population growth and insufficient developable land in Hong Kong. While some studies indicate that high-density living poses some negative impacts on the public’s health and facilities’ demands, some researchers disagree with these 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
1900s Transportation Essay Trains in the 1900s revolutionized the U.S. economy by influencing the creation of specialization cities through economical shipping and fostering a healthy tourism industry. Trains allowed goods to be imported/exported with economic value. Previously, importing goods was slow and costly, therefore it was usually reserved for high-value goods where the extraordinary price of the good completely outweighed the cost and time of shipping. "Railroads cut travel time by 90%
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
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
such as air and water pollution, providing adequate services and transportation. However, this also cause augmentation of urban sprawls in which this type of urban living has environment costs due to greenhouse gas (GHG) effects that has an impact into climate change. Climate change
Northern states and the Sothern states. For example most public places and businesses were either for whites only or had and separate section for colored people, even public transportation had a designated white sections and separate colored sections. Fifty years after the initial segregation laws were passed, transportation and most public places where still segregated. African Americans were still
piece of history. It is also known as the New York State Canal System. The canal was also a big part of the cultures. The individuals that worked on the Erie Canal made up a lot of songs and many more memories. The canal was not only a form of transportation for individuals that used it, but some individuals also used the canal as a vacation place, and also a place to hang out with family and friends. While they were with family and friends, gambling and entertainment were popular. The Erie Canal
communication and transportation were undeveloped. The canal allowed the cities that dotted its’ channel to flourish in all aspects of an evolving population. By persistently utilizing the canal, together the western and eastern cities helped New York thrive to become America’s empire state while concurrently revolutionizing as individual metropolises. In addition, New York City has immensely benefited both economically and culturally from the construction and
Quentin Moilet, Midterm Essay, 20/10/2015 UBER ISSUES In San Francisco in 2010, was created a smartphone application that represents over $ 50 billion today and that can transport people in over 250 cities all over the world. The idea of this application came from two young men who wanted to give an answer to taxi’s problems in big cities. And today the company UberCab (called Uber now) has experienced very rapid growth and has initiated many changes in our contemporary society . But why Uber has
Graffiti in New York City has had a local, countrywide, and international influence. Originating in the New York City Subway and spreading beyond it, it was regarded by the city's authorities as an act of vandalism, while some viewed it as an art form (Wikipedia. Graffiti in NY City). It all began in Philadelphia in the 1960s. Later in early 1970s New York City became a center of graffiti culture. In 1971 the article “TAKI 183” Spawns Pen Pals” published by The New York Times draw a lot of attention