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    The Decline of the West

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    The Decline of the West - Hanif Kureishi Financial collapses changes the way of living for millions of people all over the world. In the short story “The Decline of the West” written by Hanif Kureishi in 2010‚ Mike and his family are represented as victims of the 2008 financial crisis (also known as the Global Financial Crisis). Mike and his family lives in a materialistic world in the modern western capitalistic society‚ to which they have lost the regularly known family values as for example

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    Planning For Urban

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    4 PLANNING FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Olivier Toutain and S. Gopiprasad URBAN PLANNING: THE ISSUES INVOLVED U rban India today‚ faces serious challenges of growth and its management. Across geographies‚ the issues of urbanization manifest in the form of overcrowding‚ congestion‚ insufficient infrastructure‚ inadequate service provisioning—mainly in terms of drinking water‚ sanitation‚ energy‚ transport‚ solid waste management‚ environmental degradation‚ and pollution‚ etc. These‚ along with the

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    urban renewal

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    ASTRACT In South Africa the URP was part of a National Urban Renewal Strategy announced by the former President Thabo Mbeki in his State of the Nation Address in February 2001. Urban Renewal is not unequally South Africa’s but is worldwide and takes many forms and economic activity process. These may include the upgrade of informal settlements and township development. In South Africa the NURS is co-ordinated and monitored by the National Departments of both the Provincial and Local Government.

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    Urban Sprawling

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    concentration in an urban area.   In other words‚ the process of urbanization is also known as prosesurbanisasi. As a result of this urbanization will cause a change in the total population‚ urban functions‚ land use and the way people live in urban areas (Pacione Michael‚ 2009). In the context of urbanization in Malaysia‚ in Malaysia cities experiencing rapid urbanization process after the country achieved kemerdekaan.Jumlah the city’s population grew rapidly because of rural-urban migration. Among

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    Urban Utopia

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    Research Paper The history of the urban utopia arose when theorists and city planners decided that a radical reconstruction of their cities (Venturi 4) was needed. There are problems that arose in cities of every generation and these problems have sparked the minds of the greatest thinkers‚ planner‚ architects‚ and theorists of the 19th century. These were the first attempts at correcting the problems that we deal with today. Problems such as dealing with growth‚ dealing with nature‚ and dealing

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    Urban Greening

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    ​"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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    Urban Planning

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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

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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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    Urban Underworld

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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

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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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