Essays on City

Introduction Officially shopping malls are defined as “one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnected walkways enabling visitors to walk from unit to unit. Unofficially, they are the heart and soul of communities, the foundation of retail economies, and a…

According to Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ‘A city’s resilience depends on its physical assets as well as its policies, social capital and institution. ’There must however be a system of resilience in place which will allow for…

Growing up, my parents religiously watched CBC News. To avoid living in a bubble, they were keen on staying informed about events happening all over the world. Naturally, as I got older, my interest in global issues become more prominent as well. Watching the news…

The idea of providing better living standards by incorporating technology into day-to-day activities of people is the sole purpose of the emergence of smart cites. This paper highlights some major technologies and solutions to various problems faced by the citizens due to lack of digitization….

Our present culture of utilization is unsustainable. Removing crude materials from regular spaces requires a lot of vitality and causes contamination, regardless of whether it is logging a woods, digging for minerals or boring for oil. Handling these materials requires more vitality and causes more…

The Question of Cities & Nature“It has to be like that where everything fits—/ Man into Nature, because the town is Nature.” Fernando PessoaIf human beings are “of nature” and our making is nature brought-forth, then our cities are also products of nature. We dwell…

Reading what writes Mike Davis on Dubai, the phantasmagorical metropolis of the desert, my thoughts focus on a reflection on the environment. Dubai was born within a few decades from nothing thanks to macro-credit and ecocide, suppression e perhaps modern slavery. Once the manic burst…

Both London and Bangkok are capital cities, London being the capital of GreatBritain and Bangkok being the capital of Thailand. These two capitals attract manytourists from all over the world to see the naturally wonderful views that MotherNature has to offer, and the creatively artistic…

If you look around the city of Memphis in the year 2018, you will notice that the city is not the best looking in a lot of locations, previously attractive old architecture quickly become dingy eyesores when not cared for. There is more of a…

Environmental sustainability is an important aspect to consider when planning a city as it affects the population and the quality of their lifestyle. By implementing actions to enhance a sustainable area for a population to live, this allows the people to in the city to…