 Cost Benefit Analysis on the Construction of a Community Centre in Berekuso.

These days’ different organisations are involved and are influencing the system when dealing with social problems. Firstly, the citizen’s individual’s participation to improve the wellbeing of the community. Secondly, the community they may represent the interest of a group, organisation and / or individuals. Lastly, the government they have the responsibility for legislation, social and economic planning, public policy and program, safety and protection of community members, etc. Government agencies invest and deliver services for the community such as: education and employment opportunities; secure, sustainable housing and infrastructure; and good health and wellbeing across the life course. These diverse services are provided to people across their life span and include: community development; early intervention services; advice and information; crisis support; and ongoing services. (How government works, 2016)

In the documentary series, Welcome to Lagos, gives the audience a chance to observe the daily lives of the people living Makoko. Makoko is a city that was primarily established as a fishing village; eventually people began to form a society that was needed. As Makoko began to develop, it was seen as an informal city that was created in its separation from Lagos. Usually for a city to form, there are certain structures and belief systems that are put into place as organizing principles of society. Wherein, the first part of the film showcases the society of Makoko, as it began to build a small community and eventually expanding into a larger city. The informal city had begun to create formal social relations between individuals who shared a distinctive culture and political institutions within that society. One way to critique the informal city is through the popular culture. The mainstream form of popular culture is opposite to the counterculture of informal cities. The establishment of the Makoko community is embedded within, but outside of, the dominant society. The people of Makoko turned the slums, the undesirable by-products of popular culture (ecological problems from formal city production), into places of opportunities that held economic value and bonding social relations. By looking at the counterculture of Makoko, one can see that the foundations of the informal city develop into an informal, community based government.

This image shows the development as of 2011. There is a significant amount of development, with a retirement village, residential area, roads, a display village and a biodiversity pond, making it multi-faceted compared to what it was before.

The Barisi Village project aims to establish a multipurpose living area designated for both residential and commercial uses. It employs the European-inspired concept of urban village characterized by mixed use zoning, public transit and public space. In specific, Barisi Village will replace the abandoned golf course and the vacant land next to Pharaoh Valley with a Portofino-styled estate, including shareable parking, tennis courts, nine-hole golf course, green space and extended lake. The multimillion dollar project is presently pursued by Blackard Global. Nevertheless, its construction has been postponed due to the escalating tensions, and rising concerns among the nearby neighbors. According to the recently passed law, the Barisi Village

With reference to examples, assess the degree to which the level of economic development of a country affects planning and management in urban areas.

The readings by Alba, Massey and Sampson discussed below all focus on the relationship between demographic living patterns and urban social and economic development. Cities as our author's explain are more than a homogenous center but rather an accumulation of various parts. One of the vital elements of a city is its people. People interact with cities in several manners, as workers, citizens, tourists, developers, each influencing and being influenced by the urban environment. The arguments provided by the author's this week stress the importance of understanding how a city interacts with its citizens in order to understand the larger, more general social and economic trends present.

Released in 2002, the movie “City of God” presents a number of key urban planning issues that a developing country might experience. The film seeks to illuminate several ideas related to the development of slums and the type of life associated with such areas, as well as urban crime and gangs. This film clearly illuminates the issues associated with government or public housing and the social networks that come up when people do not have a private space. The effects of limited living space are increased crime and the development of local governments that run parallel to the legal units set up in the country. A discussion of the urban planning issues arising from this film will follow, in light of the issues raised by Suketu Mehta in the article

Due to the fact that many municipalities have different needs for their communities they need to communicate those needs to the province in order to get what they need. The textbook discusses the importance of these consultations because communication is the only way the province is going to be able to meet the demands of the municipality. Even though the province is seen as having more power they need to be able to provide the right support, therefore the municipality needs to take responsibility of stating what support and finances they

Since the earliest days of our history, cities have served as the center for economic activity, social diversity, and religious inquiry. As renowned sociologist Joel Kotkin would say, cities are sacred, safe, and busy. When we look at the modern city, we see these concepts in action. Today, cities are defined by mass populations surrounding and creating major centers of commerce and economic activity. This density creates a diverse social climate in which fosters creativity and conversation, which can often times feed into the religious historical significance of cities. This density brings along with it a whole host of issues and various challenges that must be faced by the community in which they involve. One such issue is the idea of socio- economical inequality that comes as a result of dense populations sharing the same resources within a certain area. Within any community there are limited resources, and one such resource within a city is that of land and property availability. Gentrification, or the process in which developers purchase cheap properties to turn them over into more expensive and desirable assets, is a common practice in modern cities in the effort to reclaim some of this precious resource. In looking at the city of Chicago in the United States as well as the city of Lisbon in Portugal, I will

Network City 2005 emphasizes on the importance of the efficiency of land use and infrastructure (compact and interconnected city), protection of the environment and heritage, efficiency of energy resource usage, and increasing community cohesiveness. While the State Sustainability Strategy provide a framework on plan making in order to in line with the vision, goals and strategy to achieve sustainability. The other document which is liveable neighborhoods ed. 3 provides guidance in developing regions that emphasizing on the convenience and safety for pedestrians by creating an interconnected environment, maximizing land use, designing more compact residential areas, providing public services and public transport, as well as increasing the community’s sense of place. While The Perry Lake Redevelopment Act 2005 provides specific requirements that must be included in the plan before it is approved by the Minister of

With reference to examples, discuss the degree to which the level od economic development in country affects planning and management in urban areas.

The city was becoming an inhumane place to live and today present different view. We are experiencing the emergence of a new urbanism that, unlike traditional planning does not seek the satisfaction only, of the maximum economic efficiency of a city, where the flow of capital, selling cars, real estate speculation and manufacturing productivity are above the minimum human needs. The "New Urbanism" offers a balanced city, where economic, social and environmental are in the same plane of importance, where humans and their physiological and psychological needs are the starting point of urban planning. The New Urbanism simply proposes a human city; we might well call, planning of the city for the Humans.

The housing facilities, water supply, road space, transport, solid waste disposal and piped water services are unable to keep up with the high speed of growing urbanization in Lagos due to the high population, population density, lack of finance and poor infrastructure.

The process of people moving into cities, which is called urbanisation, was happening around the world in past decades. It causes cities to have more labourers and resources than before. This makes a big contribution to the social development of cities. Thanks to these social developments, public services are becoming better in these areas. Citizens can enjoy a better life by access these public services such as better medical care, more education resources and well-built transport. It means an equitable society can be created. An equitable society means citizens can have more opportunities to access social resources and to live a better life. This essay will argue that

In this book Lynch defines that performance of the city can be measured by reference to its spatial form. But the quality of a place is depends upon combined effect of place and the society which occupies that place. Here Lynch sets up new dimensions for performance in his own criteria. Author also expresses his approach on size of the city, conservation and growth, planning practices and utopian models. The dimensions which are demonstrated in this book may not be fully perfect but of course they combine all social values as well as physical values. Lynch believed that these described dimensions must cover all features of all forms of the settlements and all these dimensions should be usable where values are different.