Essays on Urbanization

Increasing temperatures a result of climate change is no longer deniable as year after year, news headlines update on the latest record-breaking high temperatures and heat waves. Many governments have pushed for actions to address rising temperatures and reduce effects of climate change. The consequences…

The Garden City is most commonly defined as “a town that has been planned to include a lot of trees, plants, and open spaces;” in essence, a desirable place to live, where the environment has been specifically created to help inhabitants live a fulfilling, healthy,…

Currently, there are more than 1 billion people around the world that do not have enough food to survive their everyday lives, and at the time of writing this, more than 8.3 million people have already died of hunger this year (The World Counts 2019)….

Urban sprawl and land speculation in Bauchi is ever on the rise and posed problems like high cost of infrastructure, farmland invasion, high commuter cost as well as real estate unattractively developed in patchy and strung out manner. This study investigates the impact of urban…

Urban sprawl refers to the urbanization which is mostly driven by large scale migration and population growth. Urban sprawl also defined as spread and ineffective urban growth. However, growing urban sprawl results a major challenge and a serious concern to real estate market. Therefore, this…

Noise pollution was for a long time not considered as impactful as other manifest forms like air or water pollution etc. However, it has emerged as a major source of health hazard with the onset of various technological and industrial advancements. It includes all the excessively loud sounds generated by different sources which…

Noise pollution in hospitals has become a major concern for patients and families. Research shows that there is a strong relationship between the environment and patient health (Alligood, 2014, p. 55). Disruptive noises has an effect on patient’s ability to rest and can impede the…

Economic and Educational Factors in Faisalabad Faisalabad covers a vast agricultural area, but with the growing population the agricultural land is replacing by hotels, housing societies, shopping malls, business centres and multi-national companies. In past recent years the emergence of educational institutions has grown in…

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…

Summary Kevin Lynch, born in 1918 and a Chicago native, was a renowned urban planner and author who became a catalyst in the fields of city planning and urban design during the twentieth century. He studied Architecture at Yale University, City Planning at Massachusetts Institute…

Rapid urbanization and industrialization are leading to the environmental degradation such as deforestation. As a result natural disaster is becoming more extreme and the losses of lives and properties also increasing in a large amount. So, an effective step is necessary to minimize the effect…

I listened to four oral history interviews by Caroline Morris (2011 & 2012). In these interview recordings, respondents described their feelings and memories of the Historic Fulton Renewal Project, the impact of the project on the community and how did it influence the interviewees and…

The need for a participatory and people-centric urban development has been long felt as programmes like JNNURM that followed a top-down approach. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act laid emphasis on creating an enabling environment through the creation of platforms for citizen engagement in identifying, planning…

With the rapid expansion of urbanization and industrialization the need for adult education in urban areas was also felt. The first organized attempt at planning and programming of adult education for adults, in urban and industrial area. Every country develops its own system of education…

The moment early man decided to settle down in the fertile lands of South Asia, the world changed forever. The transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to settled agrarian communities, marked a decisive change in the development of humankind and the cultures we have since established. After…