Urban renewal

Budget limitations are an issue that every department, regardless of size, must operate within. Larger departments by necessity have larger budgets but this does not always mean that they are more successful in completing their goals. The larger a budget the more patrol officers the department can put on the road. Each officer on the road must be paid their salary, trained properly, provided a vehicle capable of accomplishing their tasks, and provided the tools and equipment needed for their…

used by extended families (Genemo, 2012). Over the years, urban sprawl has directly contributed to the degradation and decline of natural environment resources. It also reduces farm land and productivity in city leading to social loss and open spaces (Haregewin, 2005). In addition, urban sprawl leads to regional imbalance, such as pulling jobs and people further away from poor communities, increasing in equality. Recently, the problem of urban sprawl was restricted to the developed world but;…

citizens is an important factor in urban planning, settlement and management. Hence, there is a need of a participatory citizen centric planning of urban settlement based on spatial data. These perception and expectation may be represented in terms of emotions. Determining Urban Emotions is an approach which can be used to map different types of emotions associated with urbanization. In the recent years, some new methods have been presented for the area of urban and spatial planning, resulting…

Urban sociology studies the life and human interactions in the city. The social life in the twenty first century consists of both the traditional and familiar trends as well as the new developing trends (Sassen, 2006). Hence, living in the cities is always exciting as well as complicated. Dhaka is a city which has a history of more than 400 years. In 1610, Dhaka was named as Jahangirnagar by subedar Islam Khan Chishti. Many of the famous infrastructures were built during the British and Mughal…

of Slums: The rapid urbanization accompanied by industrialization has resulted in the growth of slums. The shortage of land for housing, the high prices of land beyond the reach of urban poor and a large rural migrations to the cities fuelling the development of slums. These slums give rise to many problems in the urban areas [ ]. Slums are also products of failed policies, bad governance, corruption, inappropriate regulation, dysfunctional land markets, unresponsive financial systems, and a…

Zoning codes attempt to achieve the planning objectives through control of land use , building heights, lot or building area and the population density . Zoning codes in land use determine the type of occupancy permitted in each zone for example :- residential areas, industrial areas business, commercial areas ,recreational areas and educational areas. There are different colors that is used in land use maps .The yellow color for residential areas . The red color for commercial areas . The…

Bastian and Henry (2014) commented on the important fact that the paint industry is differentiated by the existence of the intermediaries that have very high power of influence on the purchasing decisions of the consumers, specially focusing on the urban areas. Asian Paints strategy is to acquire huge demand of the product by using the intermediaries. These intermediaries such as contractors, designers, painters, etc. are used as the marketing wing of the company. From the outlook of Daniel et…

The documentary Singapore: Biophilic City, explores the development and changes the city of Singapore has undergone to become an innovative biophilic city. The intended audience for this documentary is most likely people who are interested in urban development. In addition, this documentary could also be intended for people interested or studying sustainability. The documentary presented the positive attributes of creating a biophilic city, such as improving the lives of its population through…

Urban Village in Dongguan, a Case Study of Huolianshu Village Introduction Along with the expansion of urbanization in China, the urban village may be one of the major characteristics that have already drawn the attention of the Chinese demographers and urban planners. With Premiere Li’s speech, the Chinese governments have proposed for the New Urbanization in 2013. (CCP, 2013) As most of the cities with the rapid growth of economies in the east coast economic zone, Dongguan is also facing the…

1. Introduction Urban greenery is usually being refer as parks or green space but others also claimed that it include rooftop, household garden and streetscape. In this millennium, the cities all over the world are increasingly urbanized. An in burst of immigrants from rural areas to cities is causing the cities to become congested and polluted. The rapidly expanding population and overcrowded slum have hasten the urban development where old buildings are demolished and deforestation is carried…