City of Men

density, is one of the city that have adopted the concept of TOD. Hong Kong has developed its efficient mass transit system compromising the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), franchised buses, minibuses, taxi and ferries, integrated…

There are two different types of communities one being Gemeinschaft, and the other Gesellschaft. These two are completely different and end up on the opposite ends of the continuum. Gemeinschaft means the community that is older and more rural. The other Gesellschaft is a modern community with a lot of people and a lot of different culture. These two are different especially in the movie The Village this is best shown when the blind girl jumps the fence and she is wearing clothing that looks…

The world is urbanising rapidly. In 2008, the number of people living in cities exceeded those in the country side. Urbanisation per se is often a positive development, as urban areas tend to be more productive than rural areas…yet rapid urbanisation can outreach the capacities of cities to absorb and cater for an ever growing number of inhabitants (Matuschke 2009). India is not an exception to the general urban scenario in the world. It is becoming more urban albeit regional variations across…

is true that for the economic growth, you have to give up somethings such as traffic, sky high housing market, and the pollutions. However, put local residents’ life and properties in the risk should not be an option. Although the HB40 prohibit the city government to regulate oil and gas companies’ activities since the damage of earthquake is small, the public still have a chance to correct it by legislate a new regulation on the state level. For example, if hydraulic fracturing cause more…

the way cities were constructed in both physical and social aspects of their environments. For the first time in American history, a fresh and innovative, at the time radical, movement sprung up due to the observations and claims that Jacobs proposed in her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. During the 1950’s, modernism had already become an established (and universally accepted) ethos in American city planning. Jane Jacobs witnessed the shortcomings of the modernist city…

Lusaka in Zambia and Lagos in Nigeria are two cities facing similar issues due to rapid urbanisation. However these cities are dealing with the issue differently. Both cities have a strong colonial background which has influenced the city today (Gandy, 2006; Rogerson, 2008). Both cities economies have not grown as fast as the population and the people have responded differently to this issue (Hampwaye, et al., 2007; Ilesanmi, 2010). Each city has a different approach to how they are going to…

states the proper way to identify a city’s needs for prosperity and the steps taken to enhance a city as a whole. In a regime theory, one would observe the city and decide what is needed for the city based off of the results from the observation. Since a regime theory includes the citizens’ voices in government, these citizens come together to express their thoughts about what they believe is needed for a city to prosper. Two examples of Stone’s regime theory, used in history, are the…

INTRODUCTION: William Little (Introduction to Sociology - 1st Canadian Edition) defines urbanization as the study of the social, political and economic relationship in cities. One of those urbanization sociologists to have put in a lot of effort to study urbanization was a Professor of city planning called Lewis Munford. He was also an “architectural critic, urban planner, and historian who analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history” (Encyclopedia…

In Jane Jacobs’ book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , the author mainly focuses on the following three arguments: first, a city should have its complex structures. Planners should not create new structures by breaking the connections between the existing structures. Second, a city must contain diversity. Different districts should show various functions to become vital. Third, like human, city also grows and have its characteristics. Those patterns can not be manipulated by people.…

When American Public Square hosts events in Kansas City it is unlikely attendants come from outside of the metropolitan area therefore, guests are exposed to many of the same issues. While this may not matter when discussing local topics, when discussing regional and national issues it leaves out the views of those living outside of Kansas City and more specifically those from rural areas. In the recent election rural areas voted in contrast to urban…