Essays on Urban Development

The Tokugawa Period lasted between 1603 and 1867 (Yanemoto). It was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it was also called the Edo period. The Tokugawa period was characterized by political stability, internal peace, and economic growth. The people were led under military dictatorship. During this time, the Japanese society experienced some changes. Some of the transformation include educational expansion, commercialization and economic growth among others. The social order in the society was totally frozen. The society was divided into four classes: Samurai class, Farmers/Peasants, Artisans, and Merchants. Peasants were concerned with food production through farming. Artisans used their crafts ...

670 Queen Street, Brisbane, Qld. 4000 Dear Mr. Sam Clements. As per your request an evaluation for the optimum site for the potential Gold Coast urban development retirement community was carried out. A preliminary design of the earthworks using geo-mapping with a computer model and the optimum arrangement for the urban development are the outcomes of our work. Three areas were evaluated. We recommend that the project be built upon AREA 2. AREA 2 is the least expensive site for the urban development while at the same time meeting the other requirements for earthworks. The AREA 2 site will ...

Meaning of Neighborhood Stabilization Program

NSP (Neighborhood Stabilization Program) is an initiative established by the U.S Congress with the objective of stabilizing communities that have been subjected to property abandonment and foreclosures. This program was initiated under Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and it was intended to repurchase and redevelop the abandoned and foreclosed properties and homes (Neighborhood, 2016). Low- income individuals who default to service their mortgages usually have their residential property repossessed by the lenders. People are evicted from their homes, resulting in abandonment and foreclosure of the property. Such property would remain under the ownership of private lenders after ...

Role of Policy Actors in Policy Processes

Role of Policy Actors in Policy Processes

The Policy Process on Environmental Issues

It is very obvious that the world is currently experiencing many different environmental problems nowadays. One of the most pressing issue, is the issue on Climate change. Climate change is affecting the world and its inhabitants in many ways. It is a phenomenon by which the world experiences drastic and unusual changes in its climate and seasonal patterns, due to pollution and Greenhouse gases trapped in the earth’s atmosphere. This, in return, causes much more harm to the earth and its inhabitants. Climate change has had a lot of consequences that ...

General Problem Statement

Homelessness is a worldwide phenomenon observed in all nations regardless of economic development status. Many often believe homelessness is only a result of financial distress but there are many instances wherein homelessness is a result of other circumstances; advocates of the financial viewpoint – Miller, Herzberg, and Ray (2012) – claimed the urgency of addressing economic problems of society to effectively deal and combat homelessness. In contrast, Wright (2009) emphasized political and social origins of the problem rather than economic ones In the hopes of helping the problem, Hodas and Myers highlighted social and educational issues in schools that impact children ...

A homeless individual is a person without a regular, satisfactory, and fixed residence for spending a night. The primary residence of such a person is mostly supervised shelter for providing a temporary accommodation. These shelters include emergency shelters and transitional houses that only provide temporary housing. It is a major concern in the US despite being among the most developed countries in the World. Most of the cities in different states in the US are typically faced with the challenge of homelessness. California is among the states that have high levels of street families. Homeless persons usually experience many ...

Critical Assessment of an Intervention for Sustainability

Characteristic of the Place I’ve chosen Hong Kong as a site for this paper. Its total territory is around 1 108 square kilometers that is twice less than the territory of Tokyo or Moscow (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). At the same time, more attention is paid to the region of Kowloon peninsula as the most densely populated area in Hong Kong (more than 7000 people per square kilometer) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). The Kowloon City is more specific site of Hong Kong for analysis in this paper. The chosen region differs by the high population density, ecological and ...

Introduction

The government of Dubai undertook a mega project entitled the Palm Jumeirah in 2001. The mega project involved the building of an island on the shoreline of Dubai with intentions of attracting tourists and create a grand tourist sector. This was not a lofty goal as it has been met and expounded upon. Dubai is now considered the world’s most modern city with the Palm Jumeirah and other mega projects. The impact of the mega project has been local and global. Locally, the city has seen rapid economic growth and now attracts corporations and tourists from all over ...

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Sinkholes are a problem across the globe, especially in urban areas. Sinkholes can cause damage to roads, collapse structures, and destroy property. The biggest way to prevent a sink hole is to learn what factors are included in the formation a sinkhole is, how a sinkhole forms, and wheatther or not the sinkhole was naturally formed or if humans created the situation that caused the sinkhole in the first place. While it is not possible to actually prevent natural sinkholes, there are several ways that sinkholes which are created from human activity may be prevented, or at least ...

This paper seeks to bring to light the problems of farms on the east coast of the UAE and show their water-related problems and its effects on domestic and business activities through a story (Cronon). The protagonist of the tale is Dr. Saif Al Qaydi, who was the Dean of Humanities of a local college in the East of the UAE. He like all the residents of the area faced first-hand the acute problem of water shortage. Al Qaydi was involved in several types of research on the issue and discovered that more than 20 farm businesses were rendered ...

Even though statistics states the the number of homeless people declined in the recent years, homelessness remains a big problem that needs to be addressed (Katel 243). However, the lacking of a permanent settlement does not root from the inability or lacking of the government to provide housing programs especially to the unfortunate. In fact, the American administration has already launched programs which aimed at reducing homelessness (Katel 243-244). One of the housing policies include the “Housing First” Program which helps homeless people find a permanent housing and aids them in the payments of the rent for some period ...

Introduction

In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. Health is considered an important issue when undertaking urban development since it is highly influenced by both ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rise of travel and tourism industries has shown a tremendous resilience, which has been among the main contributors to the growth of hotels real estate in various countries. Thailand is among the countries that have been significantly affected by the geopolitical tensions and economic instability. In 2008, Thailand experience violent clashes that resulted in approximately 9 percent decline in average tourist spending. This also resulted in the closure of the international airports, which consequently decreased tourists and investors' confidence. However, over the past few years, the country has experienced tremendous growth in the tourism ...

Urban planning is a technical and political process that takes into consideration man’s environs and surroundings. This field of study is focused on the use of land, public welfare, urban environment which includes air, water, and all kinds of infrastructure passing in and out of urban areas such as transportation networks, communication and distribution networks. Urban planning started way back in the 20thcentury. Urban cities that are admired today during the world war two can be traced to be great ideas of visionaries who lived and wrote long ago though in most cases they have been substantially ignored ...