"What if any are the major urban policy differences between the main American parties both in the past and today? Evaluate their successes and failures."
"What if any are the major urban policy differences between the main American parties both in the past and today? Evaluate their successes and failures." The United States of America are one of the world's most urban nations. They have a strong rural sense of its own history. Inevitably, the two main American parties, Republican and Democrat, have conceived and implemented in the past and still do at present, policy frameworks that differed and differ from each others, including in urban policy. Having into account America's very specific reality, the evaluation of successes and failures of urban policy may not necessarily show a scenario where differences due to style and philosophy of government are clearly perceptible. In its form and structure, the American city was born in the 19th century, which was a century of dramatic transformations on practically every front.1 America was essentially a rural nation and there were no national policies in order to upgrade the quality of life in the cities. It was not until the end of the 19th century that political scientists, social workers, landscape architects, and engineers started to classify and analyse the problems of the city and lay the foundations for modern urban planning and urban studies. The 20th century was, in turn, the century of the public housing (inexistent before in America) and the suburbia transformation in
Test the hypothesis 'Burnage does fit the Burgess Concentric Ring Model of Urban Land-Use. '
INTRODUCTION In class we have discussed urban Morphology Land Use Models, in particular the Burgess Concentric Ring Land Use Model. Commencing the discussion we came up with a hypothesis basis for our coursework. Aim - To test the hypothesis 'Burnage does fit the Burgess Concentric Ring Model of Urban Land-Use. ' Objectives - To test this hypothesis I need to state three generalizations I have formulated in class which I am going to investigate in order to prove the hypothesis true or false. These are; * It is possible to identify Burnage as part of the inner - suburbs of Manchester. * It is possible to identify different types of land use in Burnage, but the main land use should be residential if Burnage is a suburb. * Residential areas vary in terms of housing quality, house price and environmental quality as you move away from the Central Business District (CBD). History of Burnage Burnage is situated approximately four miles south of Manchester city centre, it is a ward located in the inner suburbs. Most of the housing is typical inter-war semi-detached. It was developed in the 1920's and 1930's as a place for people to live. Burnage was developed to improve the living conditions of Manchester's population, over 300 000 people were crowded into the cramped and disease ridden housing of the inner city. The city council was employed groups of people who had trained
"Marketing Maidenhead"
Introduction: I am a business student studying at Maidenhead College in my second year of A Levels, in my second year we are required to produce a piece of course work to submit to the exam board in January. My class and I were approached with a request for help from Martin Fletcher Maidenheads town manager, who asked if we could help him research and show the reasons why Maidenhead is considered as the second town in the county and what the town could collectively do to increase peoples opinion of the town, in order to encourage people to use the town more often and to improve peoples knowledge of services offered in the town and the advantages to using the town! We accepted his offer with open arms as we thought that it would be an interesting project, and that as it is most of our local town it could be interesting to see whether any of our recommendations are implemented in to the town in the near future, we also thought that it would be a good piece of course work as it is not the usual project so we would be presented with new problems that we have never come across before giving us a chance to show our problem solving skills. It also gives us more than enough to show and implement our business skills that we have been studying for the last four years! Aims and objectives: In my project marketing Maidenhead there are many areas of business that I will look in to, to
Urban Conservation and Rehabilitation.
Urban Conservation and Rehabilitation What Urban Issues Have Made Urban Conservation Seem More and More Important in Terms of Town Planning Practice in The United Kingdom? Tate Modern stands at the heart of London, linked to St Paul's Cathedral by the new millennium footbridge. The building is a remarkable combination of the old and the new. The original Bankside Power Station was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who was also the architect of Battersea Power Station, the Liverpool Anglican cathedral and the famous British red telephone box. The building consists of a brick-clad steel structure, constructed from more than 4.2 million bricks. The height of the central chimney was limited to 325 feet (99 metres) in order to be lower than the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. The building has been converted by the leading Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, whose plans have highlighed the building's new function while respecting the integrity of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's original design. The most noticeable change to the exterior of the building is a new two-storey glass structure or lightbeam spanning the length of the roof which not only provides natural light into the galleries on the top floors, but also houses a stunning café offering outstanding views across London. Illustrated Report 8th November 2003 5000 Words What urban issues have made conservation seem
Analysis on China real estate industry
Analysis on China real estate industry Under comparison of Japan's Bubble Final Five 2010/3/31 Table of content Introduction 3 Executive summary 3 Real estate bubble measure analysis 4 ) Model Building 5 2) Fixing on the coefficient ----Base on AHP 7 3) Data analysis 10 4) Conclusion: 14 Causes of Bubble Analysis 14 ) Characteristics of land resources 14 2) Characteristics of the real estate market 15 3) Factors of Financial Institutions 17 4) Government Factors 18 Trends Analysis 19 ) Chinese Government's Control on Financial Systems. 19 2) The Difference of Urbanization 21 3) The Difference of Demographic Structure 22 4) Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy 23 5) Investment Demand in China 24 Conclusion 25 Recommendations to Deflate Bubble 25 ) Reinforce the supervision and control of real estate market 25 2) Strengthen land resources management 26 3) Build up a sound forecast system for healthy development of property industry 27 4) Strengthen supervision on finance sector and prevent loan risks 27 5) Keep the RMB exchange rate's long-term stability 28 Reference: 29 Appendix: 30 Introduction Nowadays, the topic about Chinese real estate market could be the hottest. We have done some research on the Chinese real estate market in this report, and we would like to focus on the Chinese real estate bubble analysis. Firstly, we built
Sustainable House
BE308 CW 1: Sustainable House A Review of the Code For Sustainable Homes Critical Appraisal of a Sustainable Case Study Anthony Phelps (07832233) Table of Contents Code for Sustainable Homes Review 3 Background 3 Breakdown of Categories, Issues, Credits and Weightings 6 Overview 6 Energy and CO2 Emissions 7 Water 7 Materials 8 Surface Water Run-off 8 Waste 9 Pollution 9 Health and Well-being 9 Management 10 Ecology 10 Problems with the Code for Sustainable Homes 10 Conclusion 11 Critical appraisal of new house for energy and CO2 emissions 12 Outline energy strategy 13 Alignment with the Code for Sustainable Homes (Design Stage) 14 Fabric Performance Target Comparison 14 Evaluation and Discussion of Energy Issues 15 Conclusion 16 References 17 Code for Sustainable Homes Review *Personal appraisal is written in italics. Background The overwhelming body of scientific evidence showing that climate change is a serious and urgent issue. In 2004, more than a quarter of the UK's carbon dioxide emissions came from the energy we use to heat, light and run our homes (Department for Communities and Local Government, 2010a). Our commitment to the Kyoto Agreement to reduce our carbon greenhouse gas emission to 5.2% from 1990 levels meant that governmental intervention and legislation must be used to achieve this target. The
Construction Financial 2
CORPORATE ANALYSIS OF MUHIBBAH ENGINEERING (M) BERHAD .0 INTRODUCTION The aim of this Corporate Analysis is to evaluate the current and past financial position and the results of operations of 'Muhibbah Engineering (M) Berhad'. The primary objective to determine the best possible estimate predictions about the future prospect, analyst and evaluate the performance, financial standing and investment opportunities of the company. 2.0 COMPANY SELECTION Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd is a public listed company on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) on 1993. Muhibbah is one of the Malaysia's leading construction corporations with domestic and international operation. The company has been selected for corporate analyses are mainly of the following reasons :- * Muhibbah is a public listed company in main board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). A well-known, solid fundamentals, good management and innovative company which is not only active in Malaysia construction industry but also abroad. * For the financial year 2006 Muhibbah has achieved the turnover of RM1.086 billion, which is meet the requirements given for this analysis. (As a figurative comparison, £1 = RM1 in value). *(The used of audited financial reports for year 2006 because the reports for 2007 has not yet been published)* * Besides of construction development, Muhibbah also diversify
Urban Celebrations in the Light of Ritual Theory.
Urban Celebrations in the Light of Ritual Theory. Exercise in Analysing Ritual. Introduction. This essay is an attempt to analyse urban celebrations in the context of ritual framework. Town celebrations are major events in the life of its inhabitants and these events are usually composed of a variety of minor activities and encompassing the majority of city dwellers and visitors, various communities and associations of the town and both formal and informal urban institutions. A term celebration can involve festivals, rituals, ceremonies, spectacles, pageants, fetes, holidays and extravaganzas, and partakes all of these elements, also celebrations involve sacred and symbolic elements. (Dorson 1982:33). Holidays and celebrations constitute a break from everyday routine and are according to Victor Turner (1982:12) generally connected with culturally shared events from life experiences to stages in the labour process, seasons of the year, religious beliefs, rises in social status and shared community celebrations, that can be either tied up with the individual lifecycle or located in the family, neighbourhood, the village, city or nation. Celebrations of 850th Anniversary of Kasimov. The celebration that I would like to analyse here took place in August - beginning of September 2002 in a Russian town of Kasimov located around 400 kilometres southeast of Moscow. Kasimov is a
Why are there more and more Hong Kong residents taking up residential flats in Guangdong Province?
Why are there more and more Hong Kong residents taking up residential flats in Guangdong Province? Name: Viola Yu, Lok Yan Candidate Number: D0638118 Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong Word Count: 3802 Abstract This extended essay aims at investigating relationship between residential properties in Hong Kong and Guangdong province, China. My researches question "Why are there more and more Hong Kong residents taking up residential flats in Guangdong Province?" is discussed. By comparing price and quality of flats, people's income, surrounding environment, cost of living, perception and government policies, it is found that most of these factors contribute to the increasing demand of Guangdong's flats, because of better environment, lower cost of living, career development, family union and so on. The outflow of capital and money do not only lead to a loss of properties agencies, but it also affects the Gross National Products (GDP) of Hong Kong negatively. This essay is concluded that the flow will soon stop as the substitution effect is decreasing. As Guangdong province develops rapidly, cost of living and properties' price are raising dramatically, Hong Kong residents will stay in Hong Kong due to similar environment in both places and geographical inertia. The outlook of Hong Kong property market is still positive. A lot of surveys and statistics
What factors contributed to the expansion of the Barnwell area from a small village in 1801 to a busy suburb of Cambridge by 1901?
Question: What factors contributed to the expansion of the Barnwell area from a small village in 1801 to a busy suburb of Cambridge by 1901? * At the end of the eighteenth century Cambridge was suffering a significant reduction in the population. According to available statistics, in 1674 the population exceeded 9000, whereas by 1728 Cambridge's population was under 8000. There are many possible explanations for this sudden fall in population. One is overcrowding, and its repercussions, such as poor conditions (lack of clean water for everyone, or excessive amounts of sewage which were hard to get rid of), lack of employment, and very high property prices and rents. The city was squalid, and the lack of a proper sewage disposal system lowered the already poor conditions. Another contributing factor to the mentioned fall in population was the attraction exerted by cities in the north around the beginning of 1750, a period of time marked by the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Cities such as Manchester or Leeds (typical northern cities) offered great opportunities of employment, particularly in the newly born industries. We will now analyze in more detail the expansion issue in Cambridge. The city of Cambridge was expanding at a very fast rate, but the space available for settlement was running short. The expansion of the University restricted the residential areas to