Introduction Since its establishment in 1962‚ Wal-Mart has grown to be one of the biggest conglomerates in the world. Inevitably‚ with the expansion of the company‚ the weight and number of social and ethical issues facing the company has increased. The key issues discussed in this particular case are: Wal-Mart’s and America community Small merchants and the community’s environment Barriers to domestic expansion Wal-Mart and its Opponents Wal-Mart’s Corporate Social Responsibility
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recently mass built high rise apartments. The neighbourhood character refers to the mood and feel of an area. In the urban planning system of Victoria‚ the neighbourhood character has become a important term and a compulsory standard for assessing all applications for residential development in urban areas since 2001 (Victoria Department of Planning and Community Development‚ 2009). Urban consolidation obviously has negative effects on neighbourhood character. The high rise apartments damages the local
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called such slums rookeries‚ or colonies of breeding animals. The chairman of the London County Council described his city as "a tumour‚ an elephantiasis sucking into its gorged system half the life and the blood and the bone of the rural districts." Urban planning in the 20th century sprang from that horrified perception of 19th-century cities. Oddly‚ it began with Ebenezer Howard. In a slim book‚ self-published in 1898‚ the man who spent his days transcribing the ideas of others articulated his own
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Living in Megacities Pros: 1. The quality of life in such megalopolises is better than was predicted. Life expectancy is longer in the big cities than in smaller ones or in the countryside. Urban dwellers are more likely to have good sewage disposal and running water than are their rural compatriots. And cities tend to offer superior medical care‚ greater educational opportunities and more jobs. 2. In the city people have more chances to be employed‚ as the range of jobs is greater than
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Australia as a country is extremely urbanised. Around 85% of the population lives on coastline areas‚ and most of these people live in urban areas with populations of over 100‚000 people. Together‚ these areas only include about one per cent of Australia’s total land mass. This level of urbanisation has meant that many of our cities are facing enormous pressure to keep up with the needs of their swelling populations. Generally‚ since the trend towards urbanisation began in the second half of the
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uncontrolled urban growth‚ and global warming‚ several concepts on urbanism and urban design have surfaced. These include New Urbanism‚ Transit Oriented Developments (TODs)‚ Planned Unit Developments (PUDs)‚ and very recently‚ Sustainable Urban Design. New Urbanism is a European influenced planning paradigm started in the United States in the late 1980s by a group of Architects and Urban Designers led by Andres Duany and Peter Calthorpe‚ to address the problems of suburban sprawl seen as a result
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Urbanization occurs because people move from rural areas to urban areas .This usually occurs when a country is still developing. Causes of Urbanization • Rural to urban migration is happening on a massive scale due to population pressure and lack of resources in rural areas. • People living in rural areas are “PULLED” to the city. Often they believe that the standard of living in urban areas will be much better in urban areas. • Natural increase caused by a decrease in death
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D. Morris Gentrification Dr. W. Holmes Poli 304 Seminar in Urban Problems Gentrification or Economic Development Historic preservation has traditionally been simply restoring historically significant architectural or geographical sites for aesthetic value or for the benefit of future generations to better understand the ways and styles of the past. As the National Trust for Historic Preservation explains‚ “when historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate
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Low-carbon Technological Paradigm in Urbanization of China Hao Dong Hao Dong‚PhD Candidate ‚ China Community Party School Abstract With the development of the industrial civilization in the 20th century‚ human has the science and technology to create the great productive power and social fortune. So‚ science and technology have become the basic content and key lever for development of human civilization. The science and technology is also the power of urbanization. At the same time‚ due to the
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grew into the biggest city the world had ever seen. Cities‚ essentially‚ are large congregations of people in a certain area. In rural areas‚ the sparse population density allows for the environment to provide nourishment and remove waste. However‚ urban areas have higher population densities‚ and the land area that cities occupy cannot support the number of people living within cities. Providing such a large number of people in such a small area with the basic necessities‚ among other things‚ was
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