Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story‚ written by a Detroit native‚ David Maraniss. In his novel‚ set in Detroit around the 1960’s‚ he follows the numerous changes in society underway in detroit but also seen countrywide. Maraniss excels at bringing to light numerous issues regarding the economy‚ social life‚ political issues and other important themes we constantly see in history. I have chosen to expand on the social issues David Maraniss pointed out and explain how they have had long term effects
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preferences for staying in either a city‚ or the countryside. The typical differences between the city life and the country life will be soundly presented in this piece of paper. A city life differs from a country life in term of food and intellectual stimulation. To begin with‚ living in the city offers you various kinds of food. Cities are supposed to be the biggest food markets‚ therefore chefs do not have to travel far to get the oversea ingredients. Moreover‚ the city is certain to provide more facilities
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Why‚ one wonders‚ Chandigarh -that distinguished itself to be ’the City Beautiful’ because of the masterly urban planning & designing‚ is not becoming such‚ as a whole with the passage of time? A clean canvass for the layout of Chandigarh was facilitated by uprooting many villages which became reality because of the psyche of the countrymen then for the larger interest of building a city of tomorrow. The master architect and planner prepared the master plan of the proposed capital with network
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SOLUTION ? Introduction Over the last few years the transportation problem of Dhaka City has visibly been deteriorating steadily. Citizens constantly complain about the unbearable twin problems of traffic jam and air pollution. Democracy watch decided to address this problem through an opinion poll covering around eight hundred households randomly selected from several purposively selected neighbourhoods of the city‚ representatives of middle and lower income areas. The questions asked focused mainly
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Nowadays‚ big cities fascinate us due to their versatility. However‚ there are many advantages as well as disadvantages to living in a city. Indeed‚ big cities such as London‚ Los Angeles or Rome can offer a better life‚ even taking into account the negative aspects. Due to densely built-up areas‚ everything a person needs is just around the corner‚ so using a car becomes unnecessary. If in desire of a new pair of shoes or a new pair of jeans‚ one simply needs to take the bus for a couple of stops
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Jeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who‚ through writing‚ lectures‚ and built work‚ advocates internationally for smart growth and sustainable design. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007‚ he oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and created the Governors’ Institute on Community Design‚ a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment‚ Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of
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BANGKOK: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF A HYPERURBANIZED PRIMATE CITY Gerald W. Fry "The rapid expansion of a deteriorated environment and high social costs are the most obvious and immediate results of this overconcentration process. Eventually‚ the public investment on the expansion of urban infrastructure will reach a point of diminishing returns. Urban problems can bring national development to the edge of failure. This would be an appalling situation indeed!" Vimolsiddhi Horayangkura1 "Hyperurbanization
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Legibility of a city ( A case study on Udupi ) Sangeeta S II Year‚ Masters in Urban Design and Development Faculty of Architecture‚ Manipal Institute of Technology‚ Manipal University‚ Karnataka-576104‚INDIA _________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract A place must be welcoming‚ vibrant and easily understood by visitors and enjoyable by everyone. By focusing on the needs of the user‚ the benefits are for everyone in the city – whether he is a visitor
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Living Conditions in the City and Country Man has always been attracted to city life. From the ancient Egyptians we see that city life was very important. Cities were the cultural backbone of the civilization since it was a place of trading‚ working‚ and meeting with one another. This trend is beginning to change though as we become more technologically advanced. People are moving out of the city and into the country or suburb areas. These days people are concerned about pollution‚ convenience‚ and
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City Life-Advantages and Disadvantages Towns and cities are the boon of the modern civilization. With the coming of industrial revolution‚ a large number of industries sprang up. Machines replaced manual work and labourers failed to compete with the quality as well as quantity of the machine production. Cottage industry‚ therefore began to breathe its last. People suddenly found themselves without work‚ for their hand-made goods failed to compete with the finished goods of the machine without any
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