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…

Abstract The late 1940s/ 1950s saw an intense increase in suburban populations. Political policies enabled soldiers to get an education under the GI bill and housing through low interest insured mortgages. However, these FHA issuing policies were racist as they would not insure areas with…

Over the centuries, there has been an undeniable symbiosis between urbanization and food production. Before the start of agricultural cultivation, it could be argued that there was no such thing as a city. The history of human settlement starts with the hunter gatherer bands setting…

With the IoT coming into existence, it has significantly impacted the standard of living of people that loves to play around with technologies, in terms of health, lifestyle, fitness etc. To achieve better and healthy lifestyle of citizen, air quality in which they are living…

Cities around the world are juggling with problems that inherent with rapid urbanization and development. The rapid urbanization is putting a lot of pressure on the available infrastructure facilities like water, sanitation, housing, educational institutions, waste management, hospitals, and mobility etc. in the urban areas….

In today’s world, urbanization is a pressing issue for coming generations. The issue of a where the growing population will live must be addressed. With wildlife, the areas in which they can live are being reduced and restricted. Urban sprawl is an issue that my…

One of the consequences of urban transformation is on socio-cultural issues. City structure, buildings and settlements are directly linked to human beings. Any change in urban area will directly affect society as it will affect people because person and society cannot think separately. Urban transformation…

One of the renowned urban theorists, Mike Davis, in his book Planet of Slums, profoundly traced the rapid flow of human races from rural residencies to urban areas in the underdeveloped world. Moreover, he discerned the miserable existence of several messed slums due to this…

With the increase of impermeable surface of buildings, walkways etc. due to an increase of population growth and urbanization, the need of reimplementing green cover space is critical in maintaining the quality of the environment. The installation of green roofs is one of the better…

Gentrification was first coined by a sociologist named Ruth Glass in 1964. He explained it as the “migration of middle class residence into a working class neighborhood where by these newer residents then start fixing up their houses, start changing elements of the built environment…