has made many strives towards becoming a more sustainable area through contributions made within the built environment like increasing sustainable transport‚ however‚ the city has struggled with some issues surrounding their built environment‚ like their rapid urban sprawl. Ecofriendly transport has been an important sustainable initiative in the Gold Coast for some time now. With approximately 2.6 million trips daily in the Gold Coast area alone the congestion and air pollution alone are considerable
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION More than half the world ’s population lives in areas that are classified as urban. In developing countries‚ a substantial and growing proportion lives in or around metropolitan areas and large cities‚ including the zone termed the ’peri-urban interface ’‚ where their livelihoods depend to some extent on natural resources such as land for food‚ water and fuel‚ and space for living. The population pressure means that resources in such zones are often overexploited
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lot from pre independence to post independence era. At the time of independence‚ the country was poverty stricken‚ impoverished and a rural agrarian society. In 1947‚ only 15 per cent of the population in cities and towns were classified under urban areas. The rapid development and economic growth helped the country achieve the status of emerged nations. The country is now one of the leading nations among the developing countries and the progress has made the country leave behind many developed nations
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were drawn up by the Commission of Russia building type drawings using. Similar same era punatiilikasarmeja elsewhere in Finland.The original Formula the plan included the northern part of the officers in a straight line from composed a residential area with some small sweet roving triangular miehistokasarmialueen. Garrison Church was designed triangle the center at the highest point. The barracks on the east side of the triangle was wide open harjoituskentta. Staff is asuinja Office buildings‚ south
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only four decades. The population of the country rose from 180‚000 in 1968 to currently over 8 million. The majority of this population (> 85 %) is coastal and even more visiting coastal areas regularly. Parallel with the population growth has been the rapid expansion of urbanization with most of these urban areas occurring along the coast. Except for Al Ain‚ almost all the major cities and towns are located along the coast. Urbanization is‚ however‚ not limited to the cities and towns but is spread
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sanitation‚ health facilities than their counterparts in rural areas. But the rural market is huge potential in India‚ as more than 70% of population lives in rural India. So as per the socio economic condition marketer has to plan differently for the rural market. A rural market can be defined as any market that exists in a area where the population is less than 10‚ 000. The rural market in India is scattered and spread over a wide geographical area. Indian market is divided into urban and rural markets
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2.5.2 Land use dynamics in peri-urban areas Bryant et al. (1982) in an attempt to show why there is an uneven land use development in peri-urban areas‚ noted that urban development may not occur around all urban centres in all directions‚ due to variations in societal response to changes within the surrounding areas of a particular city. This makes the peri-urban areas a disjointed (irregular) spatial occurrence in metropolitan regions. According to the PLUREL Project (2006)‚ the problem of this
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Foster Elementary is located in the urban area of third ward Houston‚ Texas. One of the many things that I found particular interesting in this area is that even though the area is urban there are parts in the community that has rural elements. When I went to look around the community‚ I noticed people riding in horses‚ hay‚ houses that look like ranch style‚ and horses. I was surprised to see this in the area because I never expected to see country in an urban area. The community around Foster Elementary
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the huge influx of population from rural to urban areas in search of better economic opportunities. What would precisely be considered as urban development is achieving balanced growth in an urban area with an eye to equity in employment‚ housing‚ basic services‚ social infrastructure and transportation. With the multifarious growth of urbanization‚ cities today are expanding alarmingly which has resulted in the haphazard growth of the urban areas. It is but that today‚ due to overgrowing population
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have a stable economic to survive‚ the urban area where there were lot of industries suitable for working was the place where most migrant were going and more. Besides‚ Ravenstein (1885) also mentioned that migration may happen in a small quantity or amount of people but however it happens throughout the globe and on the other hand pointed out that most people who live in urban area more likely to less migrate compared to people who lives at rural area. By referring to Ravenstein’s theory on migration
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