living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges A Mega City is defined as a city home to more than 8 million people‚ the urban sprawl of these cities is continuing to dominate the landscapes of these major cities. These cities have been unable to cope with the rapid increase of people moving to these urban areas‚ in some mega cities this is up to 1 million people per day‚ leading to a lack of supplies and services‚ becoming a major characteristic of these cities. The challenges
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Baguio City Places of Interest Baguio City is home to many tourist spots and is a getaway of those living not only in Metro Manila‚ nearby lowlands but the entire Philippine populace. Established as the Summer Capital of the Philippines in 1903‚ Baguio City is the foremost tourist destination in the Philippines. Baguio City is blessed with a cool climate. It averages 20C or 68F which is around eight degrees lower than those of the lowlands including Manila. This alone‚ is enough reason to drive
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these differences to occur? This question is what I am going to be arguing. I will be doing this not only through my opinions and ideas‚ but also through the works of Georg Simmel‚ Louis Wirth and Ernest Burgess. All three of these urban scholars add a slightly different view of urbanism as a way of life. Georg Simmel’s interpretation of interpersonal social relations in the city is one based on the stimulus a person comes in contact with. Simmel writes this in his essay‚ "The Metropolis and
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My opinion is that when analyzing the most important characteristics of a society‚ it is true that one must study its major cities; however focusing only in major cities would generate a biased result. They concentrate an important part of the population of a country and they can represent well the main characteristics of the urban life of a particular society‚ however they fail in reflecting the rural world‚ ethnic minorities and local languages. Major cities reflect the characteristics of the
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My Little Bit of Country What would the ideal lifestyle contain? Would it be a busy life‚ surrounded by tall buildings and lots of people or would it be on the country‚ enveloped in the uncontrolled nature and with a small society? Some would argue for the city-life‚ while others would argue for the country-life. It might be impossible to conclude which lifestyle is really the best‚ but there is definitely both cons and pros to each of the two lifestyles. In an article called My Little Bit of
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Response-In Search of the Emerald City “In Search of the Emerald City” is a Short story by Witi Ihimaera. It is about a Maori family who leave their whanau and roots behind to seek the opportunities of the big city. Witi Ihimaera wants the audience to understand the desire working class people have to rise above their station in life and out do the expectations that society have for them. The father wants his children to be smarter‚ wealthier and have a better life than he did. “I’ve got to start
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1 Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing painsBy Robert Kunzig Photograph by Chia Ming Chien At the time of Jack the Ripper‚ a hard time for London‚ there lived in that city a mild-mannered stenographer named Ebenezer Howard. He’s worth mentioning because he had a large and lingering impact on how we think about cities. Howard was bald‚ with a bushy‚ mouth-cloaking mustache‚ wire-rim spectacles‚ and the distracted air of a seeker. His job transcribing speeches did not fulfill him
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DajahNell THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING “I reached the decision to go on the offensive-to put a check on government abuse where others had failed in stopping the federal juggernaut running amok” (qtd. in BBC News)‚ were the words of Timothy McVeigh who took it upon himself out of the act of rage to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Building on April 19‚1995. His actions were due to his anger with the government for what happened at Waco. This tragic event known as the Oklahoma City Bombing‚ was the most devastating
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Ancient city-states and empires both had numerous cultural and economic benefits due to their structure of not only development‚ but also social classes‚ religion‚ and trade accompanied by fiscal responsibilities. These benefits differed between the two formations of civilizations in many ways‚ but complemented by similarities‚ resembled each other in additional ways. With the advancement and development of city-states to empires‚ culture and economics changed drastically. The social classes of
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to needs of the expanding villages and more sophisticated demands for new comers. RE-URBANISATION MEDC Notting Hill (London W11) During Victorian times Notting hill was a tough working class area. 1950s area synonymous with slum landlords and inner city deprivation. 1958 scenes of riots between African Caribbean and local Teddy boys. Past 30 years Notting hill now synonymous with gentrification with rocketing house prices. Period houses on Kensington Park road typically retail
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