part vii THE HIGH-RISE AND THE SLUM: SPECULATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MUMBAI 0001312817.INDD 787 7/7/2011 5:54:24 PM 0001312817.INDD 788 7/7/2011 5:54:24 PM THE HIGH-RISE AND THE SLUM: SPECULATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MUMBAI matias echanove and rahul srivastava Introduction There seems to be a prevailing perception that apart from its southernmost colonial quarters‚ Mumbai is essentially a schizophrenic urbanscape where emergent islands of modernity are surrounded
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Habitat International 31 (2007) 291–302 www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint Sustainable urban development? Low-cost housing challenges in South Africa Allison Goebelà Environmental Studies and Women’s Studies‚ Queen’s University‚ Kingston‚ Ont.‚ Canada K7L 3N6 Abstract Low-cost housing provision has been a major focus of government in post-apartheid urban South Africa. While successes can be noted‚ there is growing concern regarding the social and environmental sustainability of
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the city. As Graham and Healey mentioned‚ the practice of planning‚ even in the postmodern era‚ is inherently a power laden activity‚ where certain interests will be prioritized. Councillor Gurpreet Dhillon‚ a Punjabi-Canadian has said that‚ “It would be nice to see as much diversity of perspectives on council as there is among our residents.” (Grewal‚ 2014). The lack of diversity in perspectives on council vastly influences the way planning is carried out. The fact that ten out of the eleven council
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philosophy and local practice and culture" [1]. ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Origin in town planning The original phrase "Think global‚ act local" has been attributed to Scots town planner and social activist Patrick Geddes.[2] Although the exact phrase does not appear in Geddes’ 1915 book "Cities in Evolution‚"[3] the idea (as applied to city planning) is clearly evident: " ’Local character’ is thus no mere accidental old-world quaintness‚ as its mimics think and say.
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neighborhoods‚ thus urbanization is considered as an index of modernization. The concept of urbanization has been treated in many different contexts. The most often used concept of urbanization refers to the proportion of the total population concentrated in urban settlements or else to a rise in the proportion. The beginning of urbanization can be traced back to Renaissance times in 16th century. Turkish assaults resulted in movement of Christians from the east to western European countries. As a result‚ trade
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Top of Form Bottom of Form JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY EV5301: URBAN GEOGRAPHY AND DESIGN FINAL ESSAY JOHANNA OCHOA RUILOVA 2-11-2012 NEW URBANISM IS TOUTED AS THE SOLUTION TO SPRAWL (CSD) FOR MANY WESTERN CITIES. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS USEFUL AS A STRATEGY FOR CITIES IN THE TROPICAL WORLD? INTRODUCTION The New Urbanism‚ also called neo-traditional Planning‚ traditional neighborhood development or smart growth (Gyourko and Rybczynski‚ 2000) is a Community Design Reform movement born
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Introduction to City Planning QUIZ #1 Departm ent of Urban & Regional Planning Fall 2012 Prof. Alice E. Novak What was the name of the City Beautiful plan for Washington‚ D.C.? (2 points) Who had designed a plan for Washington‚ D.C. 100 years before the City Beautiful plan and why is the earlier plan significant to the later plan? (4 points) MCMILLAN PLAN (OF 1901) PIERRE L’ENFANT; HIS PLAN WAS USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE CITY BEAUTIFUL PLAN. Give three forces behind urban growth as presented
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profoundly change in response to environmental conditions. Induce hibernation. Regenerate through rehydration. Bioindicator in urban environments. Point: even small thing are interesting‚ nature has a story. Peregrin falcons. Toronto “kill lights‚ save birds.” Certification system that shows how bird-friendly a structure is. Victoria‚ Northern Spain. Compact‚ dense urban form. 50% trips made by foot. no tall skyscapers and little suburban development. Trying to implement green belt around city
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physical developEuropean Scientific Journal February edition vol. 8‚ No.3 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 TRENDS OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN NIGERIA Isah Mohammed Abbass‚ PhD Department of Political Science‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria‚ Nigeria Abstract Given the tremendous explosions of urban settlements and the decadence of rural areas during the past two or three decades‚ the myth‚ reality and hope of a sustainable human settlement pattern seem to have been
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