Urban Sprawl‚ New Urbanism A new revolution of thought has wage a war against low-density suburban growth or sprawl. But is sprawl really a problem? And could the proposed solutions do more harm than good? Sprawl typically conjures up images of strip malls and mega stores‚ traffic congestion‚ long commutes‚ lost open space‚ pollution‚ crowded schools‚ higher taxes‚ and the demise of downtown shopping areas. Activists throughout the country are fighting proposals to build new retail stores proposed
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potential customer base in any geographical area for existing retail outlets. This study includes study about various geo-demographic factors like occupation‚ mother tongue‚ education standard etc. and help in understanding customer preferences‚ accessibility in buying‚ purchase intentions buying patterns and likelihood of buying for the group of products that the retailer deals with and level of competition in that area. The final outcome of catchment area analysis provides the retailer an idea about
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The impacts of rural to urban movement in India By Azman Shah Individuals are compelled to pursue after improvement when faced with the inadequacy in their lives‚ particularly in rural areas. This pursuance for an improved lifestyle leashes people to migrate from rural villages to the urban areas. The purpose of migration to urban areas is so abundant that it becomes rampant. The purpose of this essay is to distinguish the political‚ social‚ cultural and economic opportunities that affect the issue
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market fails‚ the gains from voluntary exchange have not been fully exhausted‚ and so it follows that the free market has not maximized the value of economic activity. In these situations‚ the government intervenes to correct the market failure. One area of market failure is often seen with the externalities of merit and demerit goods. Sometimes people do not realize‚ or ignore the costs‚ of doing something related to their consumption of these goods that have negative externalities. When there becomes
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Urban Form and Sense of Security Kenny P. Joy URP0910 Prof. Rameshwar P.V.K Urban Form and Space April 18‚ 2012 URBAN FORM & SENSE OF SECURITY Paper on: Urban form and sense of security : A review Kenny P. Joy Student of Urban design‚ CEPT University‚ Ahmedabad Abstract: The paper essentially deals with sense of security in the context of urban space and its relation with urban form. The study examines the sense of security in public spaces and the factors that determine it.
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Urban and Regional Planning: For Better or For Worse? In my opinion‚ urban and regional planning are solutions to what our society is facing right now. It is not unusual to hear from specialist that both planning promotes the best quality of life for the people. What I get from the purpose they have stated is that urban planning and regional planning are just like technologies. Technologies made the lives of people easy but they can also do harm. Both urban and regional planning could turn a city
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are able to use the ground level area beneath the house for working and to provide shelter for livestock. One or two wooden ladders‚ ramps or staircases provide access to the upper floor. The simplest houses consist of only one room on the upper floor‚ partitioned off to provide a storage place for rice‚ a bedroom for the parents‚ and a further space for unmarried daughters. The upper floor generally consists of one large room. The main part of this room‚ the area where visitors are received‚ is
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is one of the most frequently used urban hydrology methods in Malaysia. It gives satisfactory results for small catchments only • The formula is: C . y It . A Qy = 360 where‚ Qy = y year ARI peak flow (m3/s) C= dimensionless runoff coefficient yI t = y year ARI average rainfall intensity over time of concentration‚ tc ‚ (mm/hr) A= drainage area (ha) Or Q=CiA i = average rainfall intensity (in/hr)equals to tc A = catchment area ( acre) Q = Peak flow ( cusecs)
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Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain
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Urban Violence in America Why has America become so violent? Murder is regarded as a crime in all modern civilized societies. Crime is shown in the media and is prevalent in society. Early in America s history‚ killing a human being was a relatively private matter to be dealt with by families or larger kinship groups. Deliberate killing (such as infanticide‚ cannibalism‚ head hunting‚ or the killing of the very old) is classified as murder in modern law‚ but such practices were viewed as customary
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