"Greening urban areas is not just about making places look nice. Evaluate the contribution of green areas in cities to meeting the goals of sustainable development" (40 marks) Sustainable development is most frequency defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Thus‚ sustainable development means finding a balance between the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment. Sustainable
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Sustainable Cities: Building the Future City for the Next 100 Years Songdo International City-S. Korea In his book Urban Geography‚ Michael Pacione‚ discusses the “Future City-Cities of the Future”. In his analysis there are several principles that must be included in the future city in order for it to strive and be successful‚ “by 2025 65 percent of the world’s population will be in urban areas” (Pacione 2005) The need for the city of the next 100 years to be sustainable in all aspects is paramount
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Urban geography Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. An urban geographer’s main role is to emphasize location and space and study the spatial processes that create patterns observed in urban areas. To do this‚ they study the site‚ evolution and growth‚ and classification of villages‚ towns and cities as well as their location and importance in relation to different regions and cities. Economic‚ political and social aspects within cities are also
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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo In Timothy J. Gilfoyle’s book‚ The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo‚ we learn that life was hard being a 19th century immigrant and choosing a life of crime was sometimes‚ but not always‚ the easy way out although it came with many consequences. George Appo was one who chose the life of crime. Prison was a common place for the pick pocketer
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Decline of Patriarchy In the traditional patriarchal system‚ males are the primary authoritative figure in society. Fathers control the home‚ and men control the institutions. Gender hierarchy inhibits female dominance over male because it makes women subordinate to men. This power is exerted in forms of masculinity. Masculine men are emotionless‚ strong‚ aggressive‚ competitive‚ and independent. They are able to show dominance over women because subordinate women contrast from these characteristics
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| UNIT THREE CRIMINOLOGY PROJECT | URBAN & RURAL CRIME | | | | Elaine Lawrence | 23/4/2012 | | RURAL CRIME INTRODUCTION This project is going to look at urban crime and rural crime and how it differs. It will look at statistics for crime in urban and rural areas and see whether there is any difference. There is research put forward by criminologists to suggest that crime is higher in urban to that of rural areas. The project will be using secondary research as
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Environment Programme (UNEP) states that ‘By 2007‚ one-half of the world’s population will live in urban areas compared to little more than one-third in 1972‚ and the period 1950 to 2050 will see a shift from a 65 per cent rural population to 65 per cent urban (United Nations Population Division 2001a). By 2002‚ some 70 per cent of the world’s urban population will be living in Africa‚ Asia or Latin America (UNCHS
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culture. Every area has its own requirement‚ culture and climate and it is necessary that urban areas are designed considering all these needs rather than following designs. This essay discusses how and why ‘creativity’ rather than ‘flagships’ are necessary to regenerate communities. Creativity and Cities Add History Here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Creativity has become a widely researched topic particularly in tourism and urban development. It is evident that cities can attract tourists by developing themselves
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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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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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