suspected-life in the city is more stressful. However‚ part studies have shown that exposure to green space reduces stress‚ boosts health and makes us less vulnerable to depression. The findings come from the brain scans of 32 health volunteers from urban and oral areas. Dr Jens Prussoner of the Douglas Mental Health University institute in Quebec ‚who helped carry out the study have said “previous findings have shown that the risk for anxiety disorder is 21% higher than people for the city who also have
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With cities worldwide facing daunting environmental challenges on a global scale‚ a multidisciplinary team at Arup (an independent firm of designers‚ planners‚ engineers‚ consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services) seeks to create a model for how cities can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan
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Urban living nowadays is oppressive. Pollution and overpopulation in big cities will undoubtedly increase in years to come. This is definitely having an impact on health and life expectancy of townspeople. At the same time there are obvious advantages to urban living in terms of entertainment‚ culture‚ interesting architecture‚ shopping. . If I had a choice I would prefer living in a small town but I would go to big cities at weekends or vacations for shopping‚ sightseeing and entertaining. Why
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In today’s constantly changing society‚ more and more people are becoming more materialistic. This is particularly so in the cities and more urbanized areas. Take America as an example. Compared with three or four decades ago‚ Americans today are very much more materialistic. Materialism is usually more apparent in cities because in the cities‚ people are constantly exposed to new inventions that make life easier. These new inventions often come with a hefty price tag attached to them‚ simply because
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Essay Plan Introduction: Background: Define the large city. (land area‚ population and density) some examples of disease caused by pollution in such cities like pulmonary disease. Thesis: This essay aims to discuss three kind of pollution in large cities affect human health. Air‚ water and land pollution. Main Body: Paragraph 1: TS: The general air pollution such as particulate matter is what large cities cannot avoid neither and can lead to respiratory infection‚ chornic obstructive
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It is widely believed that life in a small city it is a pleasant one‚ peaceful‚ and you have no surprises‚ you now everyone and everyone knows. What is more‚ it is generally suggested that living in a big city gives you immense work opportunities‚ and unlimited resources for you dream to become a reality. So which is it? One point in favor of the small town is that you now everyone. You know who to trust and who to be afraid of. You know all the friends of your children‚ so you don’t have worry
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at large Pumas are large‚ cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London‚ they were not taken seriously. However‚ as the evidence began to accumulate‚ experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate‚ for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. /The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw ’a large cat’
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Talking about where you prefer to live in‚ a big city or a small town‚ different people have different point of views. Although it is bit difficult to say that it is better to live in a big city than to live in a small town or vice versa‚ from my personal perspective‚ I prefer to live in a metropolitan big city. There are some reasons that i want to say as follows. Facilities in city are more easily available. Many products which come on the markets‚ ranging from electronic items to even simple
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DISCRIMINATION AT LARGE Jennifer A. Coleman is a discrimination and civil rights lawyer and a constitutional law teacher. Her essay “Discrimination At Large”‚ printed in 1993 in Newsweek‚ is about stereotyping overweight people‚ “that makes heavy people the objects of ridicule and contempt”. She says‚ that “fat people are lampooned without remorse or apology on television‚ by newspaper columnists‚ in cartoons”. Since Jennifer was a kid‚ she has gotten the comments about her looks‚ that she is
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