Urban ecosystem and Ecopolis Lai Wei March 29‚ 2012 Introduction When people talk about the city‚ the first thing they thought is the building and the traffic. It’s hard to connect city to the ecological and the environment. But as the humanity is rapidly urbanizing‚ by 2010‚ more than 50% of the world population is expected to live in the city. (The World Bank‚ 2010) Cities can be tremendously efficient. It can easier to provide water and sanitation for a large number of people living
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Australia is a highly urbanised country where over 85% of the population live in cities and large towns. These urban centres are subject to urban growth and decline‚ which are largely due to a number of socioeconomic factors. One of these centres‚ the Pyrmont-Ultimo area in Sydney‚ had experienced such changes over the last century. Situated on a peninsula to the west of Sydney’s CBD and Darling Harbour‚ the inner suburb is a manmade environment used for service and residential use. In the 19th
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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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Urban legends have been the highlight of the unknown. A way for people to make sense of things they do not know. Urban legends usually do have some true story basis but over time these stories get fabricated. Over time we are introduced to these stories and really wonder what part of these stories are real and is fabrication. So I have decided to expand and really look into the origins of a few urban legends that are lesser known. We will explore the legends of the vanishing hitchhiker‚ Walt Disney
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people away from the predicaments at hand‚ which is to push the homeless‚ working- and lower class away using violent tactics to make room for the young‚ affluent whites. People think that by having the middle- and upper-middle class in these poor urban communities will “civilize” the people in the community. Yet when in reality‚ they are doing more harm than good. The homeless now have nowhere to stay or sleep. The community can’t use their park how they want to. And instead of putting funds into
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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 Unrest in France (Nov. 30th* Reflection) The two articles both discussed the uprisings of young people in France due to racism and poverty on the outskirts of the mega city‚ which dates back to the history of colonialism. The first reading by Balibar (2007) the author addresses the riots in banlieues through categories such as: names‚ violence‚ post-colony‚ religion‚ race and class‚ citizenship/the Republic‚ and politics/anti-politics. Furthermore‚ the author answers important key words
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Urban Sustainability Sci – 275 10-10-14 Instructor: Karen Marasigan By: Tyler Vesneski The program that I chose to implement into my hometown is “How to Build a Cooler City.” “From 1878 to 2005‚ Los Angeles temperatures rose 4 degrees on average‚ climbing from around 62 degrees to 66 degrees.” Urban areas such as Downtown Los Angeles are likely to rise 4 to 4.5 degrees within the next 10 years. My goal is to cut the cost of electric energy and make the city of Los Angeles a
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Urban Sprawl‚ New Urbanism A new revolution of thought has wage a war against low-density suburban growth or sprawl. But is sprawl really a problem? And could the proposed solutions do more harm than good? Sprawl typically conjures up images of strip malls and mega stores‚ traffic congestion‚ long commutes‚ lost open space‚ pollution‚ crowded schools‚ higher taxes‚ and the demise of downtown shopping areas. Activists throughout the country are fighting proposals to build new retail stores proposed
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responsive design; energy efficient building design; thermal comfort; solar architecture; principles of lighting and styles for illumination; basic principles of architectural acoustics; environment pollution‚ their control & abatement. Visual and Urban Design: Principles of visual composition; proportion‚ scale‚ rhythm‚ symmetry‚ harmony‚ datum‚ balance‚ form‚ colour‚ texture; sense of place and space‚ division of space; barrier free design; focal point‚ vista‚ image ability‚ visual survey‚ figure-background
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