History and Theory of Planning Objective The objective of this course is to understand the broad trajectories of urban spatial planning globally and how they have shaped the discourse of planning Indian cities. Who is a planner? How has the role of the planner changed? What are the historical traditions of planning that seem to influence contemporary planning practice? What are the emerging paradigms in urban spatial planning? Through seminars‚ case studies‚ response papers and assignments
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#1 ILLITERACY - SOLUTION(S) TO INDIA’S PROBLEMS - An NRI’s Perspective - 1st Post VipinMantraVipinMantra / Blog / 2 yrs ago / 5AA+A++ Despite of growing at a decent rate for the past few years‚ India‚ the next superpower of the world has still got enormous number of problems to tackle. Government as usual claims that they are trying to iron out all the issues‚ but still‚ the people of India come across the loopholes every now and then. Look at this from the world’s perspective; it gives a bad
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Liberalization vs. Globalization Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. Surajit Bhattacharyya Rohit Kumar 0702061 Section B Mittal’s bid for Arcelor was a hostile bid. A takeover is considered "hostile" if either the board rejects the offer‚ but the bidder continues to pursue it‚ or the bidder makes the offer without informing the board of the target beforehand. On the other hand‚ Gujarat Ambuja deal was a friendly deal where both parties agreed to the price and the
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Geography Unit 1 Revision notes World at Risk – Physical Global hazards can be split into two groups – Hydro meteorological and Geophysical hazards‚ which cause a number of disasters around the world. Where people are already vulnerable because of poverty‚ high population density‚ multiple hazard hotspots occur. Climate Change is a context hazard as it causes a global chronic threat to people and the environment. Environmental Hazards: can be defined as the threat posed to humans and
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or the pattern of growth of population. For eg:- Before setting up a retail store of a fashion merchandise the characteristics of the population should be judged like buying ability like a Nike store in linking store sounds more sensible than in Dharavi. Factors like population mix should be checked. For eg:- If an area has lot of female population so stores like channel can be useful. Different areas have different characteristics so these can be looked up. For eg:- In east there is a boom in market
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March 2010 (Elvin Wyly). Hong Kong is one of the world’s most highly urbanized societies‚ and one of the wealthiest. Yet urbanization does not always deliver prosperity: more than a billion of the world’s urban people live in severe poverty in the slums of fast-growing “megacities.” Contemporary Urbanization and Global City-Systems Urban Studies 200‚ Cities September 29‚ 2012 Elvin Wyly A World of Urbanization ...In Wealthy Countries (the Global North) The history of truly urbanized society is quite
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making. Juror 10’s little rampage in pages 51 to 53 of the book really show his thought of people who live in a slum neighbourhood‚ he talks like they’re from a completely different planet to us‚ for example he tries to tell to the rest of the court room with a stern voice “They are different. They think different. They act different”. Juror 10 also thinks that people who live in the slums have a different way of life and a different way of resolving problems “They don’t need any big excuse to kill
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a written and visual portrayal of the horrendous living conditions in many New York City slums. While the middle and upper classes lived considerably more comfortable lives‚ the people suffering through the horrid conditions in the aforementioned slums were often forgotten—their needs going unattended. “How the Other Half Lives” served as a form of muckraking—by exposing the conditions of New York City slums to the middle and upper classes‚ initiative was then taken to improve the health and living
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country. The develop saw some improvements for people but poverty still prevailed because there was not a holistic approach. It saw job creation but not job training. It saw profits but not for the people of Brazil. The people were forced to build the slum or favelas as a result. (Charlip & Burns‚ p.254). The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus‚ “Child of the Dark‚” is a
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Consequently‚ the history of government and slum housing is a tale of attempts at force. The first slum control laws were tenement house laws. The first notable tenement house law was passed in New York in 1867.18 Modern building codes‚ essentially‚ are products of tenement
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