Circuit City

Ethiopia are doing all they can to help fight this problem. In Addis Ababa, "75% of the total population of the city is living in overcrowded houses or dilapidated structures, under unhygienic conditions, lacking basic urban services like safe drinking water and sewage, and in sprawling informal settlements with growing number of shacks." (Woldegiorgis, 2016) This is over half of this city living in inadequate…

Residential development within the Encino-Tarzana Community Plan area is comprised primarily of large estate size single-family homes located south of Ventura Boulevard, and a mix of single-family and multi-family density dwellings located to the north of Ventura Boulevard. With its several distinctive identity, characterized by large estate lots, quaint narrow streets, and uniqueness of housing style, the community provides its residents with a flavor of semi-rural living. Focused growth and…

The city of Newark does Economic Development differently and they are succeeding. Cities across America try to lift the stigma of poverty and decay in urban blighted areas. By bringing vital businesses and project to their cities, metropolitan areas improve the future, reputation and vitality for years to come. Newark has the largest population in the state of New Jersey and overall ranking of 67th in this nation. It is a major hub for air, rail and shipping. The growth possibilities are…

moved to suburbs, and then moved back into city as we have been stepped into a new era of information development. In addition, Mara states that some companies would like to make the urban as their headquarters in today’s world. Moreover, Mara specifically describes that the drawbacks and benefit for the tech companies built headquarters in urban areas. According to Mara, there are some negative impact if the headquarter of a company was built in the city. Firstly, there are serious burden on…

Works Cited Bullard, Robert (2000) "Introduction: Anatomy of Sprawl" Chapter 1, pp. 1-19 in Sprawl City. Robert Bullard,Glenn Johnsonand Angel Torres, eds., Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Ewing, Reid (1997), “Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?” Journal of the American Planning Association, 63 (1): 107-126. Gordon, Peter and Harry W. Richardson (1997), “Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?” Journal of the American Planning Association, 63 (1): 95-106 Randolph, John (2004)…

species. It also pushes farms further away from cities requiring more fuel to be used to transport food to the city. Where does suburbanism come from? This timeline follows the United States of America from its roots as a largely agrarian nation to a nation of cities and suburbs. • In 1850, North America is overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. Fewer than ten percent of the United States’ population live in metropolitan areas, comprised of cities together with adjacent suburbs. • A…

construction influenced by the Unite d’Habitation is Fleet Road Terrace Housing designed by Neave Brown in London in 1967. These multifamily housing units consisted of mid-rise apartments. It also has a split level section and is low rise. It takes into consideration the lessons of the Unite applied in a very different way. Also the Park Hill Housing estate in Sheffield took inspiration from le Corbusier. As part of a slum clearance scheme it was built to re house 2000 people. It is often…

and economic center of the Spanish Netherlands. But when Antwerp was taken over by the Spanish in 1585, many people fled to the northern provinces. Many of them were rich and educated, therefore they brought knowledge to many cities such as Amsterdam, Leiden and Delft. The cities offered work space, free housing, citizenship and financial support for businesses for the refugees. Today, people flee to Amsterdam from the south due to war, religious persecutions, or finding better working…

continues to have an outsized effect on life in America.”This quote means that the urban areas are pretty much taking up the country.Another example is, “Older cities in the northeast corridor from Boston to Washington tend to be more compact, and house higher numbers of people in multifamily dwellings. This is bad because it says older cities in the northeast corridor are facing urban sprawl. The last example is, “The most sprawled regions in the U.S. are the Midwest and South, but particularly…

flower to the lack of nature of New York City. New York City sometimes referred to as the capital of the world. The city has a low concentration of nature. Nature can only be found in places such as Central Park or Battery park, but even there you can see the lack of nature considering everything is so organized and nicely placed, a clear evidence of human touch. New York City should have more nature around and in it. More nature around would give the city life, natural life. The graffiti I…