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    bring forth more urban sprawl to our area. The only problem with this is that there is not a big new development bringing new jobs and new people. This highway expansion would only provide more jobs for the people already living in this county‚ with an unemployment rate of 8.4% as of January 2013. Having this direct route to Tampa and other bigger cities would allow people to travel further in a shorter amount of time for a job. There are not enough people here to create urban sprawl and the highway

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    Thus‚ urban growth and expansion and increased demand for urban land use brings about disruption and distortion on the urban ecosystem. When ecosystem services are altered‚ their capacity to satisfy even the basic human need starts to be compromised (Vitousek‚ Mooney‚ Lubchenco‚ & Melillo‚ 1997). The (FIG Commission‚ 2010) posits that urbanization brings about negative and positive impacts on the urban land space depending on how it is managed‚ or planned

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    The Processes Pedzisai

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    The processes‚ patterns‚ and functions of human settlement Photograph by D.J. Zeigler The geographically informed person must understand the varying forms of human settlements in terms of their size‚ composition‚ location‚ arrangement‚ organization‚ function‚ and history. People seldom live in isolation. Instead‚ they live in clusters ranging from small villages with hundreds of people to megacities with tens of millions of people. The organized groupings of human hab­itation are the intense focus

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    Chapter 10: Land‚ Public and Private 1. Why do humans value land? Humans value land because it has multiple purposes such as agriculture‚ housing‚ recreation‚ industry‚ disposing waste‚ mining‚ etc. 2. What is the tragedy of the commons? What is an externality? The tragedy of commons is when people share a common resource they tend to deplete is because of self-interest and for a short term profit. 3. What is maximum sustainable yeild? Maximum sustainable yield is the maximum amount of harvest

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    include Eastern Street‚ Western Street‚ High Street and First Street in Western district. In fact‚ some of the problems are not essential but government still need to face. For instance‚ lack of essential services and facilities. As a result of urban sprawl‚ residential land use may take up locations that do not have a proper provision of basic facilities. Furthermore‚ lack of legislation is a next problem. The lack of legislation in terms of the management of communal areas and the maintenance of

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    Title: Glance Left and Right Artist: Pattara Chanruechachai Medium: Photograph Print on Newspaper Dimensions: 250 x 250 Date: 2013 Description: Chanruechachai creates a work that analyzes and criticizes the current urban condition where deterioration and regeneration of urban sprawl take place. He prints the images of deserted buildings found in the suburbs and pastes them onto newspapers that have articles on the economic crash from Thailand and Europe as his canvas. The taken photo shows a disproportional

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    The chapter starts with a brief excerpt detailing how intellectualism has become the latest fad‚ it then relates L.A.s history as a city without a distinctive cultural and academic history to show the hypocrisy and naivety of such a claim. Having no successive generations of academics to truthfully‚ study and establish facts has created a chasm of actual research recording L.A and Southern California’s evolution‚ development and change. This absence of research has allowed the myths created to

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    Mitrany‚ M 2005‚ ‘High density neighbourhoods: who enjoys them’‚ GeoJournal‚ vol. 64‚ no. 2‚ pp. 131-40. Frank‚ TA 2011‚ ‘Density versus sprawl’‚ National Journal‚ 11 March‚ viewed 15 August 2012. In modern society‚ people concern more about living environment. It is raised an issue that which place is suitable for living‚ high-rises centre or suburb sprawl. Two very different articles provide contrasting perspectives on this issue. The article by Michal Mitrany‚ an advisor on architecture

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    Eric Santana Controlling Chaos There is a common understanding that growth in any aspect of the economy is a grand concept. However‚ when growth begins to start spreading out in such a manner that it becomes uncontrollable‚ there is an inherent issue. Such is the case in David Carle’s essay “Sprawling Gridlock”. Carle mentions several pervading issues and problems with the rapid growth and spread of Southern California‚ and outlines measures taken against the expansion. Carle’s resolve and purpose

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    ............................................................................................................. 3 U1 - Urban Uptown ........................................................................................................... 4 U2 – Midtown Mix ............................................................................................................. 5 U3 – Urban Cores ............................................................................................................. 6

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