Pike Place Market was founded in 1907 as a city-sponsored experiment to help local farmers sell their produce directly to consumers‚ cutting out the middleman and avoiding inflated prices. Soon‚ more stalls and permanent structures were built to meet the growing needs of the consumers and farmers. The size of the stalls was kept small and sales were limited to food and food products raised or produced by the seller. The market continued to grow and attract shoppers through the 1930s. After WWII
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To begin with‚ the field of social planning is broad and complex. However‚ social planning is an important tool that is concerned with improving the well-being in the community by devising and implementing policies and plans intended to meet the needs and problems of the community (Robinson & Davies 2013). Furthermore‚ Robinson & Davies (2013) notices that social planning is a process which comprises several elements‚ some of these includes social policy‚ social justice‚ politics and differing principles
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What is Urban renewal? Discuss the issues and strategies of urban renewal of a state capital. Urban renewal is a program of land re-development in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. It can be envisaged as the physical and infrastructural changes in land use‚ built environment or intensity of the use of land or building that could be considered as inevitable outcome of the action from economic‚ social‚ political‚ technical and environmental forces acting upon urban areas at different
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With reference to examples‚ discuss the degree to which the level od economic development in country affects planning and management in urban areas. The type of urban problems that require careful planning and management are largely decided by the economic wealth of a countryside. LEDC countries have problems with rapid urbanisation into the cities. However‚ on the other hand the problems that MEDC countries face include; suburbanisation‚ counter urbanisation. Urbanisation is the process in
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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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The poems “An Advancement of Learning” and “An August Midnight” are connected in some way‚ these poems focus on encounters with certain creatures or animals. Heaney’s with a rat on a river embankment in Belfast and Hardy’s with nocturnal insects that fly through his window. In the poems In contrast they are laid out in different structures. In “An Advancement of Learning” it has eight stanzas of four short lines. In contrast “An August Midnight” is made up of two stanzas with six long lines‚ giving
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Describe the challenges of living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges A Mega City is defined as a city home to more than 8 million people‚ the urban sprawl of these cities is continuing to dominate the landscapes of these major cities. These cities have been unable to cope with the rapid increase of people moving to these urban areas‚ in some mega cities this is up to 1 million people per day‚ leading to a lack of supplies and services‚ becoming a major characteristic
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Brett Potter HST 104 Section 002 Yixin Chen 27 November 2012 The Poverty of Annawadi as seen in Behind the Beautiful Forevers The city of Mumbai has seen much growth in the past years. A string of elegant hotels have been set up for travelers and high-class business men. An ever growing‚ top of the line airport has been built for those coming in and out of the country. From the outside‚ Mumbai seems to have taken a liking to being internationally integrated with the rest of world‚ otherwise
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Using an example you have studied‚ describe and explain the causes and consequences of inner city decline. (10) One cause of inner city decline in Park Hill in Sheffield was the back to back slum houses that were present there in the 1800s. Diseases such as cholera were easily spread due to such dense housing. The housing was closely packed and was unsanitary which consequently lead to disease and poor quality of life for people; thus demonstrating inner city decline.. A consequence of the unsanitary
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Critically evaluation the attempts to improve housing conditions for the poor in one named city in an emerging economy. (10) 1. P K Das Architect; Chairperson of the Mumbai Waterfronts Centre - His firm P K Das and Associates’ wide spectrum of work includes projects in urban planning and design‚ architecture‚ interiors and social and environmental sectors. His current planning and architectural works include townships‚ industries‚ a stadium‚ museum‚ public places of historical significance‚ Mumbai’s
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