ABSTRACT This essay refers to the existence and especially the necessity and the methods needed to ensure that sustainable cities can be supported globally. Analyzed the Leipzig Charter and the European Framework of Reference for sustainable cities with the participation of Greek cities such as Velvento Kozani’s ‚ Samothrace and Heraklion‚ Crete. Extensively analyzed the ecological architecture or otherwise bio-climatic architecture and green buildings and what is the most eco-friendly materials
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Live in City or Countryside If you have an opportunity to choose a place to live‚ what will be the perfect place in your dream; the bustling city or the silent countryside? Nowadays‚ more and more people move their home to the countryside. “Although the UK is an urban society‚ more and more people are choosing to live on the edge of urban areas - with many relocating to the countryside. This is called counterurbanisation.”(http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/settlement/urbanisation_medcrev1
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JACOB‚ JOHANNA IRENE M. DAR4 ARCDES6 Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers Earth’s the only planet that is known to have life: living forms. It has a moderate climate and water in its three forms: solid‚ liquid and gas. Looking outside from space‚ earth’s beauty tells how alive and great it is still has its own fragile tendencies despite of being perfect in a sense. These tendencies regard the following: pollution (air and water)‚ extreme floods‚ deforestation‚ resource depletion
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Film Review: City of God By the middle of the twentieth century‚ “favelas” or slums had grown to astronomical sizes‚ containing mass amounts of impoverished people. These favelas were overrun by hunger‚ filth‚ drugs‚ and disorder‚ making them extremely unsuitable places to live. While the police and government do not get involved with the issues of the slums‚ security is provided by the community and‚ more often than not‚ drug gangs keeping control over crime. Life in a slum of Brazil is certainly
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mind that City life is better than village life. However‚ there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life‚ also there is a big differ in the lifestyle with a little similarities. Reality‚ city life is more comfortable and civilization. As will as there are a lot of chances to developing the live. firstly‚ in City life there is a good opportunity for a young people make theme start them life with a high salary because the big companies located in the cities‚ in addition
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SUSTAINABILITY AND CITY DEVELOPMENT A critique of the Implementation of the Abuja master plan By DANMOLE‚ Taibat OLAITAN M.Sc; RTP Department of Urban and Regional Planning‚ University of Lagos‚ Akoka-Yaba‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria (Being paper presented for publication by Environmental Conservation Research Team‚ FUT- Akure - Sept 2004) ABSTRACT Rapid urban expansion without effective environmental consciousness means that in virtually every urban
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City outskirts are sprouting malls. Will they help decongest Bangalore? Mall culture is here to stay and new malls coming up on the city outskirts seem to be offering a ray of hope to the jam-packed city centre. Hopefully‚ these will cater to the lifestyle needs of people living beyond the Outer Ring Road. But will it be a boon? Expert opinion has it that if planned and executed properly‚ malls can keep people from travelling into the city for their leisure. This will reduce traffic within the
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Illinois bordering states are Indiana‚ Missouri‚ Iowa‚ Wisconsin and Kentucky. Chicago is the third largest city in the Unites States of America with approximately 2‚695‚598 residents. General Overview Chicago is the metropolis of Illinois‚ located in the North East corridor at a latitude of 41.85 and longitude of -87.65‚ 237 square miles of land‚ and 180 meters above sea level. The city of Chicago incorporated in 1837. Additionally‚ Chicago sits on Lake Michigan and has 26 miles of lakefront with
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Hazards in Dhaka City 13 Nov‚ 2013 Assignment‚ Terms‚ Thesis During the last couple of decades Dhaka city is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. The urban development seems to lack in planning and the problem of urbanization are intensified by high population growth and rural urban migration. Again‚ Bangladesh suffers from natural calamities every now and then and the urbanization of metropolitan Dhaka is also affected by it. The existing utility services are not capable of coping
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comforts of life. Man started living in cities. Cities became the major centers of live hood. A city has larger population compared to a town and a village. Life is full of activities in a big city. A big city is a centre of all types of education. It is a centre of trade‚ medical facilities‚ business and recreation. The population increase during the daytime. People staying the nearby villages and towns come to the city on different errands. Life in a big city starts early in the morning. Many school
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