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economic density. With the accelerated development of the urbanization, more and more rural population swarms into city, which will ask for more housing and a good living environment quality objectively, so that the building area is expanding gradually in space. In addition, in the process of urbanization, with the production factors and labor force gathered in the city continuously, the city industrial structure will be upgraded and optimized; the productive and technological level will be…

Alex Marshall states throughout the book “How Cities Work” that in order for any city to be a healthy it is crucial to have the three legged stool. The three legged stool is composed of politics, economics and transportation. In transportation it gives us the most visual and dynamic in the way a place is shaped. That’s why places such as Silicon Valley, Jackson Heights and John Jay community all differ from each other. Adding on to this, the way our transportation systems are built and the…

Sociology is a major basis of human nature and history, it helps make us who we are as a community of human beings. Values are sets of shared beliefs and that most people in the community feel are important. Urban forests target values that city dwellers give up in the metal and concrete world. According to the Sinclair et al. (2014) study, there are six values that the residents of Winnipeg, Canada felt urban forests re-kindled in them. The first theme was the view that was obtained through…

towns and cities nearby are aggressive competitors for business attraction and they also draw attention from residential pools. What impact does downtown revitalization have on economic development? I have selected Carbondale, Illinois because I am currently a citizen in this city. This revitalization can play a big part in me considering to live here after graduate school. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is amazing, and everything you need for your everyday life is within the city. This…

While many cities shaped our nation’s history, Chicago was perhaps the most influential of them all. Chicago had many popular trading hubs, and three very popular commodities were grain, lumber, and meat. These commodities helped illustrate three very important facts relating to Chicago that Cronon emphasizes; the combination of economic and environmental history, the symbiotic relationship between city and country, and the difference between “first” and “second” nature. I will begin by…

The car makes a sharp turn into the mass of greenery, greeting an image torn right off the pages of a fiction novel. Fairytale houses are woven within the trees, dappled sunlight tinting their roofs, and a dirt trail winds down to a dreamy fishing pond and a farm populated with llamas, donkeys, rabbits, and sheep. The air tastes crisp. The warm sun draws families out: parents chat with neighbors over ice tea as their children bounce along the community trampoline, and an aged couple saunters…

Designing a More Inclusive City The article by Allison Arief on the need to build an inclusive city that accommodates the needs of the people gives us a good example to demonstrate the presence of the argumentative aspects in logic. To understand her arguments well, we must delve into the deeper meaning of the article. The first logical fallacy that is articulated in the article is that people tend to sit where there are places to sit. The author goes on to support this claim by citing…

fiscally sound and self-sufficient city. As Portland’s economy thrives steadily throughout the years, it is crucial that it is acknowledged for its assets as well as recognized as an effective and welcoming city for conducting business, where there is utmost respect and understanding of the important business components of certainty and time. This article will assess whether Portland has the capacity to attain this vision while using its assets and resources. The City has a general goal of…

Once a thriving city detroit has dwindled down it has filed for bankruptcy and is known as the worst food desert in the United states. Believe it or not the inner city of Detroit doesn 't even have one supermarket not even a Walmart. People are trying to build gardens to harvest better food but they don 't seem to be enough they need a better system.Food is one of the things you need to live healthy food, but how can you get that with only convenience stores that just sell overpriced crap.…

employs 2.3 million associates worldwide and 1.5 million associates in the Unites States alone (Wal-Mart Site n.d.). In 2004, Wal-Mart tried get approval to build two stores in the Chicago city area. Although Wal-Mart was currently in the Chicago Metropolitan area, it had no foothold in the city of Chicago itself (Baron 2010). However, Wal-Mart had previously experienced labor issues in the past with other states in the U.S. With those labor issues looming, Wal-Mart had a negative stigma…