------------------------------------------------- Garden city movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ebenezer Howard ’s 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question ’Where will the people go? ’‚ the choices being ’Town ’‚ ’Country ’ or ’Town-Country ’ The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned‚ self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"‚ containing
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What is a smart city? • A smart city has been defined as a ‘knowledge’‚ ‘digital’‚ ‘cyber’ or ‘eco’ city; representing a concept open to a variety of interpretations‚ depending on the goals set out by a smart city’s planners. We might refer to a smart city as an improvement on today’s city both functionally and structurally‚ using information and communication technology (ICT) as an infrastructure. • A city well performing in a forward-looking way in [economy‚ people‚ governance‚ mobility
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The City Of Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the River Buriganga‚ the city has a population of about 7 million‚ making it one of the largest cities in the region. It has a colourful history and known as the ’City of Mosques.’ Modern Dhaka is the center of political‚ cultural and economic life in Bangladesh. Dhaka was successively ruled by the Turkish and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate before the arrival of the Mughals in 1608. Under Mughal
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MYSORE CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER JNNURM SCHEME u Karnataka Slum Clearance Board City Development Plan for Mysore PREFACE TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF MYSORE This City Development Plan (CDP) document has been prepared by Mysore City in the context of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The document has been prepared through a systematic consultation process with citizen groups‚ elected representatives‚ and Government departments/ agencies. Infrastructure
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people have been wondering and thinking about enjoying a better life by living either in the city or in the countryside. Some people prefer to live in the city while some other choose to live in the countryside. Mostly‚ to live in the urban or rural lifestyles depends on a lifestyle and taste. However‚ living in the city and in the countryside has differences and similarities. Individuals who live in a city have good opportunities‚ more comforts. While the ones who live in a countryside get a better
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depending on the traffic. But now‚ only God knows. Even if you are fortunate enough to thrust into a bus‚ it is quite impossible to reach motijheel before 1 hour and a half‚ and if the destination is Uttara‚ sometimes it would take almost 2 hours. And if you need to go to Ghazipur or Mirpur‚ you can easily take the whole day’s fuel with you‚ prepared to take a nap too‚ may be you will reach there by evening. Now‚ who‚ or what are responsible? The reason is obviously “traffic congestion”. And the
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the traffic congestion that we experience in the large city. We feel that it is a headache during our journey and it gave us a lot of negative effects. Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases‚ and is characterized by slower speeds‚ longer trip times‚ and increased vehicular queuing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream
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THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROBLEM IN URBAN AREAS J. ARCHER1 and K. VOGEL2 1 CTR‚ Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan‚ Stockholm‚ Sweden; 2 VTI‚ Linköping‚ Sweden E-mail: jeffery.archer@infra.kth.se; katja.vogel@vti.se As the number of people who reside and work in urban areas increases‚ so‚ too‚ do the needs and demands placed on the infrastructure. This has led to severe congestion in many European cities‚ a situation which affects not only the environment in terms of pollution‚ but most notably levels
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make that work because if the world runs out of energy everyone will suffer. We live in an urban world since the majority of people on our planet live in cities. Therefore our future is pinned on how we develop our cities and the neighboring areas‚ how good are our housing and transportation facilities‚ what technologies are used. A sustainable city needs to use renewable energy technologies for its power supply facilities. Such technologies should be convenient to use‚ easy to run and maintain‚ as
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forests. They lived on the food available in the forests. Science has blessed mankind with all the basic 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. Eat‚ drink and be merry that’s the only aspiration in life of an average human being. “City life is millions of people being lonesome together.” [pic] Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist‚ Poet and Philosopher‚ 1817-1862) Stress-
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