being a port city on the Southeastern coast to today’s competitive global city, its urban reform is highly influenced by the contribution of commercial and spatial development as political transformation significantly influence the cohesion of urban transformation in Guangzhou. Proposal While Hong Kong and Macao being the colony settlement of British and Portuguese, Guangzhou clear obtain some of the colonial value for these two settlements being one of the most important port city on the Southeastern
In-City Accessibility and Travel Behavior Introduction The energy used for transportation per person for working and non-working services is important to track sustainability of a town. Transportation places key role for land use planning and to reduce greenhouse gas emission and effective energy use. The essay talks about the internal connectivity/ accessibility to various services by different age grouped people with respect to gender. The “Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport (Departments
assertions. This essay examines both the negative and positive effects of high-density living on people’s physical health and the support of infrastructure facilities. The poor air quality caused by the high-density living is one of the central arguments. As pointed out by Recsei (2013), the high-density living induces the high traffic density with less concentration of air for dispersion and dilution. This means this
The aim of this essay is to evaluate two contradictory models of ideal urban form: the compact city model and the dispersed city model as contribution to sustainable development and examine whether the two ideas that have evolved in developing countries in the West have any relevance in the context of Southeast Asia. The cities in Southeast Asia are currently subjecting to rapid urbanisation and expansion. Through the case study of Jakarta, the essay will evaluate upon three major aspects namely
Discuss how two existing (not imagined) cities have responded to the "Land Question" through its urban planning policies and strategies. Then, propose two or three principles which you think urban planners should follow in responding to the "Land Question" today. Introduction 200 Tokyo 500 situation redevelopment tool in Japan short analysis Principles balance public and private 300 see a whole picture 300 Conclusion 200 Final Essay – DEP5102 Semester 16/17 Dai Machida
human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways are heavily develop and that most inhabitants have non-agricultural jobs. Thus, according to this definition, Singapore falls under the category of an urban state. In a city where it is densely populated like Singapore, which has currently 5.46 million people living in its land area of a mere 718 square kilometres, issues like sustainability will arise. United Nation (n.d.) defines sustainability as the ability to maintain
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” said Gro Harlem Brundtland. The essay “How can SMEs respond to the challenges of responsibility and sustainability in a way that might lead to sustainable future of capital city of your country of origin” aims at providing arguments regarding one of the South East Asian countries, Malaysia’s capital city-Kuala Lumpur. According to the essay, …The essay introduces… II) Discussion The definition of SMEs in Malaysia are solely based on a settled
nuclear bombings recorded in history, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, in this essay, I will argue that the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States (U.S.) were an act of terrorism, and that both cities were not legitimate military targets. Although, in many cases, it is difficult to determine between good and evil acts of politicised violence, but the bombings in both Japanese cities were ultimately wrong. The use of nuclear weapons as a mean to force Japan to surrender
Back in the old days, the city core was becoming too dense, vulnerable to pollution, and unhealthy environment, people decided to move out from the city in order to live in a spacious area, cleaner surroundings, public spaces like parks and, preciously, privacy. Suburbs are likely identical to cities in contexts of land use, density and social composition. It is a residential urban area, but less density in terms
There were many reasons for the popularity of the First Crusade among the lay society of the medieval West. This essay will consider a religious fervour (including the desire to liberate the Holy City of Jerusalem and to help fellow Christians in the East); economic reasons (such as poor conditions in Europe); and political aims (regarding the creation of a knightly kingdom in the East). Yet, essentially, the most prominent incentive came from religious zeal and fervent faith in God: this appeared