3. What are your views about an “ideal urban environment” that you would choose to live in? Where would you like to settle when you establish more “enduring” roots and “settle down.” City, rural, suburban or wherever??? In what way if any have ideas discussed in this class affected your thoughts about alternative directions in your personal life and the type of environment you would prefer to live?
Although suburban and rural areas offers a completely different experience not found in urbanized areas. My personal preference would be to settle down in an urban city area. The city provides a diversity of different individuals. Additionally, urban communities contain most of the necessities needed, which creates for an easier, enjoyable lifestyle …show more content…
Blumenfeld provides a range of criteria for urban life and how to achieve the good life by analyzing the correlations between the social and physical environment, accessibility and transportation, mobility, and other characteristics that affect the quality of life. These “new” criteria compiled by Blumenfeld are used to measure the quality of life in urban areas. He argues that the physical environment has a direct influence on health and through aesthetic aspects, has an influence on happiness and quality of life. Also, transportation has become a key factor in accessibility and opportunity. Although, Blumenfeld’s criteria was created several decades ago, having experienced the urban life with I would agree with the new criteria. In conclusion, the new criterion relies on the interests of the public in order for a good urban environment to be …show more content…
We can assume that there are many factors that influence the future and that it is guaranteed to constantly change. Looking at the different social, demographic, economical, and technological changes today, reveals possible future influences on urbanism. Mass transit will eventually become the dominant form of transportation because of how dense metropolitan areas have become. Mass transit can serve more people over a large area of space in relation to the private automobile. Furthermore, the Internet could change metropolitan areas in a variety of ways. For one the Internet could allow more people to work from the computers in their home, reducing the need to commute to work. Additionally, as metropolitan areas expand, mass transit networks also extend beyond its initial boundaries, which will could call for better transportation planning. Metropolitan area needs to be more equipped for the large waves of immigrant populations coming in. Furthermore, better planning needs to be done to reduce the impact of natural disasters. There is a need to address disaster management issues in the context of urban development planning. To go further many people are already having a hard time to find a place to live in which is a step back from cities development. The over population in cities are causing drastic problems such as traffic, jams and pollution
Although suburban and rural areas offers a completely different experience not found in urbanized areas. My personal preference would be to settle down in an urban city area. The city provides a diversity of different individuals. Additionally, urban communities contain most of the necessities needed, which creates for an easier, enjoyable lifestyle …show more content…
Blumenfeld provides a range of criteria for urban life and how to achieve the good life by analyzing the correlations between the social and physical environment, accessibility and transportation, mobility, and other characteristics that affect the quality of life. These “new” criteria compiled by Blumenfeld are used to measure the quality of life in urban areas. He argues that the physical environment has a direct influence on health and through aesthetic aspects, has an influence on happiness and quality of life. Also, transportation has become a key factor in accessibility and opportunity. Although, Blumenfeld’s criteria was created several decades ago, having experienced the urban life with I would agree with the new criteria. In conclusion, the new criterion relies on the interests of the public in order for a good urban environment to be …show more content…
We can assume that there are many factors that influence the future and that it is guaranteed to constantly change. Looking at the different social, demographic, economical, and technological changes today, reveals possible future influences on urbanism. Mass transit will eventually become the dominant form of transportation because of how dense metropolitan areas have become. Mass transit can serve more people over a large area of space in relation to the private automobile. Furthermore, the Internet could change metropolitan areas in a variety of ways. For one the Internet could allow more people to work from the computers in their home, reducing the need to commute to work. Additionally, as metropolitan areas expand, mass transit networks also extend beyond its initial boundaries, which will could call for better transportation planning. Metropolitan area needs to be more equipped for the large waves of immigrant populations coming in. Furthermore, better planning needs to be done to reduce the impact of natural disasters. There is a need to address disaster management issues in the context of urban development planning. To go further many people are already having a hard time to find a place to live in which is a step back from cities development. The over population in cities are causing drastic problems such as traffic, jams and pollution