In the documentary “Chocolate City” and the Jones and Popke article‚ that discusses the urban renewal in major U.S. cities‚ specifically the HOPE VI program. As discussed the program was “a public housing demolition and redevelopment initiative established by HUD in the mid-1990s (Jones and Popke‚ 115).” The ways in which enforce and manage spatial practices of personal responsibility and self-discipline are exemplified when the government and management authority are the ones who get to do the enforcing
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Is Greenwich Peninsula an example of successful urban redevelopment? Interpretation and QWC - 9 Marks |Level 1 |1-3 marks |The candidate gives a brief description of their findings. Some basic reasons | | | |may be offered for these findings. A limited range of specialised terms is used.| | | |Reasonable accuracy in the use of spelling‚ punctuation and grammar is evident. | |Level
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1. The environment has both physical/built and social (relationship between people) components. Describe how poor quality environment is a pathway to poor health. Cite studies supporting this linkage. The study conducted by Gee and Payne-Sturges (2004) reveal that environment has both physical and social factors that plays a crucial role in the development of diseases. Psychological stress is considered the vulnerability factor that associates social conditions to environmental hazards. Consequently
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Question: “The contemporary city is being made into an unjust space”‚ discuss. The contemporary city is a complex and ever developing organism that maintains a level of influence in the world that has never been seen before. Major cities such as New York‚ London and Tokyo are global command centers for the world’s economy and have direct and indirect influences on just about everyone engaged in the world society. However despite all the leaps and bounds that cities have made as far as growth and
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Newspaper Cutting Exercise Villagers Dig In To Save Their Land From South China Morning Post (Friday‚ September 14‚ 2012 C5) Summary Recently in Kwu Tung‚ which locates in the northern reaches of the New Territories‚ is undergoing a redevelopment project by the Hong Kong government. The residents who live in Kwu Tung were asked to make way for modern housing complexes‚ that include European-style‚ low density houses for 65‚000 people in twenty years’ time. The Kwu Tung development concern
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………1 REVITALIZATION……………………………………………………………………………………………...2 SOCIAL ISSUES………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 HOUSING..................................................................................................................................................5 ATLANTA IN THE 1980’S.....................................................................................
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The concept of the public interest is one that is debated by all scholars and theorist. Every theorist studied in class viewed the term public interest in their own unique way and their method used to arrive to their conclusions varied. In Bollen’s journal article‚ Urban Planning and Intergroup Conflict there appears to be three basic questions he asks: what is the role and influence of urban planning and policy amidst deep inter-group conflict‚ can bottom up urbanism contribute to top down peacemaking
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Application of Theory - Brampton as an Ethnoburb The new wave of immigrants setting foot in Canada are mainly comprised of economic class (65% of all immigrants in 2014)‚ who are classified as highly educated and skilled (StatsCan‚ 2014). Of the 260‚000 immigrants who arrived in Canada in 2014‚ 50% of originate from Asian countries – Philippines‚ India‚ and China respectively are the largest source countries‚ and 60% settle in Toronto‚ Montreal‚ and Vancouver. (StatsCan). As aforementioned‚ this
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1 Population growth and urban problem in Mumbai‚ India According to G.Tyler(1994)‚ the more poor people move from rural to urban area the more poverty is becoming urbanized. A lot of cities have damage because of the extreme poverty and social and environment in stead of being centers of commerce and industry. In this article I will discuss the problem of slum clearance in Mumbai‚ India. I am interested in poor people in urban area. First I will refer about population growth which is related
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INTRODUCTION 1.0 An Overview of Urban Regeneration According to Withgott and Brennan (2007)‚ people are now live at a turning point. Beginning about the year 2007‚ for the first time in the human history‚ more people will live in the urban areas than in rural areas. The development of social diversity is one of the principal objectives of urban regeneration. It aims at attracting new inhabitants in degraded districts but also preventing their inhabitants to leave them as soon as the situation
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