Urban Sprawl is a problem that can have severe consequences for all life if the continuing expansion of developed landscape is left unrestricted. The unrestricted development of the United States and the world is rapidly contributing to the degradati Continue Reading...
Urban sprawl is not something that too many people really seem to spend that much time thinking about. Despite this, however, many people do have to deal with it. Those that are faced with the problem are often unsure about what they should be doing Continue Reading...
Sprawl locations are often unsightly and starkly modern in a manner that offends some Europeans: "Traditional cities, like many small and mid-sized cities in modern-day Europe, were typically oriented in a compact and efficient way. Preferences of m Continue Reading...
Paying landowner easements to restrict development on their property is another way to protect habitats (Terris). However, it is still feared that these measures may be inadequate. The most popular solution appears to be controlling growth developme Continue Reading...
Land Use Planning Policies and Urban Sprawl IMPORTANCE Land planning for distribution has progressed manifolds in the past century. Increase in the number of communities in the country raises the demand for urban development. Developments are often Continue Reading...
Just sitting there, stop-and-go, slow-and-go, wasted two full weeks of work time per year; and the "excess fuel consumption due to congestion" added up to $1,055 for each resident of the Washington, D.C. area a year. But wait - is the money spent o Continue Reading...
In 2005, the average population density was 89 persons per square mile, and the majority of the population is located in southern California, the San Francisco Bay area, and the Central Valley (MSN Encarta, 2006). The sections below examine the geog Continue Reading...
urban and suburban planning. It discusses the effects that years of uncontrolled urban and suburban sprawl have had on culture, society and members of those communities. The negative health effects of urban and suburban sprawl are discussed, specifi Continue Reading...
Urban Planning & Urban Planners Urban planning, or also referred to as urban development, consists of the formal planning process in which urban area designed to meet both the present and future challenges that are present in city life. They con Continue Reading...
Urban Culture What is urban culture(s)? Hear the words 'urban culture,' and quite often one thinks of hip-hop, the music that is a fusion of black city culture with other ethnic elements of various cities, from Jamaican to Latino sounds. Of course, Continue Reading...
Environmental Science Suburban Sprawl: Problems and Solutions The objective of this work is to discuss the cost and benefits of low density suburban development and to who it is that gains and loses. Low density urban sprawl was seen as the answer Continue Reading...
Smart GrowthChinitz (1990) examines the fallacy of composition in the context of land policy and growth management. The basic idea of the fallacy is that what is good for the individual is not necessarily good for society as a wholewith the normal ap Continue Reading...
Buchanan report warned urban designers of the potential damage caused by the motor car and presented ways of mitigating this damage. "It is impossible to spend any time on the study of the future of traffic in towns without at once being appalled by Continue Reading...
Urbanization Ecological Problem Grade Course Walking on grass while it rains, looking at the blue sky and hearing the bird chirp, and letting cool breeze touch the skin are amongst some of the most refreshing moments which one would loathe. The re Continue Reading...
Integrated Urban Port and Harbor Planning With Environmental Assessment and Coast Guard Facilities Port planning is a multifaceted project that involves technical, operational, economic, social, and environmental aspects. The projects may range from Continue Reading...
In general, Product Development at Ford involves three major stages, all leading up to the manufacture of the vehicle: Plan, Design, and Verify -- then manufacture. To do this, though, functional areas need to manage costs, plan marketing programs, Continue Reading...
But apparently, he reached it many years before the film depicts him -- at least by Gittes summation. At a pivotal moment in the film, Gittes asks Cross why he did it and says, "How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already af Continue Reading...
After he has faced so many struggles and foes, and fighting for his life against the "bad guys" while trying to hide the whole things from cops who might not appreciate him taking matters into his own hands, it is hard to say if Stranahan is really Continue Reading...
Daniels When City and Country Collide Thomas L. Daniel's When City and Country Collide provides an interesting and largely effective analysis of the spread of urban sprawl in America. This paper outlines the key themes and findings within Daniel's b Continue Reading...
The authors explain that "Large-scale habitat loss and fragmentation…" that results from urban sprawl is a major cause of the lack of biodiversity within the insect species (Acharya, 1999, 27). Even the building of a new road, or street lights Continue Reading...
Then, it was especially attractive to the sorts of people who did not fit elsewhere: religious and political dissenters, or workers without guild membership. (p. 30). In this regard, Birmingham's goal to become the European Capital of Culture 2008 Continue Reading...
Politics of Disney Land There were a number of different reasons that Disney's attempt to create a theme park in Virginia was so widely debated and controversial. Perhaps the best way to deconstruct that controversy is to identify relevant stakehol Continue Reading...
Las Vegas: More Than a Gambling Center This paper sheds light on the 'land of temptation' known as Las Vegas. While the city has earned fame by being one of the biggest gambling centers in the world, it is important to understand that it has a lot t Continue Reading...
respect to macroeconomic variables, was India an attractive site for foreign direct investment in 2012? India has become one of the most attractive prospects for long-term economic foreign investment. According to Ernst & Young, despite an over Continue Reading...
" The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently at work in the city on a project to increase the height of the levees and construct floodgates, at a cost of over $12 billion. This work will be able to protect from a "100-year" storm as they are call Continue Reading...
Revenue Sharing Tax revenue sharing: A solution to the inequities in school funding? Tax revenue sharing is one of the most popular yet controversial potential solutions to the problem of inequitable funding of school districts. In the debate over Continue Reading...
Brownfield Development Over the last several decades, China has been going through tremendous amounts of economic growth. Since the 1990's, various Chinese cities have seen an increase of 380 million people. While the economy, has expanded by five Continue Reading...
GCREC and Brownfields GCREC 2012 Conference -- Revisiting Brownfield Redevelopment The 4th Annual Conference of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) was held on July 3-5, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt, Macau SAR, in China. The event was hosted Continue Reading...
Zoning and Development Case Study: The Natomas Joint Vision Project Area The Natomas Joint Vision Project Area is a land area of approximately 20,000 acres within the Natomas Basin and located in the unincorporated northwestern area of Sacramento Co Continue Reading...
China's Urban Housing Development -- a Shift from Welfare Housing to Home Ownership The challenge of housing in China has been on the national agenda for more that four decades now. A lot of efforts have been directed by the government to help solve Continue Reading...
old, my parents and I moved from the sprawling, suburban township of Hudson, Ohio to the village at its center, and I fell in love with small, walkable cities and towns that are built on grids. I believe that such environments promote socialization Continue Reading...
Metropolitan growth and federal policies over the past half-century have had a highly negative impact on the poor of the central cities in the United States. Specifically, the African-American community (as well as other minority populations) has lar Continue Reading...
Sustainable Design Biomimicry Biomimicry is the use of the natural environment as a model for the built environment (Goss, 2009). This term was first used by Janine Benyus in 1997, in her book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. As a biologi Continue Reading...
Game / Outside Game David Rusk's book, Inside Game / Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America is an insightful and well-researched addition to the current understanding of urban management and public administration. In his book, Ru Continue Reading...
However, when it comes to the long-term effects, the policies are exacerbating social problems, by forcing the poor and middle class from their homes. This is because many of these communities are targeted by wealthy developers. Over the course of t Continue Reading...
CASE STUDY: URBAN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ISSUES TEMPLATEDISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF ZONING CATEGORIESZoning refers to the process of dividing a particular area into different districts, each with its own set of regulations and restrictions regarding l Continue Reading...
Space New York City Use of Temporary Space (NYC Department of Parks & Recreation) Images & Charts Illy Push Button House Store Front Library Brooklyn Bridge Park Chashama Images & Charts According to the NYC Department of Parks Continue Reading...
Company Sponsored Childcare Recently there has been a movement in urban planning to give more consideration to the needs of the community for which a project is being planned. Urban planning no longer only involves where to place buildings and how t Continue Reading...
1995, 359-365). However, Chicago is well placed due its geographical location to weather many of these ills. Being centrally located in the Midwest, it enjoys good lines of communication and trade with the rest of the country, mitigating many of the Continue Reading...
Low Income Home Loans as Public Policy Since World War II, the United States government has developed public policies that aim to increase opportunities for home ownership through direct housing grants, loan guarantees, and targeted tax breaks (Dye, Continue Reading...
