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The Rise Of Bicycle Riding In The United States
The Rise of Bicycle Riding in the United StatesThe use of bicycles has rapidly increased in the United States and has its positive and negative impacts.The author of the article investigates the causes of the bike boom in the United States and refers to the research data obtained from the BART (B...
Principles That Guide Analysts’ Information Gathering From People
Principles that guide analysts’ information gathering from people The American society code of conduct highlights the use of a given code of conduct in administering research, with the involvement of human participation. The guidelines are essential since some researchers may take crude proc...
Early Planned Residential Communities
Early Planned Residential CommunitiesPlanned communities are the areas that have been carefully designed and constructed by corresponding movements in less developed regions for settlement of people. An example of these organizations is the City Beautiful movement that is based in the United Stat...
City Planning And Urban Design
City Planning and Urban DesignThere have always been the conflicts between planning and design in the urban development. The role of design to planning has created tension between the two concepts. This anxiety stagnates around the two distinct ideas about planning, that is, the urban design and ...
Urban Renewal
Urban RenewalThe impact World War II and the Great Recession intensifies the issue of urban renewal in the United States. The Urban Land Institute begins to publish studies that propose the areas suitable for urban redevelopment. The federal housing administration, in turn, suggests the plans for...
Qualitative Research Issue
Health and Safety IssuesOne health issue highlighted in the literature is the threat of transmission and spread of animal diseases in the community. Rodents spread diverse diseases such as Lassa fever, plague, tularemia, salmonellosis, and rat-bite fever (CDC, 2013). Some of these diseases are mi...
Aspects Of Planning History
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF ASPECTS OF PLANNING HISTORYThe history of planning consists of various aspects. These elements substantially vary from one city to another city. On the other hand, it also varies from one region to another. That is why the way United Sates of America is planned and orga...
Somalia Country Challenges
Somalia Country ChallengesEconomic and development challengesSomalia has had numerous social and political instabilities that pose economic challenges to the country. After the fall of the government in 1991, the entire economy collapsed. The country’s capital; Mogadishu, has also experienced num...
The City Image And Its Elements
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in planning history (lecture and in the textbook)The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition has massive cultural importance to America, given its influence on the architecture and planning of many cities in the US today. Drawing millions of visitors to Chicago at a ti...
Planning Issues In ‘As It Is In Heaven’ Movie
Planning Issues in ‘As it is in Heaven’ MovieIntroductionUrban and rural planning are important aspects that determine the rural and urban lives. It determines how people in the rural areas relate differently from those in the urban areas and the relationship between them. The neighborhood and co...
The Coming Age Of The Urban Guerrilla
The Coming Age of the Urban GuerrillaIn his publication Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla, David Kilcullen, tries to frame a consolidated theory of uneven warfare. Kilcullen’s review is presented at the right time. Through a wide range of topics covered including the Ara...
Wicked Urban Problems In The News
Wicked Urban Problems in the News The current rapid rate of urbanization that is being experienced globally has brought about many problems regarding the distribution of people as well as resources and the usage and consumption of land. There are some regions, however, where urban area has g...
Essay On The Documentary “Singapore: Biophilic City”
Madi 190 unit 4Documentary Name: ‘Singapore: Biophilic City.'Director: Linda Blagg.Producer: Prof Peter Newman.Production year: 2012.Origin of the storyteller: AustraliaAbstract.This write up draws around the distinctiveness of an upcoming planning model called Biophilic urbanism. It gives a look...