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Triumph of the City: Book Report The future is not Orange County. The future is not West Bloomfield, Michigan. The future is not Rye, New York. The future is Detroit. As preposterous as that statement might seem, it is one Edward Glaeser and I, both believe to be true. While suburbs are always going to be a part of the American and international lifestyle, in my opinion, they will never be the focal part of our future. Cities, on the other hand, have always been a fixture and will always be a…

CHAPTER 1 1.1. INTRODUCTION India has embarked upon the new economic policy in the year 1991-popularly known as liberalization of the Indian economy. Both the supporters and critiques of new economic policy believed that economic reforms would increase internal migration. The proponents believed that the new drive would boost economy and job opportunities leading to increased pull factors conducive for accelerated rural to urban migration. The pull factor has been more important in influencing…

population, or in land around a large city. While the definition of the word country has relatively remained the same, the word city has developed over time and continues to do so today. A city is a large group of people living together in one area. In 1790, there were only two cities that were officially classified as cities, New York and Philadelphia. New York had a population of 33,131 and Philadelphia had 28,522 people. Today, the United States has ten cities that exceed a count of one…

Urban quality of life is the measure of satisfaction that people derive from living in a city and ranges across a variety of categories including geography, health, social sciences and more. However, quality of life is not based on one set ideal, but depends on the individual preference of the people, and typically incorporates the sense of security, prosperity, health, comfort, financial stability and other personal aspirations. (Urban Quality of Life) It has been assumed that quality of life…

area of Australia. Some of the most interesting interludes were those between the tours of Cambramatta and Newtown with our friend and tour guide Paul. Walking into the Vietnamese community, I noticed similarities between Cambramatta and the small city of Pomona, California, where I grew up. I wrote, “My mother used to by her tiny dried fish from the Hoa Binh market. Seeing the way in which the Asian community maintained their heritage through the avenue of food, must set such a precedent for…

As major cities around the United States are dealing with an increase in poverty, crime rates, pollution and lackluster public school systems, politicians and economist have pushed for urban gentrification. Seen as a means to reinvigorate cities, urban gentrification benefits the affluent citizens flocking towards city neighborhoods from the suburbs, rather than the poor citizens already living there. Therefore, urban gentrification is legitimatized through social conflict theory as the wealthy…

using examples of famous artists. If students live in a rural area they do not have as many resources. Cities offer the best resources for schools, and therefore they are great places to live. Not only are there educational benefits, one can also find more things to buy in the city. While anyone with internet access can shop, there is nothing like trying things on in a beautiful store in a city. The super malls have hundreds of stores to shop in. The shopping mall is usually applied to enclosed…

Davis also states that it, symbolized the lack of the native’s" right to the city. " (53). Another example would be Beijing which exercised extreme vigilance over rural emigration. The city and country side were divided and seen as separate worlds and only ever intersected under conditions set carefully by the state. Mike Davis writes, " If urban residents sometimes obtained official permission to move to another city, it was almost unheard of for peasants to win approval to leave their…

migration of people from rural to urban areas in China generated due to the development of market economy. Millions of rural laborers moved to cities, especially to eastern coastal cities like Shenzhen and Shanghai where economy reform first took place, in order to seek better jobs with higher income. (Hongwei Hu et al., 2014) By 2008, 225 million migrants work in cities in China, which accounted for approximately 20% of the total labour force in China. (Fang Lai et al., 2013) And this number is…

more for energy each year than rural family’s, but, each individual urban family actually spends about $200-$400 less. “Most Americans live in urban areas, form huge hot spots of energy consumption. But while rural residents use less energy overall, cities are often slicker about it.” (Urban or Rural: Which is More Energy Efficient?) However, the majority of the overconsumption does still comes from urban areas. “The United States, with less than 5 % of the global population, uses about a…