The terms urban sprawl and car dependent now accurately describe the lifestyle of most Americans and individuals around the globe. Urban sprawl is an urban layout where the location of homes‚ schools‚ shops‚ and places of work are widely separated. All of the vastly separated locations are connected by multilane highways. The highways alleviate the issue of distance and replace it with an issue of time (how quick a location can be reached). The city limits are also constantly extending into the countryside
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Urban Planning What solutions would you have proposed for a city if you were an urban planner? Many cities suffered overcrowding. This problem left a lot of consequences such as low health‚ high crime rates‚ and impoverished areas. For this reason‚ Garden City‚ Radiant City and City Beautiful were created to provide solutions which probably would arrange the population in certain areas and improve the life quality of people. These three ideas have been a great influence to urban planners for over
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Methods of data collection in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups P. Gill‚1 K. Stewart‚2 E. Treasure3 and B. Chadwick4 IN BRIEF • Interviews and focus groups are the most • • common methods of data collection used in qualitative healthcare research Interviews can be used to explore the views‚ experiences‚ beliefs and motivations of individual participants Focus group use group dynamics to generate qualitative data PRACTICE This paper explores the most common methods of data collection
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URBAN PATTERN Settlements of any size and type can always be formally synthesized by their patterns‚ so it means pattern identify the settlements. Town houses in gridiron blocks‚ high-rise office structures‚ academic campuses‚ suburban estates‚ and highway retail sprawl are good examples. Urban form‚ then‚ is a result of the bringing together of many elements in a composite totality:the urban pattern. Patterns are the outstanding formal features of urban areas. A pattern can be defined as
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Understanding the rural consumer The biggest challenge is to understand the perceptions‚ viewpoints and actual needs of the rural people‚ which is dramatically different from urban people. Low per capita income India is the fourth largest economy in the world due to a strong economic growth but still has a low per capita income of 1570 dollars It results in low consumption pattern as compared to the urban population. Low literacy levels There are not enough opportunities for education in rural areas
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Compare and Contrast about the Village Life and City Life Sometimes‚ I think about where my own future house should be; in a city or in a village. I like to live in the two areas because they have many different interesting aspects. Therefore‚ I can’t make up my mind. After I compare the air‚ the technology and the schools of the two areas‚ I finally make a decision to live in a city. The first thing I considered was the air. Both people from rural villages and city dwellers breathe the same
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Aging in a Rural Community Wanda W. Jones Webster University Introduction Living and aging in a rural community has many challenges. The aging of America in rural communities has gone from being the prominent lifestyle of American citizens to approximately a quarter of the country living in rural areas. Because elders prefer to remain in their homes and age in place‚ living in rural communities presents barriers that are not easily overcome. Transportation is a critical component of aging
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RURAL MARKETING A Project on T.Y.BMS COMPILED BY: RAJIV.B (09) NAVIN.C (11) ANKIT.G (15) ROHAN.M (31) RINKI.W (59) Introduction Gone are the days when a rural consumer went to a nearby city to buy ‘branded products and services’. Trends indicate that the rural markets are coming up in
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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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1513 Urban Framework. 18/10/02 11:21 AM Page 6 September 2002 UPPER ESPLANADE/ST KILDA FORESHORE UDF. COURTESY OF 4D FORM PTY LTD UR BAN DE S I GN FRAMEWORK S This Practice Note is a guide to the preparation and use of Urban Design Frameworks. Frameworks are strategic planning tools that set out an integrated design vision for the desired future development of urban places. They translate the broad aims of Municipal Strategic Statements (MSS) and planning schemes to practical urban
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