Herb Caen once said‚ “A city is not gauged by its length and width‚ but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.” Sometimes I stroll through the streets of Chandigarh and I get this sudden rush of joy - a sense of belonging and appreciation that I’m privileged enough to live my life in my city. Here in Chandigarh‚ it’s architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic and are the objects of adoration - not a flock of asinine monarchs. Chandigarh is the concentrate of
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The only way to reduce the amount of traffic in cities today is by reducing the need for people to travel from home for work‚ education or shopping. To what extent do you agree or disagree In my personal opinion‚ I would like to believe that traffic congestions are inevitably linked to the degree of urbanization. There are both simple and complex ways to combat this matter. Some environmentalists believe that the only method to curb this problem would be by reducing the need to travel for work
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Interstate 80‚ seen here in Berkeley‚ California‚ is a freeway with many lanes and heavy traffic. Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians‚ ridden or herded animals‚ vehicles‚ streetcars and other conveyances‚ either singly or together‚ while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles‚ while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow
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Naomi Wallace wrote “Slaughter City” in 1996. Her play shined a light on the terrible working conditions that are still going on even in today’s society. “Slaughter City” documents the workers of a slaughterhouse (set in the now and then) and their struggle to survive the despicable working conditions‚ class disparities and discrimination of race and gender. The play is written in a very non-realistic style‚ making it suitable for any time period. When we first meet Cod she is in the Triangle Shirtwaist
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Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Located on the banks of the Buriganga River lies Dhaka; the capital city of Bangladesh. This megacity is the 7th largest populous city in the world‚ with an estimated population of 15 million‚ according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. It is expected to reach a staggering population of 25 million by 2025 (growing at a fast rate of 4.2% per year).The number of Dhaka City’s young population is relatively high due to the age selective rural-urban migration. About 40% of the
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dust and other harmful substances. The seas and rivers are poisoned with industrial waste‚ chemical and sewage discharge. People who live in big cities are badly affected by harmful discharge from plants and city transport and by the increasing noise level which is as bad for human health as lack of fresh air and clean water. Among the most urgent problems are the ozone layer‚ acid rains‚ global warming‚ toxic pollution of atmosphere‚ disappearance of forests‚ contamination of underground waters by
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HEALTHIER CITY and HEALTHIER COMMUNITY To compare with last few decades‚ now healthy communuties and healthy cities are more important issue. Many government‚ many associations and people try to answer this question “What is a healthy city?”. This question may be answered that a healthy city has regularly changing and developing social and physical environment. These social and physical environment can be explained enough food‚ clean water and air‚ adequate resources‚ good income
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Real Life Application of Transportation Problem Submitted to: Prof. Hitesh Arora Submitted by: Abhay Sawhney (201055) Executive Summary Transportation Problem involves distribution of a certain commodity from several origins to a number of destinations. The aim in the whole process is to minimize the costs involved. A necessary condition for the solving of the transportation problem is that the problem must be balanced‚ i.e the demand for the product at the destinations must equal the
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The City Planning Bureaucracy A City Planner is hired by a local city municipality to work in a planning department while being paid an hourly wage. One chief objective of a City Planner is to complete and update a Comprehensive Land Use Plan for a municipality. Another objective for a planner is to construct and amend zoning ordinances as well as enforce the zoning regulations. A planner also constructs and enforces Subdivision Regulations‚ and manages projects through the Capital Improvements
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Urban Problems This year has been an exciting and always educational experience in Social Problems. Although I did not know at first what I was fully getting into I did know the course description drew me in. Cover a variety of topics in such a small amount of time I feel that by presenting we really get a deeper understanding for our area of expertise. However when it comes to group work I am a very busy person and I personally found it hard to incorporate group time into me time. It is for that
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