housing programs into mixed income areas and non-poverty areas as well. The HOPE VI program stands for “Homeownership Opportunities for People Everywhere.” The governments main idea for this policy was to promote New Urbanism and end discrimination in the poor neighborhoods. New Urbanism is what makes communities more pedestrian friendly and provides a widespread of job offers and housing. Their goal is to promote more outdoors space and give an appealing look to end the narrow-mindedness of how people
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Urban Sprawl‚ New Urbanism A new revolution of thought has wage a war against low-density suburban growth or sprawl. But is sprawl really a problem? And could the proposed solutions do more harm than good? Sprawl typically conjures up images of strip malls and mega stores‚ traffic congestion‚ long commutes‚ lost open space‚ pollution‚ crowded schools‚ higher taxes‚ and the demise of downtown shopping areas. Activists throughout the country are fighting proposals to build new retail stores proposed
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Utopia and Dystopia Literature (keywords): • Utopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with an ideal (future) society. • Dystopian literature: • A fictional text dealing with a future society in which human freedom is severely limited. A dystopia often criticizes our present-day society by exposing trends and tendencies towards totalitarian control. Brave New World- background knowledge • Written in 1931 • Set in distant future Generally known elements: • Total control of society
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about such a broad topic like "URBAN PROBLEMS" would be difficult because I am not in-tune with my colleagues findings in depth. I will discus a little about urban sprawl. Suburban expansion‚ urban sprawl‚ growth management‚ smart growth‚ new urbanism: these are the terms currently used to describe what is happening in many communities across the U.S. No matter what we call it‚ expanding cities spawn a host of critical issues affecting everyone in your viewing and listening audience. Traffic‚
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In Arthur Miller’s playwright‚ The Crucible‚ the reader is exposed to different examples of what could be considered a dystopian society. A dystopia is a society characterized by human misery and unhappiness. The characteristics of a dystopian society in The Crucible include religious control and this playwright contains a dystopian protagonist. Throughout The Crucible‚ the townspeople in Salem‚ Massachusetts are living in a theocratic government. A theocratic government is a government subject
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Different world’s essay Utopia or dystopia “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is like any other novel and to every novel there are two ideas and concepts that you may apply to the novel; the one each person thinks of is determined by the different clarification and interpretation the book. In analysis of the building of Jonas’s community‚ some may debate that the community is a utopia or a dystopia. Some may claim of it being a utopia based on the way that they want their world to be and that is different
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Tridib Banerjee and Michael Southworth. Cambridge‚ MA: MIT Press. McKinsey and Co. and Bombay First‚ 2003. Vision Mumbai: Transforming Mumbai into a World-Class City. Mehotra‚ Rahul. 2008. “Negotiating the Static and Kinetic Cities: The Emergent Urbanism of Mumbai.” In Other Cities‚ Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age‚ ed. Andreas Huyssen. Durham‚ NC: Duke University Press. Richie‚ Donald. 1999. Tokyo: A View of the City. London: Reaktion Books. Sassen‚ Saskia. 1994. “The Informal
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A New Aura for Yonge and Gerrard Caption: Soaring into a new era The Aura condo‚ a soaring 78 storeys of urban magnificence‚ is in its final stages of construction. Located at Yonge and Gerrard‚ the mixed-use building will play host to a populous community‚ economically rejuvenate the Yonge and college strip‚ and contribute to the urban renaissance of Yonge street. Aura is an excellent example of how urban intensification for the city will support economic development and alleviate the pressures
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Special Topics of Planning February 11‚ 2005 Suburban Sprawl has effect are natural landscapes and aesthetics of cityscapes. Sprawl has a negative image in streets‚ commercial‚ residential‚ and overall appearance of cities if not properly planned. Many Americans travel to different cities to find aesthetically pleasing environments and landscapes. Landscapes are visible features of landforms and objects around structure building such as tress‚ gardens‚ or waterfalls. Culture
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Do you know what a true utopia is? What’s the difference between a utopia and a dystopia? In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury wrote about how a utopia‚ became a dystopia really fast. There are many different ideas that can be viewed differently and how every society has distinct views. Some ideas like that are the basics that we would not think is viewed differently like family and emotions. First of all family can be viewed in many ways. In Fahrenheit 451 the family´s do not love each other and are
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