City

One city that has been negatively impacted by the arrival of professional sports teams is the city of Detroit, Michigan. At one point essentially in shambles, Detroit, though still bankrupt and not very well off, at least now has something positive associated with its name. As the article by Joe Drape of the New York Times explains, “where even keeping the streetlights on has proved a struggle…”, Detroit is a city in complete and utter bankruptcy due to the reduction of population within the…

consequences for the local shops (‘Material Lives’, 2009, scene 1). Another relevant point is the fact that, City Road social appearance, along with its material assets usage, changes considerably throughout the day, making it almost a different street by nightfall (e.g. from a busy commercial street during the day to a ‘party haven’ at night, when it is taken over by young adults) (‘Making social lives on City Road’, 2009, Scene 8). Such an absolute change does not occur on the Kö. On the…

compare and contrast all 5 challenges, and all 3 goals however, it will focus on two challenges; Lack of Person Centered Delivery and Measurement Systems, Unrealized Potential within the Community, and this one goal; Community Building. The Smarter Cities Challenge report, focus is center around identifying some challenges, introducing some recommendations, and lastly creating a road map to reduce poverty in Rochester by 50% over the next 15 years. While the RMAPI report and RMAPI guiding…

Cities have come a long way. However, from the pre-industrial times, there were merely ten thousand people that inhabited the city. According Professor Nelson in lecture, there were three reasons that caused this, “transportation of food, disease, and defense.” But since these cities were grimy, disease ridden due to lack of sanitation, why did people choose to live there? There are a couple of reasons, few being the opportunity to become economically prosperous by selling your craft, the…

Nova Scotia has been a city of development, especially in the downtown area which encompasses Hollis and Granville Street. In the 1950’s Halifax was no exception to the “decay [that] takes place most rapidly on the fringe of the centre” (Grant & Gregory, 2015).…

quotes and case studies that will further explain and tap into the essence of ‘Cities in Transition’ and especially why Amsterdam is considered as such. Next to that, by referring to Amsterdam in Transition it is essential to point out that this is a stage or a shift meaning that Amsterdam is a transitioning city rather than a transitioned city as a work in progress and not a final stage. ‘New Democracy’ and ‘New Europe- Cities in Transition’ are the two main case…

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.…

Farm City Connecting to Themes in 13 Ways of Seeing Nature in LA “Farm City” is a personal narrative written by Novella Carpenter chronicling her experience as an urban farmer in a run-down, impoverished neighborhood in Oakland. She relates her experience with farming and interacting with the people in the neighborhood, as well as the ways in which her farm, her neighbors and her neighborhood interact. Carpenter effectively uses narrative to display some of the main concepts relating to urban…

1.4 Activity 1.1: Do you think it would be possible to make a perfect map of a city? What would such a map have to look like? How useful would it be? Making a perfect map of a city wouldn't be possible because it is impossible to make a perfect detailed replica of what a city looks like while also scaling it down. For the map of a city to be absolutely perfect it would also have to be the exact size of the city and then it would be rendered obsolete and impractical. It would not to be very…

Out in the country, alone life can be relaxing and peaceful. The city life on the other hand might not seem that way with all the loud movement of vehicles and people. Living in the city can sometimes be fast paced and too stressful. For some people that life is great. Even though both lifestyles share the same routine of work and sleep, the country lifestyle is less stressful than the city life in many ways. Examples of lifestyle differences include population, hospitality, pollution and…