Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas‚ be it horizontal or vertical. The United Nations projected that half of the world ’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008.[1] By 2050 it is predicted that 64.1% and 85.9% of the developing and developed world respectively will be urbanized.[2] Urbanization is closely linked to modernization‚ industrialization‚ and the
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people live in urban areas with populations of over 100 000 people. This accounts for only about 1 % of Australia ’s total landmass. This level of urban growth is putting much pressure on cities to keep up with the needs of the growing populations. Though some areas of cities are being subjected to urban growth‚ other areas may be experiencing the effects urban decline. The suburb of Pyrmont-Ultimo in Sydney is a good example of urban growth and decline and its geological processes. Urban growth is the
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Statement of the Problem The researcher attempts to answer the following in this research study: 1. What are the differences between rural and urban areas? DifferenceBetween. (2014). Difference between Urban and Rural. http://www.difference between.info/difference-between-urban-and-rural. 2. In what ways do rural people live in order to meet their daily needs? Callanta‚ Ruth S. Poverty The Philippine Scenario. Makati: Bookmark Inc.‚ 1988. pp. 41. 3. What are the problems faced by the
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Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2006 BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY IN URBAN LIFE 1 GENDER EQUALITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL Monika Jaeckel and Marieke van Geldermalsen Introduction When looking at cities from a gender perspective‚ one of the main differences affecting the use of urban space is in terms of female and male care-giving roles and responsibilities. Due to the gender-specific division of labor‚ women do most of the direct care-giving
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Urban sprawl‚ the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas‚ has slowed down by 9% since the 1990s (Borenstein). Urban sprawl was steadily increasing starting in 1920 due to new street construction and it peaked in 1994. Despite the belief that urban sprawl is the result of a healthy economic and social process‚ urban sprawl needs to be restricted and eventually stopped. Urban sprawl is rapidly expanding‚ destroying wildlife‚ and causing a rise in pollution and disease. Urban sprawl has come to be fairly
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the characteristics of a street‚ neighborhood‚ community and a city. Urban design helps create a visual and sensory relationship between the people and the natural built environment. The built environment reflects the buildings and streets while the natural environment includes features such as mountains‚ shorelines‚ and parks. These elements are incorporated into the urban framework. Throughout the world‚ major cities rely on urban design suggestions to ensure that the built and natural environment
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Urban sprawl and motorization are currently critical issues‚ because they cause environmental problems as well as ecological and social issues which pose a threat to human health and social stability. Urban sprawl is the enlargement of city’s development that spread far away from the centre to the outskirt of that city. Urban sprawl is the result of the increasing urbanization. Motorization happens when people mostly use cars for traveling in the city. The rise of the automobile industry supports
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Experts have stated that urban legends are an essential part of popular culture because they provide intuitiveness into our fears and aversions. Urban legends exist to give us examples of life lessons‚ conspiracy theories but mostly because they are fun to tell. An urban legend is often a story told by mouth with different variations to entertain a particular crowd. It is almost always impossible to find the original source of the legend since it is passed around from one to another. There is almost
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Increasing urban sprawl and motorization have become leading causes of environmental and social problems in recent years throughout the world‚ particularly in cities of developing countries. Urban sprawl is the disorderly expansion of urban areas‚ especially resulting from real estate development on the out skirts of a city. Motorization‚ which is linked to urban sprawl‚ can be defined as the increasing use of motor vehicles. Although motor vehicles offer some benefits such as convenience‚ their
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Geoforum 30 (1999) 145±158 www.elsevier.com/locate/geoforum Three generations of urban renewal policies: analysis and policy implications Naomi Carmon * Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning‚ Technion ± Israel Institute of Technology‚ Haifa 32000‚ Israel Abstract This paper‚ based on 20 years of research and teaching related to urban renewal policies and programs‚ analyzes the history of planned intervention for the regeneration of distressed residential areas. It divides it into three
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