so that they can be rented to migrants and used by extended families (Genemo, 2012). Over the years, urban sprawl has directly contributed to the degradation and decline of natural environment resources. It also reduces farm land and productivity in city leading to social loss and open spaces (Haregewin, 2005). In addition, urban sprawl leads to regional imbalance, such as pulling jobs and people further away from poor communities, increasing in equality. Recently, the problem of urban sprawl…
planning approaches are needed to build a city into a smart city. Smart cities are the cities that are able to operate in a sustainable, efficient and intelligent manner and require smart infrastructure with advanced sensing capabilities that extend beyond mere technical subtitles, thereby possibly benefitting architects and citizens of the cities. It means smart citizens can make intelligent cities. It relies on the idea that only citizens can make a city really intelligent. It needs to be…
Urban sociology studies the life and human interactions in the city. The social life in the twenty first century consists of both the traditional and familiar trends as well as the new developing trends (Sassen, 2006). Hence, living in the cities is always exciting as well as complicated. Dhaka is a city which has a history of more than 400 years. In 1610, Dhaka was named as Jahangirnagar by subedar Islam Khan Chishti. Many of the famous infrastructures were built during the British and Mughal…
If we look a century back when there were no automobiles, factories and vehicles. The air in that era was pure and free from any kind of pollution. People liked to live in such kind of atmosphere and they enjoyed this living style. We know that nothing is important than health. If a person is healthy, he/she can enjoy the life in a best way. A sick person has no taste of life. Polluted air damages the life of the human beings in bad way. So in this paper, we will try to explore the air pollution…
1.3. Causes of Slums: The rapid urbanization accompanied by industrialization has resulted in the growth of slums. The shortage of land for housing, the high prices of land beyond the reach of urban poor and a large rural migrations to the cities fuelling the development of slums. These slums give rise to many problems in the urban areas [ ]. Slums are also products of failed policies, bad governance, corruption, inappropriate regulation, dysfunctional land markets, unresponsive financial…
Zoning codes attempt to achieve the planning objectives through control of land use , building heights, lot or building area and the population density . Zoning codes in land use determine the type of occupancy permitted in each zone for example :- residential areas, industrial areas business, commercial areas ,recreational areas and educational areas. There are different colors that is used in land use maps .The yellow color for residential areas . The red color for commercial areas . The…
Vantaa case, the participatory scenario-building process was utilised to tackle the potential safety and security risks pertaining to the surroundings and area of the railway station at the city of Vantaa. Vantaa is a rapidly growing city alongside the capital of Finland Helsinki. It is the fourth biggest city in Finland having around 215.000 inhabitants (statistical data from the year 2015). It is home to a growing railway station and the Helsinki-Vantaa airport. One key objective of the…
Strategy Implementation Bastian and Henry (2014) commented on the important fact that the paint industry is differentiated by the existence of the intermediaries that have very high power of influence on the purchasing decisions of the consumers, specially focusing on the urban areas. Asian Paints strategy is to acquire huge demand of the product by using the intermediaries. These intermediaries such as contractors, designers, painters, etc. are used as the marketing wing of the company. From…
The documentary Singapore: Biophilic City, explores the development and changes the city of Singapore has undergone to become an innovative biophilic city. The intended audience for this documentary is most likely people who are interested in urban development. In addition, this documentary could also be intended for people interested or studying sustainability. The documentary presented the positive attributes of creating a biophilic city, such as improving the lives of its population through…
2013) As most of the cities with the rapid growth of economies in the east coast economic zone, Dongguan is also facing the problems and issues that coupled with the existence of the urban villages. In this case, the governments have been considering the program of urban village transformation for corresponding the New Urbanization. However, the solution to the issues and…