Urban fiction

Plus with urban system getting bigger and more integrated, demands for natural resources have dramatically increased and will surely continue to increase. Human released the importance of landscape design which is promoting several new paradigm shifts on the modern landscape design to interact with natural resources and teach human how to use the resources…

Food deserts are an increasing issue due to the fast urban sprawl of cities, especially in North America. Many people believe that has a developed country, Canada does not have any food security problems but that is one of the main problems with food deserts; no one knows what they are. One of the three biggest factors influencing food deserts is awareness and as of 2004, 8.45% of Ontarians are food insecure and that number has continued to rise (HEART AND STROKE). Also, poor eating habits lead…

considered in urban tree growth are effects of trees on society, the rate of growth of trees in the wild, and the influence of urbanization on trees. (Gellar, Thomas & Nation Research Council 2013; Gregg, Jones & Dawson, 2013; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department [TPWD]) It is hypothesized that urbanization will negatively affect rate of growth in trees. The following literature reviews will attempt to support and oppose the…

Some people say that there is a difference between urban and suburban sprawl. Mrs. Lowry states that urban and suburban sprawl is the same thing as urban sprawl is people leaving the cities for housing options that allow them to spread out more but still close enough to the city to work. This is exactly was suburban sprawl is. However, suburban areas encourage more commuting as it takes longer to get from place to place, which increases gas emissions, and using farmlands as land for new housing…

suburbs and commute to work, often making it possible for middle-class families to leave the city (Jackson, 1985). Although once considered to be a disseminate and even a poverty magnet, transit is increasingly viewed as a desirable amenity for an urban neighborhood. Households may prefer transit-rich neighborhoods because of the added ease of commuting or traveling to other parts of the city or metropolitan area. The area adjacent…

population and development. As population increases, so will the need for housing and recreational space; this is the feature that made Markham’s urban design livable. At 9500 Markham Rd., the construction of Upper Village Condominium is occurring and already has one of the two condominiums built. This is an effective example of successful livability in urban design, because it’s cheaper to live in than a mansion, includes convenient retail shops and surrounded by other commercial land uses, and…

counter-urbanisation and gentrification. (Haub, 2008) Suburbanisation is the migration from urban areas to semi-urbanized areas,…

Urban cities are now being followed by negative consequences of unstructured urbanization. Rising levels of population have dramatically caused huge alarming stages of pollution. Densely populated areas are harming the planet’s environment. Public transports…

Nowadays it is difficult to live in big cities without using the transport. It is well-known fact that in metropolises the transportation system is developed well. In almost every big city there are a buses, metro, taxes and great number of personal cars. The fast enlargement of citizens leads to increasing number of cars. Thus, statistic, provided The World Bank, says that the number of motor vehicles per 1000 people in 2011 in the USA was 786, whereas the year earlier it was 782. In…

New urbanism is a technique for designing our built environment and reforming it in such a way that it leads to a better standards of living for us and improve the quality of our life in the places we live. It primarily focuses on reducing the urban sprawl which arises because of the low rise development in some areas. New urbanism promotes the idea of high rise development in areas so that there can be a planned development and we could make the best use of land as far as possible. The…