1] Despite the reduction in capacity it remains the largest stadium in South America, and the twelfth largest in the world.

It is due to host the World Cup Final in the 2014 World Cup, becoming the second stadium to host football's most important match twice after the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

















BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM, BEIJING, CHINA


Beijing National Stadium (simplified Chinese: 北京国家体育场; traditional Chinese: 北京國家體育場; pinyin: Běijīng Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng), also known as the National Stadium (国家体育场),[4] or colloquially as the "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢), is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.


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Beijing National Stadium Bird's Nest

Full name National Stadium
Location Beijing, China
Broke ground 24 December 2003
Opened 28 June 2008
Surface Grass
Construction cost US$423 million
Architect Herzog & de Meuron
Ai Weiwei (Artistic consultant)
Structural engineer Arup, China Architectural Design & Research Group[2]
Capacity 80,000
91,000 (2008 Olympics)[3]
Tenants
2008 Summer Olympics



LUZHNIKI STADIUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA


The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex (Большая спортивная арена Олимпийского комплекса Лужники) in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium (Стадион "Лужники"), is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. Its total seating capacity is 78,360[1] seats, all covered. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium (Центральный стадион имени В. И. Ленина). The name Luzhniki derives from the swampy neighborhood where it was built, translating roughly as "puddles."

Location Moscow, Russia
Opened July 31, 1956
Owner FC Torpedo Moscow
Surface FieldTurf (Grass For 2008 UEFA Champions League Final)
Capacity 78,360
Tenants
FC Torpedo Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
PFC CSKA Moscow
1973 Summer Universiade
1980 Summer Olympics
1998 First World Youth Games
1999 UEFA Cup Final
2008 Champions League Final
Eurovision Song Contest 2009











FROM WIKIPEDIA
 
speed_demon
#18 ·
Great idea, BRIC will rule the World!!! The first pic with the Bric presidents look like Power Rangers joining forces! :lol:

Well, regarding the cities pics, Moscow for example is something extremely impressive, basically the city of historical monuments, every corner you see one, they have monuments for everything and lately these monuments have been mixed with ultra modern buildings, what gives a bigger futuristic impression in my opinion. Joining the memory with the present, then you have the future.

And about the BRIC's capitals you posted, I don't agree with posting Brasilia (despite this being the capital of Brasil) because BRIC is an economical block and the economical heart of Brasil is São Paulo, ok, officially is Brasilia but Sao Paulo is the great nerve center of this whole machine, where everything converges. And another thing, Brasilia does not reflect the spirit of BRIC, first, the city's provision is strange in the economical point of view (it's a communist-planned city *read Oscar's Niemeyer's ideology*) and second that a great center for me has to involve high rises, in a dense horizon of buildings and etc.

Now about China, the pics are breathtaking! Imagine to live in a city like Shangai or Beijing, life there must be extremely competitive where to be good only is not enough, you have to be The One! It's the competitive life and intensity things happen and processes in China that makes it a mega ultra growing power with no limits given the size of its population!


Yet this way, BRIC is only a theory so far created by the Goldman Sachs Bank, it will only work If all the four countries manage to achieve its mapped goals until 2050. Everything points out that BRIC will exist...but we never know, this economical crisis today is one serious obstacle for example.
 
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#20 ·
They changed it to BRIMC like a while ago.
Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, China.
It used to be on wikipedia, but it isnt there anymore, but the website still has it as brimc, so it still includes Mexico. check in gdp or gross per domestic product on wikipedia and youll see i has Mexico along with them for 2050.
 
Pegasusbsb27
#24 ·
elbart089 said:
You're right, we have better a Human Developement Index than any BRIC country, which is pretty much the reason why Spain isn't a "BRIC" country either...

Sry for the rudeness but your comment was unnecesary.
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The situation of Spain ( and Spain is not in Brazilian hearts these days) is funny...It is not rich enough to be in the G8 (by the way, Russia and Brazil are always there even they are not part of the group...yet), and it is not part of G20.
 
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#25 ·
You're right, we have better a Human Developement Index than any BRIC country, which is pretty much the reason why Spain isn't a "BRIC" country either...

Sry everyone else for the rudeness but his comment was unnecesary.
 
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#30 · (Edited)
well to the people who dont believe of the Mexico being in it, have the tone as if they have something against?
i dont know, but many people make assumptions just based on the media.
Mexico is not what you would expect, i guarantee you that.
The political, economic, cultural and technological capital of latin america w/ Brazil, but Mexico is ahead based on its importance in politics and technology.
As for the HDI, it is not as high as other latin american countries, but it still his High.
As for the people who dont say South Africa belongs there too, i beg the differ, South Africa is already pretty much a developed nation.

i would avoid ignorance or opinions in the thread. i dont htink it will be good especially something that is just facts, the Bric, Brimc, Brics
and other Goldman Sach. predictions.

I just looked at Wikipedia and Mexico was "removed" from the original Brimc due to the fact that its alraedy considered a major economy,and a significant global contributor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIMC#Mexico
 
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#33 ·
Damn.. someone's gonna answer now and this is gonna go back and forward, so please (to anyone involved in this discusion) just finish it and let's continue with the thread.
 
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#37 ·
In my modest and realistic opinion China and Russia will be the next world powers.Brasil and India? Not now...but Brasil have more chances than India and he is more developed. India have a huge way to "make a difference" but she is in the right way:). South Africa? Just in a african context.Mexico? I don't think so, perhaps in a latin context like South Africa in the african continent. United States...well the "end of the empire" just beguin...:banana::cheers:
 
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