City-state

Urban Resilience Resilience in the city, entitled “urban resilience”, is defined as the capacity of cities to continue their activity under extreme pressure regardless of the type of shock or stress they face, so that the people who live and work within the cities, especially the poor and the vulnerable, can survive and grow steadily (The Rockefeller Foundation, 2014). In recent researches, the latest definition of urban resilience refers to the ability of a city system and all of its…

the city home? For seventy percent of the american population the city is considered home. However, for 19.3 percent of americans rural areas are considered home. The debate between the benefits of living in the city versus rural areas can sway in any direction. Interestingly, the population living in cities only inhabit 3.5 percent of the land mass. Given the higher population densities in the city, rural areas differ dramatically. A distinct can be perceived between those who live in cities…

I am a green dragon living lonely in a mountain by a small town. I used to like looking down the town from the top of the mountain. People living in the town were living simply. They did not seem to have much stuff, Sometime they weeped when people died, yet the most of the time, they helped each other and looked happy. I started wondering what the true happiness is. So one day, I left for a journey to find the happiness. I flew over a couple mountains. I skipped some lakes. And I arrived an…

In the foreword of the English translation of The Urban Revolution, Neil Smith speaks about one of the most disputable thesis submitted by Lefebvre to ‘‘urban process’’. The thesis is this: ‘‘the problematic of industrialization, which has dominated capitalist societies for more than two centuries, is increasingly superseded by the urban’’. That is to say: ‘‘the urban problematic becomes predominant’’. As Kanishka explains this argument, progressed through the wake of ‘‘the political crisis of…

Trade is a significant part of Melbourne as a society. Markets, the thousands of strip shops, and the big shopping complex’s are a big part of what makes up Melbourne’s trade. The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne. At around seventeen acres, it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. The Market is significant to Melbourne's culture and heritage and has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Market is named after Queen Victoria who ruled the…

the city and human landscape that they create. “Mat-building can be said to epitomize the anonymous collective where the functions come to enrich the fabric, and the individual gains new freedom of action through a new and shuffled order…” In essence it is allowing movement and permutations through the city (building) fabric that allows it to be responsive to the needs and whims of humanity. Form is no…

focus in public health. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century caused an accelerated growth of steel, manufacturing, and coal industries. Following that, brought hoards of workers and their families from non-urban areas into the cities. These rapid growing cities lacked hygienic infrastructures to handle and endure with the expanding population. Many people had to quickly improvise and were subject to often jam packed housing and usually sleep across the street from the factories that…

Excursion Assignment Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when…

Wayne grow up and go to college, they are finding other cities that are more enjoyable to live in and live there. A redesign of Fort Wayne will have a huge impact urban growth because it will fix many problems with the structure of the city and it will focus on the guided principles of city planning. Fort Wayne currently has many problems and a redesigned city could solve these problems. The redesigned Fort Wayne has grid style streets and the city is…

The hydroponic garden can be one of the simplest garden procedure to actualize for urban natural gardening. Hydroponics can be utilized for inside and outside gardening, particularly in city settings where space can be exceptionally decreased. The room required for a hydroponic garden is far reduced than for a garden utilizing soil. Hydroponic gardening does not utilize soil as a wellspring of nutrients. All nutrients are conveyed to the…