City-state

The City of Alexandria is located in Northern Virginia, about seven miles south of downtown Washington D.C. Sitting on the west bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria encompasses a total area of 15.5 square miles, of which 97.15 percent is land and 2.75 percent is water. With a population of 150,575 residents (according to the 2014 census), Alexandria is the seventh largest city in Virginia. Interestingly, it is also the most populated town among the fourteen Alexandrias in the United States.…

Introduction Small towns are easier to relax in compared to the city. It provides more comfort than the big city could bring. Plus, the big city puts more stress on your shoulders. Even more facts about small towns and big cities await in this report on small towns and big cities. In many ways, small towns are better than the big city. Not as Busy In a small town, it is very quiet. This break from loud noises is a positive way to reduce the amount of stress that everyone has to endure. This…

Discussion This section will address three points related to the data presented in the aforementioned figures: (1) critically evaluate the data, (2) interpret the data, and (3) show how they correlate with the current state of knowledge. A systematic analysis of Figures 2 and 3 reveals that much urban sprawl has occurred in the D’Olive Creek Watershed from 1989 to 2016. As stated previously, impervious surfaces reroute runoff, which can impact sedimentation, erosion, and pollution processes in…

Reflection 1: Lost in the City Artistic representations of life allow for a visceral expression of concepts that are commonly known. Anonymity is a feeling that most urban dwellers experience. This can be seen on any form of public transit where hundreds of people will be crammed into a train and yet there will be silence. As Tonkiss notes, this requires a sort of "special urban trick" that urban dwellers perform to keep their distance socially despite being in close physical proximity (2003,…

such as an increase in atmospheric and ocean temperatures, melting ice sheets, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels and an alteration of the carbon cycle. (risa) With the increase in urbanization of rural areas and the expansion of cities, 50% of the earth’s population now lives in urban areas that only cover 3% of the earth’s total surface area. This is projected…

This causes inner city land prices to fall, which in turn makes the property owners and landlords neglect their land and makes the land even more devalued, resulting in the rent being much cheaper than it could be if it was fully taken advantage of. The rent gap is the difference…

throughout the book, it refers to the third world countries that are all over the globe, hence the title of the book “Planet” of the Slums. When referring to the “urban South”, Davis is talking about the undeveloped cities in the continent of Asia, Africa and South America; he also mentioned cities such as Mumbai (Bombay), Dhaka, Cairo, Shanghai, Kolkata (Calcutta), and many more (4). Mike Davis was very straightforward when…

migrate to cities? Well there is an array of answers which will be covered in this essay. The number of people internally migrating, moving to cities from rural areas within a country is growing, also known as urbanisation (Procupez, 2015). The sovereign state of the United Kingdom (UK) I will use as a case study due to the rapid rate of urbanisation that has occurred up until present. The main points covered will be, what is believed to be the main reason which caused people to move to cities…

they are located in. In 2000 two billion people in the developing world lived in cities, by 2030 it is expected to be around five billion. The cities that are growing the fastest are located in Asia and Africa. The question of whether this is a positive impact is rooted in how it will affect the poverty level. There is mass poverty in urbanized areas, one in three people in the developing world who reside in cities live in what is to be considered slums. Poverty is of course a factor in the…

Many post-industrial cities, such as Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow use events in order to adapt to current economic conditions and regenerate themselves as centres for culture and entertainment (Ferdinand & Kitchin, 2012). Regeneration within a city involves public, private and voluntary sectors working together closely with the community to achieve specific aims bringing out lasting improvement to economic, social and environmental climates (Roberts & Sykes, 2000). Event…