Why‚ one wonders‚ Chandigarh -that distinguished itself to be ’the City Beautiful’ because of the masterly urban planning & designing‚ is not becoming such‚ as a whole with the passage of time? A clean canvass for the layout of Chandigarh was facilitated by uprooting many villages which became reality because of the psyche of the countrymen then for the larger interest of building a city of tomorrow. The master architect and planner prepared the master plan of the proposed capital with network
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urbanization began in the 1870s as people flocked to the cities. These urban centers quickly overcrowded‚ and many were divided into business‚ residential‚ social and ethnic centers. Among this chaos‚ corruption thrived as political bosses ran the city for their own personal gain and power. It appeared as if the nation was modernizing too fast because they were unable to deal with problems of urbanization. The changes in urban America in the late nineteenth century therefore are viewed to be mostly
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ĐÁP ÁN THI IELTS NGÀY 27-07-2013 Written by Pham Thi Le Na Timing: 10 Minutes Word count: 385 OLD BUILDINGS SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED? Whether governments should demolish old houses to widen roads and build new ones remains controversial. Some people think that this trend is possible to open new economic opportunities while others claim that old houses need to be preserved thanks to their precious historical value. I partly agree with the statement for the following reasons. First‚ the appearance of old
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municipalities in the Lower Mainland‚ including portions of Vancouver‚ Burnaby‚ New Westminster‚ Coquitlam and Port Moody (Greater Vancouver Regional District [GVRD]‚ 2001a; see appendix A). This watershed is centralized within a highly developed urban area‚ meaning that humans and the natural environment interact on a regular basis. However‚ the impact of humans on this watershed has degraded animal habitats and the ability for animals to live within the watershed. This project will examine the
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Cultural-led regeneration has become an important part of revitalising of old economic and socially deprived cities since it came into existence around 1980s. Cultural-led regeneration is a process that focuses on using methods based on culture and cultural activities as a catalyst to restore cities and regions which have been economic and socially affected due to de industrialisation. The Department for culture‚ Media and Sports (DCMS) mention in the report titled ‘The contribution of Culture to
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War. The war devastated the South’s economy and the town is now decaying from the devastation. Throughout William Faulkner “a rose for Emily” he uses the house‚ Emily’s hair‚ and the rose to portray change and decay. The house built by her father in the 1800s is used to symbolize decay of the south using imagery. The story starts out with a very vibrant description of a nobly built house “It was a big‚ squarish frame house that had once been white‚ decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled
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Rapid urbanisation has caused a variety of problems‚ including transport congestion‚ lack of sufficient homes and living conditions‚ sanitary and health care issues‚ and crime. For all these problems‚ city planners have attempted potential solutions‚ each with varying degrees of success. Cities including London‚ Manila and Mumbai have several of the aforementioned problems‚ and have each tried their own potential solutions. This essay will discuss how successful these schemes have been in resolving
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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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Research Action Plan of urban growth and decline in Pyrmont/Ultimo area Aim or purpose of investigation: The aim of the investigation was to determine the Urban Growth and Decline of the Pyrmont-Ultimo Area. Specifically we investigated various categories of restoration and decay in the area. These categories included‚ areas of urban Decay‚ Urban Renewal‚ Consolidation‚ conservation and adaptive reuse‚ gentrification‚ affordable housing and the use of sympathetic development. The
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some cities have congestion fees to keep vehicles out of the CBD. Multicenter city is very essential to give people more choices. As for the booming of large out-of- town shopping centers‚ some parts of the CBD have become run down and caused urban decay. Water‚ land and air pollution and high noise are very common in the city center due to heavy traffic‚ large numbers of workers and nearby heavy industry. The same pollution problem exists in transition zone because of old housing and light manufacturing
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