We classified the 29 counties in Atlanta in to 3 sub-regions the City proper, Suburb-I and Suburb-II as explained earlier. Table 2 lists the socioeconomic characteristics of the three sub-regions of Atlanta. The City proper has the highest black population (49%) compared to other two regions. Suburb-I and Suburb-II had whites as dominant population (56% and 79%). The City-proper also has the highest percent of people in poverty (19%) compared to other two regions. Some of the socioeconomic characters such as median house value, monthly mortgage, rent are higher in the City-proper compared to other two regions. Some of the major businesses are housed in the Atlanta downtown, and they can skew the house values in the City-proper. The average…
Let’s face it if you live in a huge urban are such as New York City you child probably doesn’t even understand what nature is especially if they were born there other than maybe Central Park and any trips you have taken way outside of the city. Living in the suburbs and having a backyard to begin that delicate introduction to nature is much better and much more conducive to having a relationship with nature. Children just don’t have the opportunity to roam and explore like they used to whether…
and Promises (9/2011). It was an overview of how the American suburbs have changed since they were planned and built in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The changes that focused on were political, aging infrastructure, ethnic, social, and redevelopment with an emphasis on creating a more sustainable vision. Looking at the current condition of many suburbs, it became evident to the film maker that the suburb as designed and built was not a sustainable development. The film’s content and people interviewed…
The industrial age has change how the world is being structured. During the agricultural age, the land was mainly used to produce food for sustaining both human and animals. As we moved into the industrial, factories and city centers began being built. There arose a need for adequate living arrangements for the people that worked in the factories and city centers. Urban areas designed to accommodate large numbers of families began to spring up around these factories and city centers. Fast…
the financial, medical, and cultural hub of Canada, immigrants provide it with a much-needed workforce to continuously grow and expand the city. The highest population growth is in the outer suburbs, with cities like Brampton growing from less than 50,000 people to more than 500,000, fueled by its increasing share of immigrants (51%), its affordable housing, and proximity…
greenbelts, urban growth boundaries, and urban service boundaries among planners and policy makers (1). Nevertheless, there is still a lack of understanding of why urban spatial structure changes and what the underlying reasons for urban expansion and urban decay are. Understanding and analyzing the dynamics of urban spatial structure is an important research subject to suggest appropriate and sustainable land use and transportation policies in a long-term perspective. According to urban…
every day. If I were to grow up in a different neighborhood I would still be the same due my mother’s constant involvement in my life in matters from small to large. I have seen and heard many things in my neighborhood over the years that could’ve caused many other people to change their lifestyle but my mother always educated me and I stuck to myself rather than seeking the approval of others. Suburbs should be mandated to rewrite their zoning laws and allow a fair share of affordable…
suburbia entails, a clear definition must be established. The Oxford dictionary defines a suburb as that an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one and suburbia as the suburbs or their inhabitants viewed collectively. Since the 1950s, a key goal for many Australians has been home ownership in the suburbs, however such an aspiration is changing in its desirability as reflected in declining home ownership rates in Australia over the last two decades . The reality of Australian…
In March 1968 Henri Lefebvre published The Right to the City. It caused an awareness in the history of ideas on the perception of the city as a stake in society. It announces the arrival of a new reality, the urban, the end of the industrial city and its fragmentation in the outskirts and suburbs. This article shows the extensions and modernity of Lefebvre's theses: his notions have been widely taken up, both nationally and internationally, by urban political practitioners and urban…
Theory is defined as “A universal statement about the real world whose essential truth can be supported by evidence obtained through the scientific method. Must explain in a provable way why something happens”. (Augsbury College,2014) This essay will examine the role that theory plays when it comes to employing Blacks in the Inner city. According to Caroline May an author of Brett Bart newsletter stated “While the economy added jobs and the national unemployment rate was relatively unchanged,…