Taylor Castro Sociology 185 Fall 2012 Final Analysis Paper Evaluating the social problem of Urban Life threw the three theoretical perspective‚ Structural Functionalist‚ Symbolic-Interaction Analysis‚ and Social- Conflict Analysis. The main contribution of Structural Functionalist theory to our understanding of cities is the concept of urbanism. Urbanism is the characteristic way of inhabitants of towns and cities (urban areas) with the built environment or‚ in other words the character of
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Brazil‚ 1960’s‚ City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years‚ and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things
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The Historic Centre of Mexico City (hereafter referred as HCMC) is the biggest in Latin America. The city was founded in 1521 after the Spanish conquest. It was built over the ruins of the Aztec Empire (1325-1521)‚ which was grounded on the lake Texcoco (UNESCO-WHC‚ 2014). The HCMC combines elements of pre-colonial‚ colonial and modern period. Currently‚ the area includes more than 1‚600 monuments and historical buildings; this means the biggest concentration of architectural patrimony in Latin America
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In the recent decades‚ there has been a growing interest in Sustainable Urban Systems and the development of sustainable cities and urban contexts is one of the most important challenges of humans’ future. Within the field of IE a specific branch of research is dedicated to Urban Industrial Ecology (UIE) [57]‚ but it is very difficult to exactly determine the birth of the interest in urban research by the IE scholars: Huang et al. [58] argue that a first idea of “urban symbiosis” was already present
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Mitigation strategies: road to sustainable cities? Introduction Society is still growing and rapidly aging‚ one person wants mobility‚ the other wants a green park in front of his house. More people‚ means more traffic density‚ more pollution‚ increasing energy consumption‚ less natural habitats‚ sinking water resources and land shortage for housing. These are some of the problems we‚ as a society‚ have nowadays. By 2050 66% of the world’s population will be urban (Powell‚ 2016). A strategic approach
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BOOK REVIEW Bibliography Title of the book: Life Between Buildings: Using public space Author’s Name: Jan Gehl Place of publication: Washington DC Publisher: Island Press‚ 2011 Edition: 6th edition in the English Language II. Summery of Contents The main purpose of this book‚ as Jan Gehl explains on this to show his vision to create a good quality of urban life in cities and to give priority for pedestrians and cyclists
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In Pyrmont‚ high rise buildings are everywhere and they are still being built continuously‚ even though the area is packed with buildings and the spaces between the buildings are very narrow. My focus questions relating to the spatial dimension concentrates on why the area is so dense and why high rise buildings were built. The results I have acquired are from local newspapers‚ which had reported about the history of Pyrmont and how it started developing into a high rise area‚ and from my observations
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Jane Jacobs starts off her introduction in “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by introducing new principles in city planning. Jacob talks about the sacking of cities that have been built with the first several billion dollars provided There is a myth if there was enough money to spend‚ all the slums would be vanished in ten years. Coming from an area where there are quite a few low-income projects‚ I disagree with this myth. I don’t believe that there will ever be enough money in this
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Inner-City Park Redevelopment MGMT404 Project Management DeVry University‚ Alhambra October 25‚ 2013 Executive Summary Over several years‚ inner city parks have been run down‚ and there has been little to no improvement for them. These parks are outdated‚ and it not only affects the city‚ but more importantly has a bigger impact on the children of these cities. They are unable to play‚ and use the park to the fullest‚ because of its lack of resources. These parks
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Living in Poverty in Houston Texas The number of Houston-area resident living in very poor neighborhood almost doubled over the past decades which researchers say increase their risks for unemployment‚health problem and crime. Some of the increase came as raising unemployment pushed people already living in those neighborhood below the poverty level. Also the lack of affordable housing more affluent neighborhood likely contributed to the increased concentration of the poor‚as well. Many of those
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