Marikina City

education as a way of using the “city as a classroom” and “nature” as well as “integrated social and ecological [system]” (2-5). There are numerous ways to become involved in urban environmental educational projects. Fortunately, “urban environmental education continues to reinvent itself” in many ways (Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab). Used to focus on social-ecological systems, urban environmental education uses many forms of community based practices “such as...streamside restoration...community gardening” as well as “pocket parks and urban forests” to encourage environmental stewardship (Tidball, Krasny 1-4). Often, the importance of a green space is called for in urban areas. Urban environmental education focuses on creating these spaces and allows them to thrive through students’ hard environmental work. Creating urban ecosystems is very important to cities’ sustainability and urban environmental education gives students the hands-on experience to learn needed for such action. Unfortunately, our culture has made it difficult for people to imagine themselves as part of nature. We often find ourselves picturing nature as a far away place, free of human contact. Therefore, we often see an unyielding dichotomy between urban and natural settings. However, with a rapidly growing urban population, “cities are part of most people’s experience,” and they should not be viewed as separate from nature (Environmental Education in Urban Systems 1). Because cities have such…

Also, Socrates will try to argue that a city is necessary because humans need to rely on one another in order to accomplish tasks. Socrates begins his argument when he states, “So if you approve, why don’t we start by finding out what sort of thing it is in cities? After that we can make a similar inquiry into the individual, trying to find the likeness of the larger version in the form the smaller takes” (line 369). He first proposes the dissection of a city. First, you must look for justice in…

The Impact of living in a Remote Area (Isolation) on the Health Outcomes of all Australian Adults 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the impacts of living in a remote area with relation to the physical and mental health of Australian adults. Although there are different types of remote areas such as the outback, rainforest areas, mining and coastal towns – the same quality they all possess is that they live far from any major city (Australian Institute of Health and…

animals. As we moved into the industrial, factories and city centers began being built. There arose a need for adequate living arrangements for the people that worked in the factories and city centers. Urban areas designed to accommodate large numbers of families began to spring up around these factories and city centers. Fast forward to today and we have 78% of the population in North America living in urban areas (Boston University College of Arts & Science, 2012). This figure represents a…

When dealing with small town police departments, many issues tend to arise when comparing the problems faced in a small town to an urban environment (Johnson, 2000). Some factors that small-town areas face include budget constraints, response time difficulties, and community relations (Gordner, 2006). These issues greatly affect rural areas due to a high poverty rates, low unemployment, and detrimental funding issues (Gordner, 2006). These problems cause small-town police departments to have…

the numbers of population immigrating from rural areas or other cities to Bangkok to work have been increasing as well. This is noticed from the numbers of communities, which are established formally for more than 2,000 communities. The communities are divided according to their locations into 3 areas; Inner City, Urban Fringe and Suburb. 1. The inner city communities are city central and other areas including 21 sections, where the initial communities were formed and also where the historical…

The Importance of being Ernest by Oscar Wild is a playwright about a country man living a double life in the city. The main character of this play is Jack Worthington. He goes by Ernest in the city add to the mystery of his fanciful life. This play describes his pursuit to win over and marry a young lady from the city, named Gwendolen. Algernon Moncrieff is the girl 's cousin and an absolute nuisance to the main character. Algernon exploits Jack 's double life, and creates a situation where it…

acres in 2000. After noticing bulldozers adjacent to his farmland, Nygren feared that urban sprawl would consume this peaceful environment, and thus, with over 500 neighboring landowners, mandated that 80% of the 40,000-acre Chattahoochee Hill Country region must be preserved as wildlife green space. Serenbe is now a community inhabited by over 400 residents (Green). With mile long trails and organic gardens, the community of Serenbe incorporates biophilic designs as an attraction that combines…

The idea of forming a better society quickly manifest itself in several unique forms. Some took to writing and planning the best ways to organize and shape a city. Others built the cities in the way they felt would best suit the needs of it’s people. All over the globe men and women debated in both literature and city planning what the best way was to plan human society. The likes of Thomas Moore wrote through their books that the best way to achieve a Utopia like state was to create a city in…

change upon both individuals, highlighting the ability of a surrounding to alter the action of the individual. This research provided by Burchinal et al. suggests that high quality environments may possibly be a potential aid to kindergarten readiness within Memphis (2010). If the state of pre-K classrooms within the public schools, Head Start, and child care centers can be improved, then it is plausible that more children would be ready for kindergarten after being placed in an environment…