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... account in the entire world history of building construction. With only 10 skyscrapers from 1929 until 1945, China was a non-factor in any skyscraper discourse. Today, however, China has exceeded the U.S. in the number of skyscrapers that it contains. The country now accounts for 53% of the world's ...
... account in the entire world history of building construction. With only 10 skyscrapers from 1929 until 1945, China was a non-factor in any skyscraper discourse. Today, however, China has exceeded the U.S. in the number of skyscrapers that it contains. The country now accounts for 53% of the world's ...
Skyscrapers and Skylines: New York and Chicago
... or urban hierarchy then builders will positively respond to the decisions of builders in the other city—thus creating a positively sloped reaction function. On the other hand, increasing the amount of building space will have the affect of reducing the price of space and thus, in the vein of a standa ...
... or urban hierarchy then builders will positively respond to the decisions of builders in the other city—thus creating a positively sloped reaction function. On the other hand, increasing the amount of building space will have the affect of reducing the price of space and thus, in the vein of a standa ...
Planning Climate Resilient Coastal Cities: leaRnings fRom
... The focus of the infrastructure inventory was on collecting baseline information on infrastructure assets and services at the city level and collating inter-departmental data at one place. The infrastructure inventory does not look into micro level details but provides generic overview of sectoral i ...
... The focus of the infrastructure inventory was on collecting baseline information on infrastructure assets and services at the city level and collating inter-departmental data at one place. The infrastructure inventory does not look into micro level details but provides generic overview of sectoral i ...
Zoning - Global Urban Development
... 1988; Keating 1986; Cook 1980). From Boston and Hartford in the east to San Francisco and Seattle in the west, cities subjected central business district office towers to a greater degree of regulation than ever before. While much of this activity was new and innovative, it also drew on an earlier t ...
... 1988; Keating 1986; Cook 1980). From Boston and Hartford in the east to San Francisco and Seattle in the west, cities subjected central business district office towers to a greater degree of regulation than ever before. While much of this activity was new and innovative, it also drew on an earlier t ...
Study Guide - Cengage Learning
... Urban areas also had to contend with crime and violence. Whether crime actually increased or was merely more conspicuous can be debated, but in many cases native whites blamed crime on those they considered to be “outsiders” in American society—foreigners and blacks. The ethnic diversity of the citi ...
... Urban areas also had to contend with crime and violence. Whether crime actually increased or was merely more conspicuous can be debated, but in many cases native whites blamed crime on those they considered to be “outsiders” in American society—foreigners and blacks. The ethnic diversity of the citi ...
Urban Metabolism at UCL – A working paper
... reproduction of the city, both as a biophysical and socio-‐economic entity. Urban metabolism has also inspired new ways of thinking about how cities can be made sustainable and has raised crit ...
... reproduction of the city, both as a biophysical and socio-‐economic entity. Urban metabolism has also inspired new ways of thinking about how cities can be made sustainable and has raised crit ...
The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877– 1920
... William Randolph Hearst. Mass entertainment and mass culture had a nationalizing effect; however, even though show business provided new opportunities for women, blacks, and immigrants, too often it reinforced prejudicial stereotypes—especially concerning black Americans. Furthermore, in an America ...
... William Randolph Hearst. Mass entertainment and mass culture had a nationalizing effect; however, even though show business provided new opportunities for women, blacks, and immigrants, too often it reinforced prejudicial stereotypes—especially concerning black Americans. Furthermore, in an America ...
Terms
... newest areas of inquiry include the study of urban space and time, metropolitan knowledge, and ethnoaesthetics. INTRODUCTION Why has the city been undertheorized in anthropology? Urban analysis has been left to a group of scholars who draw from architecture, history, geography, planning, sociology, ...
... newest areas of inquiry include the study of urban space and time, metropolitan knowledge, and ethnoaesthetics. INTRODUCTION Why has the city been undertheorized in anthropology? Urban analysis has been left to a group of scholars who draw from architecture, history, geography, planning, sociology, ...
URBAN RENAISSANCE - FYM
... With an annual production capacity of 60 million tons and 49 cement plants (65 million tons and 53 cement plants considering also the companies consolidated by equity) Italcementi Group is the world’s fifth largest cement producer. Along with the cement plants, Italcementi Group’s industrial network ...
... With an annual production capacity of 60 million tons and 49 cement plants (65 million tons and 53 cement plants considering also the companies consolidated by equity) Italcementi Group is the world’s fifth largest cement producer. Along with the cement plants, Italcementi Group’s industrial network ...
Cities and the Creative Class
... Many researchers, sociologists, and academics have theorized on the continued importance of place in economic and social life. An increasingly influential view suggests that place remains important as a locus of economic activity because of the tendency of firms to cluster together. This view builds ...
... Many researchers, sociologists, and academics have theorized on the continued importance of place in economic and social life. An increasingly influential view suggests that place remains important as a locus of economic activity because of the tendency of firms to cluster together. This view builds ...
Skyscrapers and Skylines: New York and Chicago, 1885–2007
... newspaper reporter Don Hayner to write in 2000: “Chicago always wanted to show the world who was boss. And in case you haven’t heard, it ain’t New York. No matter what it achieved, Chicago saw itself as the underdog with the ‘second city’ syndrome. But its insecurity gave the city its power. Chicago ...
... newspaper reporter Don Hayner to write in 2000: “Chicago always wanted to show the world who was boss. And in case you haven’t heard, it ain’t New York. No matter what it achieved, Chicago saw itself as the underdog with the ‘second city’ syndrome. But its insecurity gave the city its power. Chicago ...
A DMP MODEL OF INTERCITY TRADE
... or more) and 560 micropolitan areas (regions with an urban area with population 10,000 to 50,000) and 800 different occupations, there were 922 × 800 ≈ 740, 000 “markets.”3 The present paper adopts a DMP approach, really following Pissarides (1985; 2000), embedded in a system-of-cities model, as adap ...
... or more) and 560 micropolitan areas (regions with an urban area with population 10,000 to 50,000) and 800 different occupations, there were 922 × 800 ≈ 740, 000 “markets.”3 The present paper adopts a DMP approach, really following Pissarides (1985; 2000), embedded in a system-of-cities model, as adap ...
Construction of Digital Elevation Models
... successive additions of neighborhoods from the city center to the suburbs (Long et al. 2003). ‘‘Modern cities are often characterized by clusters of high rise buildings and wider streets, meanwhile older cities often have very narrow streets and densely-packed, few-storey high buildings’’ (Kastner-K ...
... successive additions of neighborhoods from the city center to the suburbs (Long et al. 2003). ‘‘Modern cities are often characterized by clusters of high rise buildings and wider streets, meanwhile older cities often have very narrow streets and densely-packed, few-storey high buildings’’ (Kastner-K ...
Construction of Digital Elevation Models for a
... successive additions of neighborhoods from the city center to the suburbs (Long et al. 2003). ‘‘Modern cities are often characterized by clusters of high rise buildings and wider streets, meanwhile older cities often have very narrow streets and densely-packed, few-storey high buildings’’ (Kastner-K ...
... successive additions of neighborhoods from the city center to the suburbs (Long et al. 2003). ‘‘Modern cities are often characterized by clusters of high rise buildings and wider streets, meanwhile older cities often have very narrow streets and densely-packed, few-storey high buildings’’ (Kastner-K ...
Unit 25 Urbanization 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Urban, Urbanism
... industrialization but it is not always the result of industrialization. Urbanization results due to the concentration of large-scale and small scale industrial and commercial, financial and administrative set up in the cities; technological development in transport and communication, cultural and re ...
... industrialization but it is not always the result of industrialization. Urbanization results due to the concentration of large-scale and small scale industrial and commercial, financial and administrative set up in the cities; technological development in transport and communication, cultural and re ...
The New Immigrants
... left because of rising population. Between 1800 and 1900, the population in Europe doubled to nearly 400 million, resulting in a scarcity of land for farming. Farmers competed with laborers for too few industrial jobs. In the United States, jobs were supposedly plentiful. In addition, a spirit of re ...
... left because of rising population. Between 1800 and 1900, the population in Europe doubled to nearly 400 million, resulting in a scarcity of land for farming. Farmers competed with laborers for too few industrial jobs. In the United States, jobs were supposedly plentiful. In addition, a spirit of re ...
The first cities of the world in a bird`s
... mentioned, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun and engraved by Franz Hogenberg, published in six volumes between 1572 and 1617, contained 546 aerial views of urban spaces, in the form of prospects, bird’seye views and maps. It was the first collection of city plans and views having a uni ...
... mentioned, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, edited by Georg Braun and engraved by Franz Hogenberg, published in six volumes between 1572 and 1617, contained 546 aerial views of urban spaces, in the form of prospects, bird’seye views and maps. It was the first collection of city plans and views having a uni ...
Toward a Global Systems Science of Urbanization
... urban centers and the increasing disparities in wealth, knowledge, culture and material circumstances that one observes in cities?" Then: "If that is the case, will urban growth ultimately lead to such important disequilibria (and potentially ruptures) in the coherence of our societies that this mi ...
... urban centers and the increasing disparities in wealth, knowledge, culture and material circumstances that one observes in cities?" Then: "If that is the case, will urban growth ultimately lead to such important disequilibria (and potentially ruptures) in the coherence of our societies that this mi ...
ucwh06b - IROWS
... evolutionary trend of the scale of human social organizations to expand needs to be studied in its particularities and comparatively so that we may explain how the processes of growth may be similar or different across large expanses of time. Research on upward sweeps depends on the accuracy of quan ...
... evolutionary trend of the scale of human social organizations to expand needs to be studied in its particularities and comparatively so that we may explain how the processes of growth may be similar or different across large expanses of time. Research on upward sweeps depends on the accuracy of quan ...
The Global City
... This is the opening page of Peter Hall’s aptly titled 1996 book The World Cities, which analyzed the attributes (politics, trade, communication facilities, finance, culture, technology, and higher education) of cities at the top of the world urban hierarchy (London, Paris, Randstad-Holland, Rhine-Ru ...
... This is the opening page of Peter Hall’s aptly titled 1996 book The World Cities, which analyzed the attributes (politics, trade, communication facilities, finance, culture, technology, and higher education) of cities at the top of the world urban hierarchy (London, Paris, Randstad-Holland, Rhine-Ru ...
Cities in European History
... at least between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft). Even in the pre-industrial period, when most cities were demarcated with walls, the city as a juridical and political entity did mostly not overlap with the city as a walled territory. This course sets out, therefore, to better understand the relatio ...
... at least between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft). Even in the pre-industrial period, when most cities were demarcated with walls, the city as a juridical and political entity did mostly not overlap with the city as a walled territory. This course sets out, therefore, to better understand the relatio ...
Human Geography - The College Board
... changing technologies of communication and transportation have on the urban and cultural landscapes have fascinated geographers and other scholars for over a century. This question assessed not only students’ understand basic concepts of urban geography, but also how well students understand the pro ...
... changing technologies of communication and transportation have on the urban and cultural landscapes have fascinated geographers and other scholars for over a century. This question assessed not only students’ understand basic concepts of urban geography, but also how well students understand the pro ...
Urban Studies Volume 50, Issue 2, February 2013 1. Title: Twin
... understanding of territorial and relational urban politics. The paper concludes with theoretical, methodological and policy relevant insights. 2. Title: World City Typologies and National City System Deterritorialisation: USA, China and Japan Authors: Xiulian Ma and Michael Timberlake Abstract: The ...
... understanding of territorial and relational urban politics. The paper concludes with theoretical, methodological and policy relevant insights. 2. Title: World City Typologies and National City System Deterritorialisation: USA, China and Japan Authors: Xiulian Ma and Michael Timberlake Abstract: The ...
Chapter 1 Note Packet
... 2. What factors make cities different than towns? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. In village ...
... 2. What factors make cities different than towns? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. In village ...