STUDY OF JAPANESE EXPERIENCES ON SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING POLLUTION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE / ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GHG REDUCTION FINAL REPORT The First East Asia Eco2 Program, including this study, was funded by the Cities Alliance through a non-core contribution of the Japanese Government, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the World Bank February 2011 ALMEC CORPORATION TABLE OF CONTENTS MAIN TEXT 1 SUMMARY 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Context
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Contemporary Right to the City When Henri Lefebvre first conceived of the right to the city in 1968, the Internet had not yet been invented; today, it is impossible to imagine a world without it. Advances in technology have allowed for dramatic improvements in the standard of living, and citizens in cities should have the right to realize these benefits. Singapore is striving to become a smart city, and has incorporated information and communication technology throughout the city that has resulted in
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World Cities The global pattern of urbanisation: millionaire cities, mega cities and world cities • At a global scale, rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50 years. • Almost 50% of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. 19% of the world’s population lives in cities of more than 1 million people. • The most urbanised continents are Europe, North and South America and Oceania and the least urbanised continents are Asia and Africa. • The number of
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the city center of Skopje. The site we chose is situated in a part of town with heavy infrastructure and traditional local neighborhoods, which gives the urban art a chance to emerge spontaneously. Initially designed as part of a large urban superstructure named the City Gate, Skopje’s Transportation Center never saw its full realization as such. It was erected in a position where several main infrastructural arteries come closest to one another, monumentally hovering above the street life level
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Large cities often are the gateway into a country for large numbers of immigrants. As a result, large cities are confronted with unique hurdles involving immigrant integration, which are different than the issues of immigrants faced at a federal level. The need for cooperation between federal, state, and local government becomes more pressing at the municipal rung of the governmental ladder, so to speak. Big cities are faced with swift variations in the size of their population, in no small part
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Comparison the cities of Canada and the U.S The article on About.com, “Comparing the City in the United States and Canada” by Ping Zhou discussed the differences between the cities of the U.S and Canada. These two countries are tied together either geographically or economically. Though those cities share almost the same traits with each other, there are still some differences among them when “broke down some of those traits”: Sprawl, Transportation and Ethnic Diversity. The first comparison
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In recent years, the pressure of urbanization has affected the urban environment of Iranian cities on a large scale and it makes the serious environmental damages to the body of these cities. In order to, the urban environment can be considered as a commercial product that it has to change according to the citizen’s desired during the time. This situation for big cities like Mashhad has a special status. Another side, Mashhad is a religious Metropolis and it attracts about 20 million pilgrims every
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definition in the textbook, and then did a general google search with the term to broaden the definition. What caught my eye was the idea of polycentric governance within cities, urban areas, and/or metropolitan areas. I have lived my entire life in a very rural area and have very limited knowledge about the inner workings of city life. I find that because of my limited background knowledge on the subject it creates a challenge for me, and makes the term al the more appealing. Explanation of the Key
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Where will you live? Most everyone will ask that question at some-point in his or her life. Will it be the urban life of the big city, filled with its tall buildings, loud neighborhoods, busy streets, and never-ending projects? It might be that that is more than one might want if that is the case, there is the serenity of the suburbs, which offer spacious housing, peaceful surroundings, fresh air, and plenty of nature. Both urban and suburban areas offer people different choices in lifestyles, from
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Essay Rust and Vreugd can be seen as a suburban house in the city centre of Cape Town. This is unusual as homes in the city centre today are found to be apartments, lofts, condos and penthouses. It is rare to find a suburban-style house in the city centre, built in the past 20 years. From this it can be said that a penthouse is the development of the suburban house in the city centre. Many factors lead to this development and change of “city houses”. It is essential to first look at the characteristics
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