The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland‚ called the United Kingdom‚ GB or UK‚ is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is made up of four countries: England‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and Wales.[10] It is a member of the European Union‚ the United Nations‚ the Commonwealth‚ NATO and the G8. It has the sixth largest economy in the world.[11][12] About 61 million people live in the UK. Most people in the UK speak English. There are four native languages other than English. They
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ondon is the capital of the United Kingdom. It ranks as one of the world?s most historic cities‚ tracing its roots back nearly 2000 years. London has long been a great world port and trading center. The port of London consists of two huge docks and 43 miles of wharves along the Thames River. London also has a remarkable transportation system. Expressways‚ and underground and surface railways carry more than one million commuters between the outlying areas and central London each workday. More than
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The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision. If it is used for housing it is typically known as a housing subdivision or housing development‚ although some developers tend to call these areas communities. What is required to open a new Subdivision Subdivision process Before a new lot can be sold‚ it has to be created and its title registered. The process is: Planning approval - submit planning application to Council‚ including proposed plan of subdivision
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Planning theory | Kathputli Colony | The Informal Story | | Disha Mendhekar Akanksha Laroiya | 4/6/2013 | “The mind‚ by seeking to normalize what it perceives‚ to make sense and resolve‚ is deceived‚ easily and constantly misdirected‚ and willing to be so for the sake of equilibrium. Our desire for order deludes us. I realize this not only at the magic show but while walking down Chowringhee. We dare not see what is really going on.” -Lee Siegel‚ Net of Magic (p. 426) |
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– Madurai Institute of Social Sciences – Introduction to Town Planning Town Planning No urban area will prosper unless it attracts those who can choose to live wherever they wish. My interest is in the future‚ because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. 2 S.Rengasamy – Madurai Institute of Social Sciences – Introduction to Town Planning Content Urban India Box: How India’s Urban Settlements are administered Town Panchayats / Municipalities / Corporations Box: Basic Feature
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“The Town-Country Magnet”‚ “A Contemporary City” from the City of Tomorrow and its Planning and “Broadacre City: A New Community Plan.” After reading and summarizing these three articles‚ it help me grasped the concepts of how cities developed to benefits the community. My first discussion includes “Author’s Introduction” and “The Town-Country Magnet”
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“Critically discuss the historical evolution of town and country planning in Australia and internationally” Introduction Despite the profession of planning being a relatively recent creation‚ Planning has existed in some form since the beginning of human settlement itself. Whether it is the ancient cities of the Old World or the global metropolises of today‚ every urban environments display some degree of planning in their design and function (Smith‚ 2007). However‚ just as cities have evolved
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DEMOGRAPHICS OF UNITED KINGDOM: It is the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the 22nd-largest in the world. Population: The estimated population of the United Kingdom in the 2011 census was 63.182 million of whom • 31.029m were men & • 32.153m women. Population Density: Its overall population density is one of the highest in the world at 256 people per square kilometer‚ due to the particularly high population density in England. Literacy Rate: The United Kingdom’s
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Life in the country and in town If you had a choice‚ where would you like to live: in town or in the country? Whether you live in small towns or large cities‚ there are merits and drawbacks. And in this essay I will try to highlight some of the major advantages of living there. But of course there is always two sides to a coin‚ therefore this essay will also point out some of the problems which often reduce the pleasure of living in the countryside and in town. The best reason why one should
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PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Nobody set out to create Parliament. It developed naturally out of the daily political needs of the English King and his government. The modern British Parliament is one of the oldest continuous representative assemblies in the world. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved
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