Mixed-use development

commuting as it takes longer to get from place to place, which increases gas emissions, and using farmlands as land for new housing developments which cuts down on land for crops to be grown. In earlier decades poor planning lead to overuse of the land and separate land zones that causes population to be more spread out. Urban and suburban regions are both beginning to try to create…

The urban culture of a city highly depends upon social interactions and useful spaces that encourage these interactions. Idealising a futuristic city is not out of the ordinary based off urban planning research done throughout the years. Planners are trying to invest time and resources into creating functional spaces for citizens, to minimize evident division and segregation within the city and create a fluid organic functional space that proves to be useful in many situations. Jane Jacobs, an…

38th parallel. However, what some fail to realize about South Korea is their monumental break throughs in real estate development and technology. Just south of one of the most populated cities in the world, lies a new and upcoming development with the name Songdo International Business District (IBD). Hailed as one of the worlds most futuristic cities, Songdo IBD is located just 40 miles southwest of Seoul, South Korea. The new development is scheduled for completion in 2018 and is being…

Introduction From the beginning of civilization our world has progressed in so many ways. This changes and developments in the social economic and political form and structure took place along the way. At different stages in our history we had different types of governments and economic systems. For a large part of our economic history, two classifications of economic systems played a major role, capitalist or free market economic system and socialist or command economic system. The main…

Virtual environment allows the user to interact with the computer simulation environment, where the user experience is the interaction between the real and the imagined. Augmented reality and virtual reality technology enhanced mixing two. Virtual enhanced by combining real objects and computer data, virtual items will be generated in reality. This means that the user can see coexist in the same space of virtual and real objects. But just let enhancement technology of virtual items appear in…

have been blamed for Nigeria’s troubles including political instability and corruption. Furthermore, in 2007, Transparency International ranked Nigeria one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and the Human Development Index ranked the country a dismal 159 out of…

accepted by local citizens. Therefore, when they enter a new market, they need to consider whether they are suitable for the institution. Studying the political system will bring benefits to companies on decision making, for example, the timing and mode of market entry. Once the mode of entry or the marketing strategy is inappropriate, with the decreasing of recognition, the companies may be forced to withdraw from the market. Therefore, it is important and naccessary for transnational companies…

on their freedom (Belgrave, Cheyne & O’brien, 2008). It has its roots in socialism and neoliberalism, however they believe that a laissez-faire approach creates inequality. Social democrats believe that the welfare state has a crucial role in providing support for every individual and their freedom (Stanley-Clarke, 2009). Their goal is to create a more harmonious and equal society. Social democrats also believe that every individual should have equal opportunities and abilities to participate in…

please because of the lack of competition. They also had little to no safety and regulations for their workers. Most worked an unbearable amount of hours, “a great many worked a seven-day, eight-four-hour week” (Tindall 804). This concentrated wealth and power was not a beneficial thing for society. Due to the concentration of wealth and power, poor working conditions, and unstable wages, labor unions began to form. One of the first groups formed was the Knights of Labor. The men that formed…

course. I mean, for the sake of the essay, I’ll write my opinion on this but it’ll be pretty shady and biased since I live in Canada and we have a mixed economy. So here we go. Just a little note before we start, most economic systems are of mixed w/ varying degrees of state intervention. A mixed economy is where part of theeconomy is left to the free market and the other part is run by the Government™. For the…