Urban planner

Staring at the sidewalk Pulled from the highly informational novel The Death and the Life of American Cities written by Jane Jacobs, lies an augment about the roles citizens as well as strangers play in the safety of their city streets. This argument is placed in chapter two of the book with the heading of “The uses of sidewalk: safety.” Jane writes clearly and explicitly of her research as well as her opinion on the topic. To analyze the text further I did my own observations of LOVE Park,…

effects. Beyond these three two other important elements have to be considered the reliability and efficiency of the system along with the adaptability and flexibility of the whole system. From the combination of these various factors the idea of urban resilience sprouts and is the complex management and implementation of these ideas. It is based on this concept of resilience that the author delves into a case study of New York City, specifically the downtown Manhattan…

of the downtown area and Fort Wayne as a whole. Over the years, Fort Wayne has seen many stages of urbanization and urban sprawl and currently, Fort Wayne is having an issue with urban sprawl. As the children of Fort Wayne grow up and go to college, they are finding other cities that are more enjoyable to live in and live there. A redesign of Fort Wayne will have a huge impact urban growth because it will fix many problems with the structure of the city and it will focus on the guided principles…

gathered and processed your information. The main aim of the investigation was to learn the responsibility of the state in finding solutions to the urban growth and decline issues in Pyrmont-Ultimo. The information was collected by observing the phenomena, changes, and developments in inner-city areas in order to ascertain some facts related to urban growth and decline in Pyrmont-Ultimo. During the investigation, the group verified the validity of current information but were not documented in…

Alex Marshall states throughout the book “How Cities Work” that in order for any city to be a healthy it is crucial to have the three legged stool. The three legged stool is composed of politics, economics and transportation. In transportation it gives us the most visual and dynamic in the way a place is shaped. That’s why places such as Silicon Valley, Jackson Heights and John Jay community all differ from each other. Adding on to this, the way our transportation systems are built and the…

Clarence N. Stone’s regime theory, is a theory that states the proper way to identify a city’s needs for prosperity and the steps taken to enhance a city as a whole. In a regime theory, one would observe the city and decide what is needed for the city based off of the results from the observation. Since a regime theory includes the citizens’ voices in government, these citizens come together to express their thoughts about what they believe is needed for a city to prosper. Two examples of…

Tempe Land Use: Going to Plan? A city’s general plan is an important aspect when building a successful city. The city of Tempe, Arizona uses a general plan to help spread their vision. Tempe wishes to create a community of vital neighborhoods, visually attractive, transit sensitive, with resident participation in making crucial decisions about the future (United). Tempe’s general plan is then broken down into the elements of history, land use, design and development, economics, conservation,…

Urban trees provide a wide range of environmental, ecological, social, cultural and economic benefits. However, as natural objects, they are constantly under stress, and living in an unnatural habitat, which will primarily affect the tree crown. In this study, the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), Crown Live Ratio (LCR), Crown Dieback (CDBK), Crown Transparency (CT), and Crown Chlorosis (CC) of trees at University of Toronto – St. George campus were assessed by field measurements and Google…

Gangxia village is an urban village situated in the central part of Futian CBD, Shenzhen. The urban village comprises two parts, as shown in Figure 4.2, Heyuan and Louyuan, the case study here only covers Heyuan block, which takes up a population of approximately 68,000 (only 900 are indigenous villagers, the other 67,000 are migrant tenants) and an area of approximately 151,600 m2 (Futian Government Online, 2007). Regarding the large size of redevelopment and the complex interests among various…

In many parts of the world people are facing the effects of overpopulation and the process called urban sprawl appearing more often (Randolph). This urban sprawl is a direct result of overpopulating a region with an inadequate room for growth (Randolph). It involves stretching the urban boundaries further and further, thus consuming precious farm land and many other types of land use (Randolph). This realization of a population and space crisis is what has driven only a few cities in the United…