1. Describe the factors that influenced your decision to locate your urban area where you did. Remember to identify factors that influenced the location of you CDB.
I placed my urban area on the east opposite to the industries on the west because the winds blow west so when polluted air from the industries will blow opposite to the urban area and communities. My CBD is found right below the urban area, south of the city. My CBD includes the regional shopping mall of Brina City, the city hall, University of Brina, and the city’s concert hall.
2. Why did you locate your power plant where you did?
I located my cities power plant opposite of my communities, west of the city. The population that the power plant causes will blow west of the city away from the
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Describe where you located your institutional zones. Why did you locate them there?
The city hall can be found right in the center of the CDB (south of the city), North of the University of Brina. The hospital is placed north of the most pullulated community. West of the city can be found the police station and fire station. The police station and fire station is placed in the west community, east of the industries. This is because the industrial zone is known for having a lot of fires and robbery. The criminal rate in the area is very high.
7. Describe where you located your recreational zones. Why did you locate them there?
My recreational zones are placed north of the center community, right in the middle where it is accessible by all 3 communities. The ski park is on the east moraines. Recreational zones such as movie theaters and the concert hall are placed in the CBD. The yacht club can be found on the mini island south of city.
8. Describe where you located your parkland zones. Why did you locate them there?
My parkland zones can be found spread out through the 3 communities in the city. They are more so near educational zones such as primary schools, and communities/area’s with more kids in
The arrival of immigrants triggered a rapid urbanization of the major cities in the United States. New buildings were built to keep up with the city’s population increase, new modes of transportation were built in order to get across the city faster, and settlement house were created The immigrants rushed into cities causing skyscrapers and tenements to be build. As a result of limited land, businesses decide to build the business up instead of out. In addition, many of the immigrants were poor, so the tenement was invented. A tenement is a building full of small apartments that would house many families. Document two shows an immigrant family living in one of these tenements. In addition, to changes in building there were also changes
The power plant is expected to bring more jobs to San Jose during the construction phase. “This project also promises to save customers in California up to $1.8 billion dollars by 2010” (Levey 1) . There certainly is a very high demand in power with the growing technology industry. The state of California fears that if the power plant is not built there will be a shortage of power in the state. “If the San Jose City Council decides not to rezone land for the project, the state could take the unprecedented step of overriding a community's opposition to a new power plant. California has faced persistent power shortages this year. And state analysts already have recommended approving the project” (Levey 1) . If Calpine get approval to begin constructing the power plant, San Jose will have several problems in the future.
One of the neighborhood is Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park is located north of Chicago. Lincoln Park is known for its natural and historic churches. The North Side neighborhood’s park is 1,208 acres of green space with a free zoo open year-round, a nature museum and conservatory. When the weather is just right you can also head over to the lakefront trail and beaches. The beaches sand and surf are
Geographical inquiry question 2- to assess the effects urban renewal has had on the demographic status of the suburb
...bstantially over time. Zone III, also known as the area of “respectable artisans,” consisted of rooming and boarding houses where workers lived. It was also the area where those who could get out of the deteriorating conditions of Zone II were likely to move. Zone IV, “suburbia,” was the residential area of the middle-class single family homes and apartment residences. Lastly, Zone V, was the commuter area where upper-class residents lived in large single family homes ().
The Recreational Precinct, within the area there are many parks, facilities and recreational centres, which are all
In the early 1990’s the crime rate in New York City was astronomical. Every category including the eight nature index crimes were all on the rise if not extremely high already. Mayor Giuliani a former federal United States prosecutor was elected into office and brought with him a reputation of viciousness against crime. His campaigns lead to the appointment of Commissioner William Joseph Bratton to hold the position of police commissioner of New York City. Giuliani learnt of Bratton’s amazing crime reduction plan that helped reduce crime in two other cities. He requested him for the position as police commissioner for New York City and was appointed in 1990. Bratton had previously helped establish an innovative policing program in Boston Back Bay neighborhood and Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. Using the same approach he would attempt to reorganize and help the New
She also introducing new urban building standards. This this article she talks about, the idea some people have of tearing it down and rebuilding. She also talks about ideas people have about some parts of towns. In Boston, she talks about the area of North End, and the change that it was over gone. During her second visit to this area, she discovered that it had changed. She talked to other about it, although the statistic were higher than the city, the people still saw it as a slum. They felt that they needed to tear it down in order to build something better. This leads to the conclusion that the urban planners to do understand that the people of the city need. They have ideas that were developed years ago that they are still using. These ideas do not take account what the people want. The author also introducing new ideas of a perfect city to live in and what it would look like. The idea of a garden city was introduced. This city would be built around a park. Although the new ideas sounded great they could not be put into place today. The idea of a Garden City is something that sounds nice, but it is not possible in society today. Today a city should reflect economic status, and in order to achieve this the city should be big, and convey an image of power. A city that has aspects of nature in it would not convey that image. That upkeep of a city of that kind would also be difficult. The do understand the author's point of view. The planners often times do not take into account the desires of the people. The town that I grow up in want to become more urbanized. In order to do this, they are building a large shopping center. This shopping center is located in the canyon rim. This canyon rim has been important the people for many years. We come to the area to walk, what bass jumpers, and enjoy the scenic views. This new shopping center took away this area. Many of the people
Glenn, Stacia. "Youths Push for New Park." Student Research Center. N.p., 22 Aug. 2006. Web. 6 Dec. 2013.
District (CBD for short) of a town or a city. The town that I will
Investors will find a number of different neighborhoods that they can invest in. The main neighborhoods in the city are Centralville, Acre, Highlands, South Lowell, Back Central Downtown, Pawtucketville and Belvidere. By population, the largest neighborhood is the Highlands. This section includes nearly a quarter of the city's residents. This section is located in the southwestern side of the city. Meanwhile, Belvidere, South Lowell, Downtown and Back Central can all be found in the southeastern part of the city. Pawtucketville and Acre are both located on the northwestern side of the city.
The community that I had been living here for the past couple of years is Woodside. Woodside is my home where there are a lot of varieties of things to do with people’s lives. In fact, it accommodate how people in this community interact with others such as going to varieties of stores, enjoying themselves at the park and etc. The best view point of my community that I like to talk about is the park and the good foundation of stores that are provided in this community.
I have opinions of all the places I have lived. Each place has its advantages and disadvantages, and I am not sure if there is any place that really fits me well. In this essay, I will examine the bad and good aspects of some of the places I have lived. Then, I will compare what I consider to be "ideal" conditions with the good aspects of those places where I have lived. Lastly, I will choose the place that I think is best for me.
Living in the City vs. Living in the Country The age-old question has plagued many, “Should I live in a city or should I live in the country?”. There are many advantages and disadvantages to choosing a lifestyle in either setting, and careful examination of all aspects is needed to make the perfect decision for you. One major issue affecting many people trying to make the decision on where to live is their quality of life in either extreme. Health, education, and transportation are three major concerns that many consider.
According to George Torkildsen (2015) said the recreational areas are of great assets for the cities and urbanities (Sreetheran, 2007) and they were created to preserve the natural environment (Ismail, 2002), as place for people to experience nature (Cohen et al., 2007), to release from stress and gain a positive psychological