Urban Gentrification and Urban Morphology The term ‘gentrification’ has myriads of interpretations from different geographers‚ and sociologists. Ever since‚ there has been protracted debate on its methodology‚ consequences and whether it constitutes a dominant or residual urban form. The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by the Marxist urban geographer Ruth Glass (Glass‚ 1964) to describe the influx of wealthier individuals into cities or neighbourhoods who replace working or lower-classes
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Bruce Peninsula National Park Essay Bruce Peninsula National Park was established for the solitary purpose of preserving the ecosystems and habitats in the Great Lakes-St. Lowlands natural region. The construction of a retirement community and the local needs that come out of it will negatively affect the wildlife and vegetation of Bruce Peninsula‚ and the inaccessible environment of the park will only lower the quality of living standards for seniors. The establishment of a retirement
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Kendall College The Peninsula Hotel Chicago A Marketing Plan • Executive Summary Set in the heart of the “Magnificent Mile”‚ The Peninsula Hotel Chicago is ideally situated for visitors to experience all that the city has to offer. On the doorstep of Chicago’s premier business and shopping district‚ the hotel is located in the center of the city’s most exclusive shops and steps from the historic Water Tower. The Peninsula Chicago has 339 luxurious and spacious guestrooms and suites furnished
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The Iberian peninsula was very ethnically diverse. Celts‚ Phoenicians‚ greeks‚ Jews‚ Romans‚ etc.‚ inhabited those lands. The Spaniards believed in political and religious consolidation and also had an idea of a original Christians Spain. After 711 southern and central parts of the Iberians peninsula was populated by‚ what the Spaniards‚ “Moros‚” who were Islamic. This caused tension between the Spaniards and the Moros because the contradicting religion and culture. The threat of other religions
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Filinvest wins contract to redevelop site of old Cebu City jail By Doris C. Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer 4:47 pm | Tuesday‚ February 28th‚ 2012 1 72 5 MANILA‚ Philippines—Filinvest Land Inc. has bagged a deal to redevelop a 1.2-hectare property owned by the government that was the site of the old Cebu City jail on Salinas Drive in Lahug to turn it into a business process outsourcing complex. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday‚ the property developer announced
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Introduction Contrarary to what we known today‚ the Korean Peninsula‚ was once a peaceful unified kingdom with a unique culture and great economic potential. After a period of conflict among the “Three Kingdoms”—Koguryo in the north‚ Paekche in the southwest‚ and Silla in the southeast—Silla defeated its rivals and unified most of the Korean peninsula in 668 CE. Korea reached close to its present boundaries during the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392)‚ from which its Western name “Korea” is derived. The succeeding
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How successful has the regeneration of urban areas been‚ given the variety of ways in which it has been undertaken? (40 Marks) Urban decline is the decline of the inner city often caused by lack of investment and maintenance. Characteristics of urban decline include poor quality housing that are overcrowded‚ empty buildings/factories‚ derelict land where building used to be and high levels of air‚ noise‚ land and water pollution. Other characteristics include high unemployment rates‚ high crime rates
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What is Urban renewal? Discuss the issues and strategies of urban renewal of a state capital. Urban renewal is a program of land re-development in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. It can be envisaged as the physical and infrastructural changes in land use‚ built environment or intensity of the use of land or building that could be considered as inevitable outcome of the action from economic‚ social‚ political‚ technical and environmental forces acting upon urban areas at different
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Successful equity planning projects. In order to have a successful planning project‚ one needs to know what geography is to be focused on. By focusing on a certain geography problem‚ you can evaluate and come up with different alternatives in the action of having the participation and consultation of the community. In other words‚ for the sake of having a successful equity planning project‚ a needs assessment needs to be conducted. A needs assessment is a survey to identify the most important
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Energy and Environment Group Project Problems of urban decay and solutions to HK The running down of the parts in a city which turns it become unsuitable for people to live in is called urban decay. Urban decay leads to the problems in economy (money)‚ society (people) and environment (our surroundings). There have several examples of urban decay. Slum housing‚ provides a poor living condition with overcrowding‚ share outside toilets‚ without hot water and
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