URBAN GROWTH URBAN • It is derived from the Latin ’Urbs’ a term used by the Romans to a city. • spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non- agricultural activities. • Placed-based characteristic that incorporates elements of population density‚ social and economic organization‚ and the transformation of the natural environment into a built environment. • GROWTH • An increase‚ as in size‚ number‚ value‚ or strength; extension or expansion.
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Lecture Series: Space – society – economy WS 2014/2015 Organized crime and its cinematic representation How do they influence each other? Barbora Holevová Matrikelnummer: 65985 WS 2014/2015 barbora.holevova1@gmail.com Katholische Universität Ingolstadt – Eichstätt Fachbereich Geographie Professur für Wirtschaftsgeographie Prof. Hans – Martin Zademach & Cornelia Bading Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Familiarization with an issue of urban crime: the mafia 4 3. Cinematic
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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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between organisms and the environment; the connectedness between living systems and non-living systems on the Earth is called ecology. The term “ecology” which was coined by Ernst Haeckel comes from the Greek root words oikos logos literally meaning “the study of household”. Haeckel was referring to the interactions within the house of nature and we have used the word ecology (translated from the German Oekologie or Ökologie) to describe complex systems of life both extant and extinct. These interactions
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Critical Review of Theoretical Approaches to Global Political Economy This paper will outline the different theoretical approaches to GPE‚ by critically reviewing three articles on international political economy‚ globalisation and strategic interests. The articles chosen for the study are as follows: 1. Greenwold‚ Stephen (1999). ‘Strategic Interests and International Political Economy’‚ New Political Economy‚ 4 (1)‚ 97-112. 2. Krugman‚ Paul (1994). ‘Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession’
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Energy and Environment Group Project Problems of urban decay and solutions to HK The running down of the parts in a city which turns it become unsuitable for people to live in is called urban decay. Urban decay leads to the problems in economy (money)‚ society (people) and environment (our surroundings). There have several examples of urban decay. Slum housing‚ provides a poor living condition with overcrowding‚ share outside toilets‚ without hot water and
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1513 Urban Framework. 18/10/02 11:21 AM Page 6 September 2002 UPPER ESPLANADE/ST KILDA FORESHORE UDF. COURTESY OF 4D FORM PTY LTD UR BAN DE S I GN FRAMEWORK S This Practice Note is a guide to the preparation and use of Urban Design Frameworks. Frameworks are strategic planning tools that set out an integrated design vision for the desired future development of urban places. They translate the broad aims of Municipal Strategic Statements (MSS) and planning schemes to practical urban
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for social gatherings etc. - Economy- Abandoned factories have no use except take up space and continue to pollute the area. Built dwellings and shops to boost economy. - Environment- Polluted waters which killed much marine life. No plants were growing due to the bad quality of the soil - Health- Many chemicals that were being manufactured in Rhodes were cancer causing if exposed for long periods. This report is to outline and explain and investigate the urban growth‚ renewal and remediation
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Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process
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Using expert knowledge to assess uncertainties in future polar bear populations under climate change. Journal of applied ecology‚ 45(6)‚ 1649-1659. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01552.x Regehr‚ E. V.‚ Hunter‚ C. M.‚ Caswell‚ H.‚ Amstrup‚ S. C.‚ & Stirling‚ I. (2010). Survival and breeding of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea in relation to sea ice. Journal of animal ecology‚ 79(1)‚ 117-127. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01603.x Richardson‚ E. (2009). Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) life history
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