Amelia Scotney ‘To what extent do urban areas modify their climate?’ – 40 marks. Cities create their own microclimates and their sites are almost always warmer‚ compared to a nearby rural location‚ than if the city were not there. The differences in urban climates are due to a number of different factors. The Urban Heat Island effect is known as the zone of hot air that develops over the urban areas and consequently higher temperatures than the surrounding rural area. Temperatures progressively decline
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The Differences Between The Chesapeake and New England Area In Colonial Times Europeans began the colonization of America in the early 1600’s. In the beginning they all came to escape from something in Europe‚ and while there were many various reasons for leaving‚ most were fleeing from religious persecution. The other main attraction was economic prosperity in a new world rich with resources‚ to either be sent back to Europe‚ or to simply use here and make a new life for themselves‚ better
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It is indisputable that there has always been a sharp distinction between urban and rural living. Therefore many people at some period of their life find themselves questioning the advantages of rural and urban life. Many villagers would like to abandon their godforsaken place and to move to a big city. All of us know a modern Russian fairytale about a girl or a guy who leaves his home country to conquer Moscow. The fact is that it seems to some people prestigious to live in the very centre of a
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Necessary for a Rural Society to Move to an Urban One There are several changes that would be necessary for a rural society to transform into an urban society. Examples such as control of water‚ establishment of a government and laws‚ the invention of new technology and money‚ the construction of walls‚ and unfortunately slavery and social stratification. These would all benefit the establishment of an urban revolution One of the major necessities for development of rural societies into urban would be
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Environmental effects of Air Pollution and the Urban Area Air pollution has been and is a growing environmental problem that is closely related to the growth of urban settlements. While the cities and towns of the world grow larger they emit more and more toxic emissions are put out into the air. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues that surround air pollution such as the long term impacts of air pollution‚ the short term impacts of air pollution‚ the long term outlook of air pollution
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an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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segregation and urban renewal. Poverty has become more concentrated in high poverty and disadvantage neighborhoods. Overpopulation of urban areas have led to several problems which come with challenges that negatively affect not only the people but the areas surrounding those neighborhoods. Concentrated poverty shapes everything from higher crime rates to education and health issues.The combination of this barriers restricts those growing up and living in this communities from
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Inner City Decline of One Urban Area After the industrial revolution people became increasingly affluent. This led to social segregation – rich move out of inner city suburbs. People left in the inner city: * Older residents * Single parent families * Students * Poorer families * Ethnic minorities left behind – formation of ghettos. Decentralisation increases the problem: Movement of businesses out of inner city – unemployment – Dead Heart. Removal of businesses causes
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Short essay |!|ES04001|!| What are the causes of deterioration of air quality in inner urban areas? How can the air quality in inner urban areas be improved through urban planning and transport development? (12 marks) ## |Causes |4 | |Explain: |urban planning |4 | | |transport development |4 | Suggested answer: |Introduction
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construction site at urban area. 2.1 Problem statement Nowadays we can see that Malaysia is becoming develop country in a few more years. Because of that we can see lots of development especially at the city centre or urban area. Each state is having faster growth of development. As for example‚ we can see lots of high rise building in Kuala Lumpur‚ beside that there are still new development on going near to this city centre. New development will cause new problem to the surrounding area. When the
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