TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIOLOGY OF MEGA-EVENTS Harry H. Hiller INTRODUCTION The density and diversity of urban populations has long been understood to provide a context for the expression of various forms of collective behavior in the public spaces of cities (Mumford 1961; Lofland 1998; Castells 1983; Jukes 1990; Jacobs 1961). From street festivals‚ parades‚ and pilgrimages to riots‚ marches of resistance‚ and demonstrations‚ such expressive and instrumental activities have been among the most observable
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between political ideologies and urban form in 20th century Berlin Berlin has developed over 800 years and has undergone major changes. It is the place where German unification‚ after 40 years of separation‚ becomes apparent and this provides us with an excellent location for studying urban processes. The twentieth century saw different political ideologies impose themselves onto the city and I will use certain political ideologies and explain the impact they had on urban form. I will use these examples
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Rural Areas vs. Urban Areas People throughout the world lead different lives and lifestyles. They adapt to different places and styles of living. The two areas of living people choose to live are rural areas and urban areas. Many people prefer rural areas because they have their privacy. Also‚ rural areas are usually very quiet and laid back as well as being away from everything. On the other hand‚ urban areas are the complete opposite. Urban areas are not usually private because there are other
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Irrigation Matters Series No. 02/09 State of Urban Irrigation Demand Management - A Review Bhakti Lata Devi July 2009 BETTER IRRIGATIO N BETTER ENVIRONMENT BETTER FUTURE State of Urban Irrigation Demand Management – A Review Bhakti Lata Devi City of Sydney‚ Town Hall House‚ 456 Kent St‚ Sydney‚ 2000 Email: bdevi@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au CRC for Irrigation Futures CRC for Irrigation Futures Irrigation Matters Series No. 02/09 July 2009 CRC for Irrigation Futures i
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Impacts of Urban Renewal on Pyrmont‚ Sydney. Urban Renewal- The redevelopment of an urban area. INTRO Since 1992‚ the 100-hectare peninsula of Pyrmont-Ultimo has been the subject of major master-planning‚ intensive infrastructure and property development that is expected to result in the residential population increasing from 3‚000 originally to 20‚000 by 2021. The Ultimo-Pyrmont re-development is part of a government-led Urban renewal program (now administered by the Sydney Harbour
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URBAN: • The number of residents is increasingly more in an urban area. • The density of human-established structures is high in the case of an urban area. • Cities and towns constitute urban areas. • It is interesting to note that natural resources and artificial resources develop rapidly in urban areas or in other words it can be said that the areas characterized by natural growth of resources flourish into urban areas. Urban areas are subjected to a process called urbanization. Vegetation and
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Journal of Management and Business Research A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Buying Of Consumer Durables By Jagwinder Singh National Institute of Technology Jalandhar Punjab‚ India. Abstracts - India is one of the fastest growing markets of the world. The potential not only lies in the urban India but in the rural India also. The study has been carried out to differentiate the buying behaviour of rural households from that of urban households. Three durable goods from three different product categories;
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common experience to walk in urban park‚ then few steps away‚ you just turn the corner‚ pass through lined tall buildings in a narrow street paved with asphalt and you clearly feel that the temperature is higher than in the park. Or maybe‚ you can recall one day in your life when the city was really hot‚ that you decided to spend some time in a shading park where you found some relief. Most of you didn’t know but you experienced what in climate science is called the urban heat island effect. In scientific
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Community and Communication in Changing Urban Areas ------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Urban Studies‚ Theoretical Perspectives & Telematics How we view technology & impact is grounded in our theoretical perspectives: Technological Determinism: * Change in the city is a direct result of change in telematics OR reaction to technological innovation/invention * Urban change = inevitable‚ unalternable‚ predictable * Physical change (buildings
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THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROBLEM IN URBAN AREAS J. ARCHER1 and K. VOGEL2 1 CTR‚ Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan‚ Stockholm‚ Sweden; 2 VTI‚ Linköping‚ Sweden E-mail: jeffery.archer@infra.kth.se; katja.vogel@vti.se As the number of people who reside and work in urban areas increases‚ so‚ too‚ do the needs and demands placed on the infrastructure. This has led to severe congestion in many European cities‚ a situation which affects not only the environment in terms of pollution‚ but most notably levels
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