Podcasts – Themes – City vs. country Introduction Download the LearnEnglish Themes podcast. You’ll find more information on this page: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes.htm This support pack contains the following materials: • the article that you can listen to in the podcast • an optional language activity based on the article • links to other activities on the LearnEnglish website on this theme (city vs. country). Read the article Town or country mouse? by John Russell
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SUSTAINABILITY AND CITY DEVELOPMENT A critique of the Implementation of the Abuja master plan By DANMOLE‚ Taibat OLAITAN M.Sc; RTP Department of Urban and Regional Planning‚ University of Lagos‚ Akoka-Yaba‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria (Being paper presented for publication by Environmental Conservation Research Team‚ FUT- Akure - Sept 2004) ABSTRACT Rapid urban expansion without effective environmental consciousness means that in virtually every urban
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Who should thrive in a nation? While some would argue that in modern times cities generate the biggest share of economic activity in a nation. Therefore‚ the government should support cities more than rural areas in order to promote the well being of a nation. Moreover‚ some would argue that since the majority of the population live now in cities they would be the best indication of a nation’s soul. However‚ a nation’s soul should not be said to be uniquely formed or represented in urban or rural
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small town vs. a big city Choosing a place to live is an important decision in everyone`s life. In fact‚ the conditions of the place one lives have direct effects on his or her life. Some people prefer to live in a big city. Others would rather live in a small town. There are advantages and disadvantages about both group`s opinion that in this essay I am going to discuss them. First‚ let us elaborate the opinion of the group who prefer to live in a big city. These people assert
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IMAGE OF THE CITY KEVIN LYNCH Lynch influenced the field of city planning through his work on the theory of city form‚ and studies relating to human perceptions of the city y y ‚ g p p y on the perception of the city environment and its consequences for city design. Theory of Kevin L h K i Lynch Lynch says "Looking at cities can give a special pleasure‚ however y y g g p p ‚ commonplace the sight may be. Like a piece of architecture‚ the city is a construction in
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It’s better to live in a big city than a small city All most people like live in a small city‚ but I love places where there are good transportation systems‚ where you have better chances getting jobs and where you can easily enjoy cultural life. So I would like to live in a big city. There are good transportation systems in a big city .It will be very comfortable because you can go to any places really quickly‚ and you save money riding on buses and subways because these are days’ oil prices
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Nowadays‚ in most countries‚ people have been moving from small towns to big cities‚ mainly because of the increased gap between the city and the countryside. However‚ as time goes by‚ some people begin to prefer living in small towns‚ which can be known through stories of escaping from cities to countryside. First of all‚ there is no doubt that living in cities have many advantages over living in countryside. The well-developed public transportation‚ recreational facilities provide people high
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slum is “characterized by overcrowding‚ poor or informal housing‚ inadequate access to safe water and sanitation‚ and insecurity of tenure.” (Davis 2007:23) There is has been a rapid growth of urban cities over the last couple of years and people are migrating out of rural areas and into these cities sometimes bring poverty along with them creating urban slums. There are many slums on earth and most of them are located in the Third World countries although there are a select few in the United States
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What is a smart city? • A smart city has been defined as a ‘knowledge’‚ ‘digital’‚ ‘cyber’ or ‘eco’ city; representing a concept open to a variety of interpretations‚ depending on the goals set out by a smart city’s planners. We might refer to a smart city as an improvement on today’s city both functionally and structurally‚ using information and communication technology (ICT) as an infrastructure. • A city well performing in a forward-looking way in [economy‚ people‚ governance‚ mobility
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OLONGAPO: A CLEAN CITY LEGEND According to popular legend‚ there once was a group of warring tribes who lived in the area in and around what is now the modern city. A wise old man‚ seeing the perils of disunity‚ exerted great effort toward uniting the warring tribes. There were‚ however‚ some who bitterly opposed his idea‚ and one day the old man just disappeared. After a long search‚ the old man’s body was found‚ but with the head missing. It is said that the tribesmen launched search parties
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