Urban planning

and/or water body & its importance in Urban areas. An urban area is characterized by high human population density and vast human-built features. Thus rises the need of relief spaces in the dense urban matrix. They can be any kind of open spaces or water body, green belts-manmade or natural. Urban Morphology of cities show the gradual decrease and decease of open spaces with the process of urbanization. Open spaces are mandatory for the sustenance of an urban area. They provide recreational and…

The Rural Cemetery Movement With rapidly growing urban populations in the mid-1800’s, it was important to develop healthy, green, spaces for city dwellers. The Rural Cemetery Movement encouraged American cities to use cemetery space as multi-functional space for leisure, recreation, environmental preservation, and for healthy burial practices (Lundgren). "In a country sorely lacking in public green spaces, these cemeteries provided these graceful, elegant places…They were all around…

the red tarmac offers pedestrians an extra safety measure when crossing, while taking away space from the drivers); parking is also a critical matter, generating therefore, economic consequences for the local shops (‘Material Lives’, 2009, scene 1). Another relevant point is the fact that, City Road social appearance, along with its material assets usage, changes considerably throughout the day, making it almost a different street by nightfall (e.g. from a busy commercial street during the day…

The Impact of Gentrification in Major Urban Cities In Fortress Los Angeles Mike Davis discusses how corporations redevelopment of major urban cities has led to gentrification. Davis refers to the term gentrification as, "Extraordinary precautions … taken to ensure the physical separation of the different classes" (509). Gentrification zones through the city have widened the gap between the the socioeconomic classes that exist in society, resulting in a displacement of a large number of…

A perfectly imperfect world The picture below is of an urban residential suburb. I’d like to start off by asking you how you feel or what you think when you drive through the tree-lined streets of areas like Westville, Umhlanga or Musgrave, with its large homes and precipitous driveways? Cliff notes version of my thoughts: • Sense of hope and potential • Encourages one to dream for the future • Wouldn’t be tempted to litter because the community is so clean • Gives the impression that the people…

Delirious New York, he engages the readers through his review and criticism of modern urbanism and architecture. He explores the city of Manhattan as an urban experiment and a field for man made experiences and a platform to the modern life. He demonstrates the concept of “Manhattanism” as a manifestation of urbanism of hyper density created by the man made urban conditions. The first chapter of the book gives the…

Suburban sprawl, the built environment associated with this development pattern, and the subsequent negative effects is a topic that has been examined in a multitude of ways by many different researchers, organizations and interested individuals. Responses to suburban sprawl seek to mitigate or correct a number of problems such as the negative environmental, social, fiscal and health effects of suburban sprawl on individuals and the community. The wide range of these effects, and the multitude…

SAMPLE FORMAT FOR TERM PROJECT – WRITTEN REPORT 1. General Plan Land Use Designation, and Zone Designation Identify both the GP and the Zone designations (zoning found here: http://www.ci.national-city.ca.us/index.aspx?page=550) for the entire site. Briefly describe what the General Plan says about the site designation. GP PART 1 pg 52- Generally explain the General Plan function, and National City’s GP structure (chapters, how they incorporate the seven mandatory elements, and when the GP…

Joseph Bloggs seeks a land use control consent to develop a retirement village at 12 Smith Street, Palmerston North. The proposal is to construct 20 units (10 single storey double attached dwellings) on a single site legally described as Lot 1021 DP 50032, that has a net area of 2300m2. The site is currently vacant and has frontage to Smith Street and Jones Place. Retirement villages are provided for in the provisions contained within Section 10 (Residential Zone) of the Palmerston North City…

3.1) Purpose of Plan Aptus Teaching Landscape Project Plan will provide a definition, goals and objectives of the project in addition to an agreement between the Project Sponsor, Steering Committee, Project Manager, Project Team, and other personnel associated with and/or affected by the project. Therefore, the Project Plan will step by step define the following chapters:  Project background information  Business and project goals and objectives  Scope and expectations  Project budget …