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this large increase of wealth creates a large amount of economic inequality. The gap between the wealthy and the poor is quite frightening and I personally believe is extremely unfair. The mean income of the Richest percent is on average 25 times greater that those of the poorest percent (Li, 2010). I find these figures quite confronting due to the fact that a rapidly developing nation such as China is leaving so many citizen in the dark with the recent increase in wealth. I believe that China’s…

The Good the Bad and the Ugly City dwellers take pride in the cultural advancements of their urban society. Throughout history, cities have boasted the achievements of the great minds that lived and worked within their domain. The genius of a city’s residents becomes an integral part of the cultural landscape and helps distinguish that city as a member of the culturally elite. Music specifically has always been a pride to the cities where musical geniuses originate, and the relationship between…

which are part of it, as well discussing the importance of exploring the population dynamics of a city during the process of the sustainable planning of cities. “A population describes a group of individuals of the same species occupying a specific area at a specific…

Mia Knudsen, 10.i What is urbanisation? Urbanisation is the process of increase of population in urban areas. As a country develops urbanisation increases due to people being attracted to the benefits of living in an urban area. These benefits include job opportunities, better standards of living, better healthcare, and better schools. 90% of the UKs population is currently living in urban areas like towns or cities. (BBC Bitesize, 2014) Along with the benefits, urbanisation has several…

there was a common problem among the architects: how to limit the amount of sunlight that comes into a building. The solution came out from Le Corbusier's habitation that is using concrete and brise-soleil which blocks the sun from overheating the area. The concrete buildings play a crucial role in the twenty-first century, as most of the buildings around the world descend from the Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation. The Modulor is also an important system to the architects. The system is based…

For centuries, urban planning has played a key role in developing human well-being as well as protecting the environment, public welfare and especially residents. Houses, schools, parks, buildings, surrounding environment including transportation, air, water and infrastructure affect people’s lives. Therefore, it is undeniable that prosperity and advancement in terms of security and healthcare are major requirements to many people living in cities. What comes after this is the question of what…

have doubled or tippled in terms of population and land use. As a result, many villages, abaadi area and settlement are situated in periphery of City and Town are engulfed, and named as Urban Villages and Urban Villages Ext. Similarly, Lal Dora area within the city is also comes under urban villages. Primary factors for urbanization is to get employment and better living condition as compare to rural area. If we compare last fifty years population growth of Delhi, Urban village are accommodating…

The Impact of Gentrification in Major Urban Cities In Fortress Los Angeles Mike Davis discusses how corporations redevelopment of major urban cities has led to gentrification. Davis refers to the term gentrification as, "Extraordinary precautions … taken to ensure the physical separation of the different classes" (509). Gentrification zones through the city have widened the gap between the the socioeconomic classes that exist in society, resulting in a displacement of a large number of…

Decades ago and even nowadays, urbanization was and still remains a trend which has influenced people worldwide. “Urbanization occurs when people move from rural to urban areas, so that the proportion of people living in cities increases while the proportion of people living in rural areas diminishes” (Boundless, par.1). Lately, the world is experiencing the largest wave of urban growth in history, and more than half of the world’s population nowadays is living in towns and cities. It is…

Gendered Response to Urban Poverty and Inequality A Case Study of SDI 1. Introduction Urbanisation has accelerated in the global scale, especially in the Global South, with the urban population growing rapidly due to both natural growth and rural-urban migration. The living condition and lifestyles of people are changing along with different situations in transport, housing, employment and infrastructures. However, in the process of urbanisation, people of different genders, religions and…