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    Name: Sherif Nader A. GOUBRAN ID: 900092358 Date: 13-5-2010 Class & Section: English 201-02 Dr. Loubna Youssef Subtitle: Research Paper (final Draft) A Solution: Urban Chaos in Cairo What is known today as the Greater Cairo Region is in fact a combination of a number of neighbouring cities and governorates (including Cairo‚ Giza‚ Helwan‚ Qalyubia and 6th of October. Since the first establishment in the region‚ Al- Fustat in 641 AD‚ Cairo was in continuous growth. The numerous and different

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    City “The Comparison between Urban People to Rural People” In Partial Fulfillment in the Subject Social Science101 Submitted by: Benjamin Karlo T. Delos Santos BS Nursing 4 Introduction An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities‚ towns or conurbations‚ but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets. Urban areas are created and further

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    PLANNING INITIATIVES’ GOALS AND DETROIT URBAN AGRICULTURE OUTCOMES: A COMPARISON Assignment #5: Reviewed Proposal Zoe Pearce‚ 6777341 To: Zahra Azizi Urbs 240 1 PLANNING INITIATIVES’ GOALS AND DETROIT URBAN AGRICULTURE OUTCOMES: A COMPARISON 2 This paper will examine the urban agriculture movement currently taking place in Detroit‚ Michigan and how it is having an effect on the city that the goals and motivations of historical planning initiatives strived to achieve. This paper

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    A Summary of “How Urban Legends Work” Have you ever heard of the urban legend “Bloody Mary”‚ where you stand in the bathroom with the lights off and the room completely dark and chant “Bloody Mary” 13 times in the mirror a woman will appear and kill you. In the article of “How Urban Legends Work” by Tom Harris‚ Mr. Harris gives us various examples of different urban legends. Exactly what is an Urban Legend? Urban legends are popular stories that are alleged to be true and are passed from person

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    With reference to examples‚ evaluate the success or otherwise‚ of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline. (40 marks) Urban decline is the deterioration of urban areas‚ normally triggered by a decrease in industry. The decrease in industry could be due to manufacturing moving overseas‚ causing industries to close or companies moving to areas outside the city where rent is cheaper‚ such as AXA‚ Sunlife‚ HP and many more companies that moved from the centre

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    Impacts of Urban Renewal on Pyrmont‚ Sydney. Urban Renewal- The redevelopment of an urban area. INTRO Since 1992‚ the 100-hectare peninsula of Pyrmont-Ultimo has been the subject of major master-planning‚ intensive infrastructure and property development that is expected to result in the residential population increasing from 3‚000 originally to 20‚000 by 2021. The Ultimo-Pyrmont re-development is part of a government-led Urban renewal program (now administered by the Sydney Harbour

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    URBAN: • The number of residents is increasingly more in an urban area. • The density of human-established structures is high in the case of an urban area. • Cities and towns constitute urban areas. • It is interesting to note that natural resources and artificial resources develop rapidly in urban areas or in other words it can be said that the areas characterized by natural growth of resources flourish into urban areas. Urban areas are subjected to a process called urbanization. Vegetation and

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    power‚ there are more micro-level social and economic issues that have been exacerbated by this progression. The essence of the city has and always will be the people that inhabit it; how they live‚ work and interact should be the primary focus of any urban environment. Gentrification‚ social and economic stratification and even unjust organization of space are some of the most pressing problems that many cities are facing. Interestingly enough‚ depending on whom you ask‚ you could get an extremely positive

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    THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROBLEM IN URBAN AREAS J. ARCHER1 and K. VOGEL2 1 CTR‚ Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan‚ Stockholm‚ Sweden; 2 VTI‚ Linköping‚ Sweden E-mail: jeffery.archer@infra.kth.se; katja.vogel@vti.se As the number of people who reside and work in urban areas increases‚ so‚ too‚ do the needs and demands placed on the infrastructure. This has led to severe congestion in many European cities‚ a situation which affects not only the environment in terms of pollution‚ but most notably levels

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    assignment On RESPONSIBILITY OF A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER IN ALL PLANNING AGENCIES IN ANY STATE OF THE FEDERATION. COURSE: URP 627 Prepared By Adekunle Emmanuel .O. REG. NO: EDMP11/12/H/2778 Submitted To Dr. S. A. Adeyinka DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Faculty of Environmental Design and Management Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. May‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION Planning is a decision making process that aims to controls development‚ design the environment

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