formation of huge megapolitan areas and surrounding peri-urban environs. In China‚ a 40 million urban area is planned.The effects of cities on people are not well-understood. Cities require huge amounts of energy‚ resulting in large quantities of waste products‚ causing unsustainable environments. Cities are sources of air‚ water and soil pollution. Light and noise pollution are now known to adversely affect urban people. The role of urban heat islands and air pollution‚ PM2.5 and ozone‚ on human
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Econ 350 Urban/Regional Economics Short Essay Review of a Journal Article Journal of Urban Economics‚ (56) 2004 1-24 Geography and the Internet: Is the Internet a substitute or a complement for cities? Todd Sinai and Joel Waldfogel 9th of May 2005 Abstract This paper has provided with an interesting point to begin analysis. Communications technology has always been of interest to the urban economist. The internet has new significance as a method of commerce and looks set to
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The Future of Food in Vancouver: Small-scale Urban Farming In today’s modern world Canadians are facing daunting challenges with regards to health and the environment. The NASA website on climate change reports that temperature‚ carbon dioxide levels‚ and sea levels are all on the rise while land and arctic ice are steadily declining (”Vital Signs of the Planet”). Not only is the environment degrading at a rapid rate our health is also declining. In 2012 it was reported that almost 13.5 million
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COMTEQ COMPUTER AND BUSINESS COLLEGE SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL PREPARED FOR COMTEQ COLLEGE Prepared by: Alcazar‚ Irish G. Medina‚ Jonacel M. Malixi‚ Danica P. Reyes‚ Edward Q. Submitted to: Mr. Jerome A. Mascardo I. Introduction Many of today’s success and growth of the colleges that offers computer courses and other courses that is related or concerned with the use of computer depends on their facilities‚ equipments and most
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Urban Renewal What comes to mind when the term Urban Renewal have for people when mentioned? Turns out there are mixed feelings about this approach; many are for it meanwhile others are very much against it. This act alone can help build up cities but destroy lives in one swoop. I for one have mixed feelings when it comes to urban renewal‚ I both understand and agree with the overall mission of it but at the same time think about who suffers on the other end of this reconstruction. First
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Difference between Rural and Urban Life: |SR .NO |Rural Life |Urban life | |1 |Environment: Close / direct contact with nature. |Greater isolation from nature. Predominance of manmade | | |Preliminaries influenced by natural environmental |(artificial environment). | | |elements like rain‚ heat‚ drought‚ frost‚ sow
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Jordan Groll American Society: Urban Legends in the Classroom What is it about America that causes students and people to crave an education? Could it be the intense pressures of society‚ or could it even be the simple fact that we want to educate ourselves? For centuries people were fine with being un-educated and life was simple and laid back‚ but when John Cotton (a noted Puritan Minister) established the first public school in America‚ people began to eat it up. And thus was
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Concord Road is mainly residential areas and parklands that are situated in front of Parramatta River. Central- Between Concord Road and railway is mostly commercial usage such as warehouses and offices. Western side- West of railway features new developments of previous chemical factories. In 2010‚ City of Canada Bay approved plans to build residential houses. It is expected that it would be the most densely populated areas of Sydney besides the CBD. Aim The excessive amounts of contamination
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The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public‚ personal transportation redefined the city as it was known. It is the automobile and the movement to the suburbs that has public transportation struggling to make money today.<br><br>The very first transportation
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6.1 Infrastructure : (1) Philadelphia Main Campus : The Wharton campus in Philadelphia is right on Locust Walk‚ the brick-lined pedestrian thoroughfare at the heart of the University of Pennsylvania. Jon M. Huntsman Hall is the latest addition to the Wharton campus‚ a network of buildings located along Locust Walk and around the Wharton quad. The Wharton campus builds close interactions across its many centers and is large enough to offer world-class resources. The campus’ resources extend from a
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