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Urban Planning

Urban planning combines transportation planning and land use planning to enhance the structure, social and economic environments of communities. This type of planning includes urban renewal, wherein urban planning methods are used to existing communities suffering from lack of investment.

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What is the average number of people per household in Kenya?

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The last census undertaken in Kenya (in 2006) placed the population at 36.1 million.

In 2008 The population of Kenya was estimated at 38 million by the United Nations Population Fund.

At the current annual growth rate of 2.8 percent - which is itself considerably higher than the world's average of 1.2 percent - the Kenya population is projected to stand at 51.3 million in 2025 and 65 million in 2050.

The latter reflects an increase of 72 percent over the current figure.

Five definitions of urban and regional planning?

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Urban and Regional Planning is the field addressing urban and metropolitan growth and development. It includes economic, social, environmental and often political concerns within a city or region.

What was the most common form of mass transit?

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In the late 1800's meaning 1870 and after most cities in EUROPE had Horse-drawn streetcars. Around 1890 electric streetcars began replacing the horse powered ones.

It's similar in the US, but there things developed a little earlyer

What are some major problems associated with megacities?

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Biggest problems with megacities include: Pollution, proper waste disposal systems, prevention of urban sprawl, proper city planning and the need for adequate muncipal and city resources to combat crime, fires, emergencies and health issues. The biggest problem seen in big cities such as Chicago and New York City is the risk of urban blight which increases crime rates and leaves the city with a host of problems to solve.

What is DE-urbanization?

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Deurbanization or deurbanisation is the physical decline in the urban population as a result of economic or social change. Deurbanization is commonly defined differently from suburbanization because it describes a migration to rural previously uninhabited regions that had low population density, not to the outer or surrounding regions of the city as defined by suburbanization.

What is the historical importance of urbanization?

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Urbanization is probably the single most important phenomenon in history. Generally, towns grow with military power and, therefore, the study of military structures (phalanx, legion, comitatus, infantry pikemen/longbowmen and urban militias) is an equally important area of study.

Urbanization along with contracts and changing military structures marked the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the renaissance. For obvious reasons, urbanization allows for easier flow of information, more resistance to anti-progressive forces like nobles or religious officials, and more technological evolution. People grow and progress via trade and sharing, and urban environments allow this.

Urbanization occurred en masse during the industrial revolution in particular, when many large land owners out-competed small farms while technology allowed factories to open and provide jobs. But even before this, relatively large cities existed in England, Italy (the home of the renaissance), and Germany (until the reformation). These cities were trade hubs that often fielded their own miltia forces, and therefore were important to the king in creating a centralized government not based on the feudal lords.

Urbanization has many important effects, this is a good list:1) Technological innovation caused by economies and trade2) Sharing of information caused by trade and compacted living3) Centralizing government caused by militia forces that become foundation for national army (as in Roman Empire, for example, where cities were administrative outposts)4) Improving of living conditions caused by all of the above
Urbanization is probably the single most important phenomenon in history. Generally, towns grow with military power and, therefore, the study of military structures (phalanx, legion, comitatus, infantry pikemen/longbowmen and urban militias) is an equally important area of study.

Urbanization along with contracts and changing military structures marked the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the renaissance. For obvious reasons, urbanization allows for easier flow of information, more resistance to anti-progressive forces like nobles or religious officials, and more technological evolution. People grow and progress via trade and sharing, and urban environments allow this.

Urbanization occurred en masse during the industrial revolution in particular, when many large land owners out-competed small farms while technology allowed factories to open and provide jobs. But even before this, relatively large cities existed in England, Italy (the home of the renaissance), and Germany (until the reformation). These cities were trade hubs that often fielded their own miltia forces, and therefore were important to the king in creating a centralized government not based on the feudal lords.

Urbanization has many important effects, this is a good list: 1) Technological innovation caused by economies and trade 2) Sharing of information caused by trade and compacted living 3) Centralizing government caused by militia forces that become foundation for national army (as in Roman Empire, for example, where cities were administrative outposts) 4) Improving of living conditions caused by all of the above CHEBADIAH

What is different between urban and rural life?

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I don't live in either one but I have to say that I have been to both and I prefer the rural area much more than the urban. The countryside has much cleaner air. I could just smell the difference! The pace of life in rural areas seem to go much slower because there isn't a rush to do every single little task. I also love the rural areas because if you grow up there you won't be spoiled by all the T.V.s, computers, and calculators which makes you do everything by hand making you smarter! I hope you like rural areas more then urban areas as much as I do now!

What are the Negative and positive effects of urbanization?

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There are many more, but these are three of the consequences.

  1. Poverty
  2. Overcrowding
  3. Diseases

Positive effects are:

  1. Jobs for people
  2. Wealth
  3. Resources

There are many other reasons to this also.

What are the different types of urbanization?

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a town usally starts as an improtant centre for a certain area gradully it grows bigger and evolves into a lar er town or a city t different types of urban settlements are :

1. administrative centre

2. cultural centre

3. industrial centre

4. transport centre

What are the two differences between community development and community welfare?

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what is the difference beetween social work and community development

What is the 'Central Place Theory'?

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Central Place Theory is a geographical theory that seeks to explain the size and spacing of human settlements. It rests on the notion that centralization is a natural principle of order and that human settlements follow it. Created by the German geographer Walter Christaller, the theory suggests that there are laws determining the number, size and distribution of towns. He was interested only in their functions as markets, thus excluding specialist towns such as mining settlements. He argued that population alone couldn�t measure the significance of a town.

What is a cost of urbanization?

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Habitat fragmentation

What is political participation?

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the act of of a person or group taking part in the spheres of decision making in relation to governmental or state affairs

How do roads help us?

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Roads help us because they allow us to easily and safely travel from point A to point B. In the United States alone, there are 3,980,817 miles of road.

How many people live in Wisconsin?

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The question cannot be answered as many countries do not conduct a census or keep records that are available to the public.

How large is queens in square miles?

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no one really knows the answer so don't try to get to close to one

What would happen if a city if there was no urban planning?

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Not much, it would be a bit more confusing, but generally more interesting, and have a lot of neighbourhoods which would have been villages assimilated into the city during the past. Prime examples of cities that have grown organically are : London, Paris, Berlin, Manhattan south of the village, In fact virtually all European cities, and US cities with histories before the 18th century.

A person on duty is ex officio?

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This means, roughly, "by way of office". This term is often used by people following Robert's Rules of Order. A person may be a member of a committee because he was voted into the committee by the membership. Other committee members may be members because of other positions or offices that they hold in the organization. As an example, the organization's elected treasurer may be, ex officio, a member of the Finance Committee, and this is made clear in the organization's bylaws, or other documents establishing the organization's authority. In this example, the treasurer doesn't have to be nominated as a member of the Finance Committee, and there is no vote on this. As soon as one is elected treasurer, she/he is "ex officio" a member of the Finance Committee. Or perhaps the Mayor is ex officio the member of some committee. This membership is not "honorary", as is sometimes mistakenly assumed. It is a full membership with the rights and privileges that go along with membership, unless limited by some other actions of the organization.