Research Paper: Vancouver, Canada Vancouver province British Colombia, Canada is a picturesque port city located on the far west portion of the Fraser River delta. Known for its temperate climate and natural beauty, Vancouver is considering one of the friendliest cities with citizens taking great pride in keeping the region clean and safe. It is the westernmost of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories with Vancouver’s metro area consisting of 21 municipals. Modern west coast city rich in…
A true story happened in my secondary school. All students of my class were born in urban areas except one student from a small village. One day, one classmate lost her cell phone. Without any confirmatory evidence, most students and our teacher immediately suspected the rural student was the thief. The teachers even threatened him to admit his guilty. The lost cell phone was never found, and no one confessed this crime. After this event, almost all students including me sort of avoided staying…
has 13039 small and medium industries registered in its industrial areas and estates located at Kundli, Rai, Bhalgarh, Murthal, Sonipat and Barhi. Barhi industrial estate has 1103 industrial plots in its 3 phases. Phase I and Phase II are fully developed and working efficiently with 687 running units, most of the industries are textile and dyeing industries which comes under the red category industries categorised by the Central Pollution Control Board. The workers working in industries are…
This paper aims to understood the character of open land and/or water body & its importance in Urban areas. An urban area is characterized by high human population density and vast human-built features. Thus rises the need of relief spaces in the dense urban matrix. They can be any kind of open spaces or water body, green belts-manmade or natural. Urban Morphology of cities show the gradual decrease and decease of open spaces with the process of urbanization. Open spaces are mandatory for the…
Ideally, you should pick a home that creates an environment where every member of your family can thrive. This means researching in advance to find areas with low crime, good schools, and no restrictions that prohibit your pet. Don’t forget to look for parks, playgrounds, or other spaces where your family…
These changes make a new living pattern, in which people live in the suburban area and drive to work, becomes possible. As a result, more and more people move out of cities and live in suburban area. These suburban communities are called suburban sprawl. As most people live in the suburbia, merchants relocate themselves with their customers. Office and jobs stayed in the cities in the beginning. Gradually, offices moved out too because it is cheap for them to set up office at suburbia where…
Former Princeton University president Harold T. Shapiro believes, “All higher education institutions, both public and profit, both nonprofit and for-profit, and from state colleges to research universities to community colleges to a wide variety of technical and professional schools, serve a public purpose.” In similar fashion, Derek C. Bok comments that “All universities are prominent members of their communities by virtue of the vast complex libraries, laboratories, classrooms, and offices…
Today the definition of the word consumption is commonly known as eating, drinking or ingesting something. But the definition that is not too commonly know is the using up of resources. This is due to the lack of education on the consumption of our natural resources. In Thomas L. Friedman’s “Our Carbon Copies (or, Too Many Americans)” and the written debate between Robert W. Kates and J. Anthony Cassils in “Is Limiting Consumption Rather Than Limiting population The Key To Sustainability”, they…
available at the request of the Enterprise or the developing countries concerned.129 Not surprisingly, the idea that contractors should be legally obliged to transfer technology to the Enterprise and developing countries had encountered opposition from developed countries,…
overseas, however, there are some things that big businesses could do to decrease the toll that sweatshops have on the environment. They could begin to build their factories in places that are already urbanized to avoid more unnecessary deforestation. They could bring in healthcare and environmental professionals for seasonal or annual inspections of the people and the environment surrounding them. They could also provide their workers with amenities like clean water at work, and maybe even a…