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In this week’s reading we read Chapter 6 titled Spatial Perspectives: Making Sense of Space and Chapter 8 titled Social Psychology: The Urban Experience. Inside both chapters, author John Macionis and Vincent Parrillo make an incredible showing of how environment effects the people and urban. Additionally they give a smart and understanding thought of urban geography and space. Spatial Perspective is the title of chaoter 7. Individuals established urban areas at specific topographical locales…

The last century has seen the rapid growth of the urban areas which is likely to be one of the milestones in the current ages. Also known as the urbanization process, this situation is defined by the unprecedented rural population shift to the cities which stems from the Modern period as a result of the Industrial Revolution. However, the key aspect is the universal nature of the issue which has effect on an exceptional transformation in a global scale but on a drastically impact in the social,…

Several factors contribute to the rise of Dos Lagos. The first important factor is the affordability of housing. Los Angeles is the largest city in California. As a metropolitan area, the housing price in Los Angeles is quite high. As a result, many Los Angeles workers chose to live outside the city. Dos Lagos becomes an ideal choice for them. The housing price is much lower than that in Los Angeles areas. Second, the…

This is largely due to Denmark being a quite a developed country so plenty of urbanisation has already taken place. (Christian Fertner, University of Copenhagen, 2012) According to a statistic recorded in 2017, 86.1% of the population lived in urban areas in 2006 and 87.68% in 2015. This shows the consistency Denmark has in terms of urbanisation over the 6 years. (Statista, 2017) in terms…

Revitalization of Urban Villages, Maujpur & Ghonda, DILIP SINGH KUSHWAHA, USAP 2009 12.) Journal, Rupa Datta, Territorial Integration of Urbanising Villages 2004 13.) Dr.Tapash Biswas, Structural Transformation of the Villages in Delhi Metropolitan Region, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi…

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…

by definition, is the capitalist industrial market economies involving counties like United States, France and the United Kingdom. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the First World was so-called ‘developed countries’ as a synonym. The Third World contains both economic and political meanings. In political view, it stands for those initially non-aligned states (which eventually became client states which are economically, politically, or militarily lower in rank to another stronger…

transportation service. The TTC’s vision is also well thought out because it identifies where they want to be in the future and can be quantified by analyzing customer satisfaction. The LA Metro’s vision on the other hand is poorly written because it doesn’t state where they want to be but where they are now, vision statements are meant to be future-based and to give direction for the employees (QUOTE5). The LA Metro should re think their strategic plan and look to the TTC for tips on creating…

The major rapid growth of different populations in our megacities comes at the wrong time. Global population growth is currently in the process from all the poorest parts of countries. Especially when it comes to destinations such as Africa and India. Clearly, India is a growing population with even increasing education levels, which is likely to put India as a power player in the future. According to the different UN Projections, India’s urban population will increase by nearly 250 million in…