Urban retrofitting is the redesign of an existing site or structure in a city to be more environmentally sustainable. To reach sustainability goals in cities‚ making requirements for new buildings to be built will not be enough. The redesign of existing buildings could make a huge impact on the environmental footprint of urban areas. This editorial will discuss urban retrofitting and the views from city residents and city property owners and developers on the matter. Overview The issue that planners
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concentration in an urban area. In other words‚ the process of urbanization is also known as prosesurbanisasi. As a result of this urbanization will cause a change in the total population‚ urban functions‚ land use and the way people live in urban areas (Pacione Michael‚ 2009). In the context of urbanization in Malaysia‚ in Malaysia cities experiencing rapid urbanization process after the country achieved kemerdekaan.Jumlah the city’s population grew rapidly because of rural-urban migration. Among
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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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Running head: Creating a Business Urban Outfitters Rommel O. Best Bus 101 Pro. Murfree Abstract The three challenges Urban Outfitters had are getting their product/idea to “mass produce”‚ controlling debt‚ and handle situations where things in the market began to age out. A “niche” product is a product that is manufactured and marketed for specialized uses and different from other products. Three examples of “niche” products are used cloths‚ bohemian knickknack‚ and found objects. The
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Iran. J. Environ. Health. Sci. Eng.‚ 2010‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 1‚ pp. 43-52 URBAN SPRAWL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES IN TEHRAN *1Gh. R. Roshan‚ 2S. Zanganeh Shahraki‚ 3D. Sauri‚ 4R. Borna 1 Faculty of Geography‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran Geography and Urban Planning Department‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran 3 Department of Geography‚ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona‚ Bellaterra‚ Spain 4 Islamic Azad University‚ Branch of Ahvaz‚ Ahvaz‚ Iran 2 Downloaded from http://journals.tums.ac.ir/ on
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Bading Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Familiarization with an issue of urban crime: the mafia 4 3. Cinematic representation of a mafia life I 6 3.2 “It ’s business‚ not personal.” 7 4. Cinematic representation of mafia life II 8 4.1 Gomorrah analysis 8 5. Godfather and Gomorrah: a comparison 9 6. Conclusion 10 7. Bibliography 11 “Crime is largely an urban phenomenon‚ but the specifically urban and area dimensions of the social processes that are connected with crime have
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developments. The density is increased at a node to maximize opportunities to be able to reach the transit without the need to travel. This is a central part of the strategy to combat the adverse financial‚ quality-of-life‚ and environmental consequences of urban sprawl. These form employment centers‚ shopping centers‚ entertainment centers‚ or multi-function activity centers. Where living‚ working‚ and entertainment activities come together. The major nodes in the plan are the islands‚ destinations in their
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Urban Sprawl Rapid expansion of our metropolitan areas has been coined the term “urban sprawl”. Urban sprawl is now looked at negatively because of its affect on society. Because of capitalism and the idea of having your home with the white picket fence‚ urban sprawl has taken over the United States of America. The affects of urban sprawl can be seen in our environment‚ our community‚ and in our health. Our community has changed the most due to urban sprawl. “One in two Americans now lives
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10 URBAN ENVIRONMENT Suneel Pandey‚ Shaleen Singhal‚ Pragya Jaswal‚ and Manraj Guliani Great cities are planned and grow without any regard for the fact that they are parasites on the countryside‚ which must somehow supply food‚ water‚ air‚ and degrade huge quantities of wastes. —Eugene Odum Six to seven million people are added annually to urban India. At the beginning of this millennium‚ 285 million Indians lived in its nearly 4400 towns and cities (Census 2001)
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URBAN GROWTH URBAN • It is derived from the Latin ’Urbs’ a term used by the Romans to a city. • spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non- agricultural activities. • Placed-based characteristic that incorporates elements of population density‚ social and economic organization‚ and the transformation of the natural environment into a built environment. • GROWTH • An increase‚ as in size‚ number‚ value‚ or strength; extension or expansion.
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