...1. The City Greening the roadside in Chittagong Chittagong lies where the Karnaphuli River meets the Bay of Bengal, about 260km southeast of Dhaka. It covers around 155km², and has an urban population of 3.9 million people. At present, Chittagong experiencing rapid but unplanned urban growth, as a result of which, environmental issues are emerging, such as pollution, traffic congestion, lacking solid waste management, unplanned hill cutting and poor sewerage facilities. Chittagong’s solid waste management system employs around 1,800 workers, of which 1,475 are Sheboks (street sweepers). Its trucks are powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and waste is disposed of into two landfills. Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) greening and recycling initiatives have won the prestigious “Prime Ministers First Prize” (in 2003-04) for achievements in maintaining Chittagong as a “Clean and Green” city of Bangladesh. Successful initiatives include an annual month-long plantation fair, and water and firewood recycling projects. The Conservancy Department of CCC is responsible for the solid waste management. To TOP 2. Action Plan Progress After the First 2006 AUICK Workshop, the Action Plan made for Chittagong facilitated NGO and private initiatives to better manage solid waste collection and disposal. Chittagong’s urban environment suffers from the effects of unplanned waste disposal by its 35-40 health clinics and hospitals, and the destruction of its hillside greenery by unplanned...
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...affected and the government has declared drought emergency state-wide. Many urban areas in the bay area have started taking action against drought emergency. The government in many district in Contra Costa county has requested the public to conserve water and introduced the preliminary water use reduction target that are to be followed by all the residents and customers. As a result of the drought emergency small suburban city like El Cerrito has done a lot to help conserve water that could be implemented by many other district in Contra Costa County. The different projects El Cerrito has implemented to conserve water during drought could be also used by urban cities so that they do not have to implement extreme actions later on and also will be of great help during worsening drought conditions. In order to prevent serious damage due to shortage of water El Cerrito city started The Energy and Water Efficiency Program (EWEP) in 2008 so that it could fund projects that have innovative approaches for energy and water conservation (Innovative). Just by starting such program El Cerrito city was able to fund 1 water efficiency project due to which 1.5 million gallons water was saved which is a remarkable achievement (Innovative). Such long term strategy should also be implemented by many district in Contra Costa County so that drought does not effect the city like it has today in near future. The government in many urban district reacted only in face of the worsening drought but like EL Cerrito...
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...Conservation a tool for Urban Regeneration Heritage Conservation in Tainan Submitted By: ANIQA SOUD NISHANT BHATEJA SABREENA ASHRAF SUDHAKAR CHAUDHARY Clockwise from top: Downtown Tainan, Statue of Yoichi Hatta, THSR Tainan Station , Dan zai noodles, Fort Provintia, Beehive firework in Yanshui. • Tainan is located in the south western part of Taiwan and in the north of Kaohsiung City. • Being the fourth largest city in Taiwan, Tainan has an area of about 174 square kilometer with population of 750,000. • It is one of Taiwan's cultural capitals, for its rich folk cultures including the famous local snack food, extensively preserved Taoist rites and other living local traditions. Country Taiwan Map Tainan city Map Overview of Fort Zeelandia in Tainan, Taiwan, painted around 1635 HISTORY Tainan gateway to the sea during Qing Dynasty • Tainan is the island’s oldest city which was settled in 1590, which was once under Dutch colonial rule from 1624 to 1661. • It became an ancient capital of Taiwan after Cheng Cheng-kung took over the island from Dutch. • In 1684, the Qing Empire conquered Taiwan • After 100 years, the Qing dynasty was defeated by Japan and Tainan was ceded to Japan Heritage Conservation in Tainan Tainan has a long historical development and thus there is a range of heritage found in the city including temples, forts, government office building and court. Fort Provintia By the end of 2004, there...
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...The effects of unplanned urban development 1. Problem Identification As suburban communities continue to expand, typically in a random pattern generated by the availability of cheap land that can accommodate large numbers of housing , lack of planning does not only require the concurrent expansion of community and commercial services , also scatters plague of urban extensions and environmental degradation . A lack of proper planning and urban development community also makes it harder to bring together members of the community, because the infrastructure is decentralized. * Deforestation As communities continue to expand without a well- prepared for the integration of residential areas, agriculture and business, buying and selling property plan will most likely lead to deforestation of the surrounding environment. To cut trees to clear building lots, soil often erodes. If construction zones are located near sources of water, eroded soil dry these sources, causing pollution and eliminating aquatic life forms. Depending on the topography of the area, deforestation caused by urban sprawl can increase the likelihood of flash floods and landslides. * Management of water resources Human life and health of the planet depend on a clean and healthy channels. Urban development puts pressure on aquatic ecosystems, including water supplies, which may endanger the health of waterways. Resource management is another problem for communities that do not properly plan their...
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...10 3. The Bicycle modal share ………………………………11 4. Conclusion………………………………………………14 5. References………………………………………………15 Introduction It is important to remember that transport should be made accessible and affordable to people of all income groups. Poverty is seen as a relative concept, and the view is taken that we should not be considering one South African poverty problem, but rather strategies for developing the metropolitan, urban and rural poor households. The households have been further grouped into quintiles according to their incomes. In my quest to answer how likely trends are going to change, I will give an analysis of a broad range of transport issues. For example; the overall amount of travel; travel purpose; public transport accessibility, affordability and attitudes of customers; vehicle ownership; accessibility to shopping, education and medical facilities. The first issue that is apparent and seem to emerge from analysis is the difference between the rural and metro/urban poverty experiences. Secondly, there is an...
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...| 8. | How it has benefited me | 04 | 9. | How it has benefited the society | 04 | 10. | Cooling urban island | 05 | 11. | Filters | 05 | 12 | Conclusion | 05 | Outline: Thesis Statement: Since my childhood I had a fascination for plants. It was so strong that I felt I belong to a jungle. In a city like Dhaka it is not easy to have a garden of your own, and it was tougher for us as we live in a residential area. Then my father told me that I can build my garden on the rooftop of our house and it was the beginning of my jungle. Plantation on My Roof Top Introduction Since my childhood I had a fascination for plants. It was so strong that I felt I belong to a jungle. In a city like Dhaka it is not easy to have a garden of your own, and it was tougher for us as we lived in a residential area. Then my father told me I can build my garden on the rooftop of our house. And it was the beginning of my jungle. How Did It Come to My Mind Cities are called concrete jungles for obvious reasons; cluttered buildings, congested streets, construction and repair. While urbanites may prefer the fast-paced lifestyle of big cities, there is still nothing quite like the breath of fresh air brought by walking into a park. Some cities are fortunate to have visionary urban designs that include large green parks. Perhaps some green space is needed in the urban landscape to restore humanity in us, not to mention the other benefits. When Did I Start When I’m...
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...Geography 3202- Lab 3 My map entitled “Provincial Protected Areas” is a government map that I have edited to try to make it “easier” to interpret/view. I edited the map with the main focus being on urban centres, roads, rivers, lakes and protected areas. I tried to edit the map with the protected areas being the main focus. Urban Centre On this map, I tried to have a focus on the main urban centres that were located relativity close to the protected areas, so if anyone wished to visit these areas then they would have some sense as to the location of accommodations. There are many towns in Newfoundland; the general public would be more familiar with the larger centres and this could give them some direction as to where the protected areas were located. Roads There are many roads in Newfoundland, so it is important that I was able to classify which ones were “important” rather than others. I felt it essential that I have the Trans-Canada-Highway as this shows how to get from one side of the island to the other. I also felt that the Viking Trail Highway was very important since it shows how to get from the TCH to the tip of Newfoundland which was also the location of a few protected areas. I also kept some primary roads in place since they show how to get to particular protected areas. I deleted many of these primary roads since they did not serve a purpose for the “protected areas” aspect of this map; it also looked very clustered in some places which made the map harder...
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...Robert Hayes II Geog 413 Midterm November 10, 2013 Megacities or Suburbs? Urbanization and growth rely on each other like cause and effect. However; when one asks does urbanization trigger economic growth and development, or is economic growth and development the result of urbanization is like asking which came first the chicken or the egg? Urbanization and growth rely on each other, however; does there come a point in which the diseconomies start to outweigh the benefits of agglomeration? Annez and Buckley state in Urbanization and Growth: Setting the Context that “Urbanization is necessary to sustain growth in developing countries.” Annez and Buckley point out that urbanization affects the growth process through the enhanced flow of ideas and knowledge attributable to agglomeration in cities. They drew in evidence from Landes (1969 cited in Willamson 1987, p. 6) whom believes “Urbanization is an essential ingredient in modernization”. (Anez & Buckley p. 1 & 2) Industrialization is triggered by urbanization which leads to modernization. Modernization leads to economic development which allows people to use current technology. Part of the modernization process is education and creation of a centralized bureaucracy. These creations enable their people to advance and compete in the modern world. All these concepts are related and rely on each other. Annez and Buckley show in several graphs as countries become urbanized their GDP rises. In almost every...
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...THE PROCESS AND PATTERN OF URBANIZATION AND LABOUR MIGRATION IN NIGERIA By Anyaele Samuel O. Mabogunje (1968), defined urbanization as the process whereby human beings congregates in relatively large number at one particular spot of the earth surface. The particular spot is refered to urban centers. Urbanization simply put, is a demographical phenomenon charaterized with the movement of people from the rural settings to permanently dwell in the city (urban areas). Labour migration on the other hand, is the process through which an individual move from an administrative territorial community to another community in order to gain an employment. There are two types of labour migration namely; the contemporary labour migration which is also refered to as oversea or contract workers. Here, an individual migrates for a little period in order to send money back home. And the highly skilled and business migrants; here, people with qualifications like executives, technicians, professionals and its similar prowless move within the international or national labour market to gain employment. Urbanization process are those factors that facilitates a place to turn into urban center. These factors includes; migration (PUSH – PULL FACTORS), natural increase, government policies, exchange of trade etc. MIGRATION- migration is a rational movement that invovles a change in place of residence across a defined geo-political boundary. Migration is age, sex, destination and reason selective. Factors...
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...and poor eating the current generation of children’s life expectancy is going to be less than that of their parents. The information contained on the website is easy to find and easy to understand. The various categories that anybody is interested in are clearly visible and easy to use. Finding information on how often the website is updated was a bit challenging. The websites offered many videos that go into detail on various health topics such as obesity, diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease. The videos were easy to understand and contained more than enough information to give the viewer a clear overview of the central idea. What I found to be most interesting was the information contained on the website about the effects of poor urban...
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...city’ is a notion popularly cited among planning academics and practitioners in describing some strategic places in the world economy. Pioneer researchers in this area define global cities as basing points of capital in a world economy (Friedmann, 1986: 71); production centres of specialized information services such as financial services, media services, educational and health services, and centres of tourism (Hall, 1998: 24); and centres for servicing and financing international trade, investment and headquarters operations (Sassen, 2004: 171). Summarizing those perspectives and recognizing the influence of a new economy, which can be characterized as informational, global and networked (Castells, 2000: 27), global cities can be seen as the urban nodes where globalization materializes so that they are (1) highly concentrated command points in the organization of the world economy; (2) key locations for finance and specialized service firms; (3) sites of production of innovation; (4) markets for the products and innovations produced (Sassen, 2001: 3 and 4). Taylor (2004) has argued that these perspectives involve understanding just the attributes of cities and suggests that the key roles of global city are shaped by the relationships and connections they have with the rest of the world. He illustrates a hierarchy of cities reflecting such relationships by analyzing the location of advanced producer service firms and produces. Olds and Yeung (2004) provide a comprehensive coverage of other...
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...TIMEPLAN AND RESOURCES 7 9. CONCLUSION 7 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 8 1. INTRODUCTION One would like to take this opportunity to thank the company “Urban Outfitters Inc.” for inviting me to conduct this innovation audit. It is with great pleasure and intrigue that one immerses oneself in the innovative aspects of your company and seek ways to improve the overall success of your establishment. The audit will be conducted over an extended period, as yet to be outlined. In order to establish a thorough audit one will conduct assessments and surveys in most of the company’s UK, Ireland, European stores and the head office headquarters in Oxford Street. Before one begins it must be outlined why one believes that this innovation audit will significantly improve the prosperity of this company: Innovation has become one of the key business progressions to deliver sustainable competitive advantage. It is a complex process, one easily identified as being of critical eminence for organisational success yet not easily controlled. The successful management of innovation delivers value to end users, meeting business and organisational objectives and visions. Innovation is the lifeblood of any business. It prevents a business from stagnation by giving its products or services a competitive edge. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY History Urban Outfitters was established in 1970 in a Philadelphia row house a few blocks from the University of Pennsylvania campus. Originally called “Free People”...
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...“Life and Misery of Gypsies in Lahore Date: 24th November 2010 SUMMARY Gypsies are a social group of nomads that mostly suffer discrimination from the rest of the society. These gypsy communities in Lahore are living in great misery. They don’t have even the basic facilities of life such as electricity, health, education and clean water for drinking instead there are masses of rubbish and pools of filthy water all around. The children of gypsies run here and there, naked and with dirty hairs and skin, the males are addicted and the ladies move towards the Bazars for begging and prostitution. Government must stop being negligent of these 700,000 people and has to provide them with space for housing, basic facilities of life and provide them with employment to sort out their financial problems. INTRODUCTION The Gypsies are one of the most segregated and neglected ethnic groups in all over the world are living a dejected life on the various margins of the globe. In this report the problems and hardships of the gypsies encountered particularly in Lahore will be highlighted. The major issues are improper settlement of gypsies, lack of basic facilities of life for them, lack of education, unemployment and poverty which results in increase in crime rate. The Governments mostly turn their heads from these settlements, regarding them as "lumps" in the body of society. We will discuss different means by which we can over come this problem...
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...4. Market Analysis Geographically situated in Malaysia, A-Life’s target market will be located from the 28 million of Malaysian total population. 4.1 Market Segmentation To launch our new product Offrey, we will be focusing on a target group in Malaysia with the following characteristics: * Urbanised Malaysian community is currently undergoing a wave of urbanisation. According to the CIA World Factbook (2011), 72% of Malaysian total population live in urban areas. These urbanised Malaysians appear to be a group of young, educated and affluent consumers. They have more sophisticated taste and preference, technologically savvy and seen to have adapted a more westernised culture. They also lead a busier lifestyle. * Health Conscious Due to the higher education level in urban areas, most urbanised Malaysians are health conscious. They usually have knowledge on ways to take care of their health and emphasize more on healthy lifestyle. Aware of the importance of health, they are usually more willing to spend on health-oriented products. * 25-40 years old Malaysians ranging from 25 to 40 years old stand a portion of approximately 4 million over the 28 million of total population in Malaysia. (Euromonitor International, 2011) They are characterised as well-educated, socially mobile and affluent group of people in Malaysia. (Euromonitor International, 2012) They have been identified as a valuable consumer segment by most of the industries due to their strong...
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...Project A – AJ Davis Department Store Keller Graduate School In reviewing the data for AJ Davis Department Store, the below diagrams represents the detailed statistical analysis of the data collected from a sample of 50 credit consumers. The data collected was based on the following five variables: location, income, size, years and credit balances. The first individual variable considered was Location. The three subcategories are Rural, Suburban, and Urban. Shown below is the frequency distribution and pie chart, the maximum number of customer belonging to the Urban category were 42%, followed by the Suburban of 30% and Rural at 28%. Since this is a categorical variable, the measure of central tendency and descriptive statistics was not calculated. Frequency Distribution Location Frequency Rural 14 Suburban 15 Urban 21 The second variable is Credit Balances, displayed in the histogram below in the frequency of how many consumers and their credit balances at department store. Descriptive Statistics: Credit Balances ($) Variable N N* Mean SE Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Credit Balance ($) 50 6 3964 132 933 1864 3109 4090 4748 Variable Maximum Credit...
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