Comparing Tokyo And Auckland 's Development

Sydney, centrally located on the eastern coast, is Australia’s largest and most influential city. Its multicultural nature, advanced infrastructure, state of the art technologies, scale of foreign investment and architectural ingenuity not only make for a highly desired international tourist destination but are all compelling evidence to suggest that Sydney is in fact an established city of the developed world. As in any developed city, there are a myriad of urban dynamics of change at work that have, and will continue to evolve the morphology of the Australian metropolis.

Edo is the old name for modern day Tokyo. Immediately upon Yoshinobu's rise as shogun, major changes were initiated. A massive government improvement was undertaken to initiate reforms that would strengthen the Tokugawa government. Strengthening the government can greatly help a countries economy and social structure. The armies of the Tokugawa bakufu were modernized by the French military, this happened during the reign of Yoshinobu. The national army and navy, which had already been formed under Tokugawa command, were strengthened by the assistance of the Russians. Yoshinobu organized and made both of these things happen, this is extremely impressive and is a great accomplishment. Also the Tokugawa purchased equipment from the United States. Many people had the outlook that the Tokugawa shogunate, Yoshinobu, was gaining ground towards renewed strength and

Cities grew, with EDO growing almost 10 times its size, from 150,000 people in 1610 to 1.4 million in 1720, making it the largest medieval city outside China’s. Sewer systems kept the cities clean and healthy.

Richard in his publication offers a clear and concise on the urban reforms in the society of America. He depicts the numerous social, political transformation that takes place in the society. The urban set up takes a different shape during the era. Richard brings to light that challenges that come with urbanization, and industrialization. He makes an effort in his text to make clear of how some cities came to place during the era. New building emerges during the period. The cities were a focal point for the growth of the America population. Rivalry among cities such as Baltimore and Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis is clearly in his text. In his text, the growth of the railway and major highways connecting different cities is

At the turn of the century the rise of the urban city began to take shape. The “New Metropolis” of industrial cities in America began to produce many innovations and creations both terrible and wonderful at the same time. With the advent of steam power replacing water power the scale of the amount of goods and materials produced vastly increased. The increase of products drew men and women away from farming communities and poor countries around the world into the blooming cities.

First of all, the planning ideas that guided the process of urban redevelopment in different countries vary to a significant extent. In Japan, priority was given to improve the urban road network. As a consequence, broad arterial roads were planned, and green areas were provided at the fringe. The redevelopment of the city of Nagoya revealed ambitious efforts. In this city, two 100-meter wide boulevards that served as the axes was constructed, and a large number of parks were established. While according to the Tokyo plan, an extensive network of ring and radial parkways, greenbelts, and corridors were built in order to restructure Tokyo and subdivide it into many smaller sub-cities. On the outskirts, a permanent greenbelt would be formed where development would be constrained. Additionally, most of the population were

Ultimately, each of the three reviewed texts present how the implementation of urban planning shaped the fabric of our cities over time, and how urban reform itself has been heavily driven by the desire to improve the well being of inhabitants and maximise the advantages of urban concentration. Dr. Richardson’s text demonstrates the key role of sanitary reform in shaping city planning and its concepts in the late 1800s from a medical perspective, while Edward Glaeser presents a financially focused appreciation of how the economic benefits of concentrated urban living have been sustained by good urban planning in New York. Finally, Robert Freestone’s historical presentation of case studies involving Australian cities illustrates how urban renewal

The city of Venice has a long enriched history that deals with a lot of the basic planning and development issues that have been discussed in our readings and in lectures. While one of the biggest factors in the city’s development is the topography, Venice shows a different factor in how a city can be planned. As discussed in much of the material provided by Ackroyd, the planning and development of Venice featured a heavily intense economic segregation. With the exploitation of their location in the world, Venice became a key part of the worlds trade routes. Many view Venice as one of the forerunners to the modern day Capitalistic economy due to the way that they planned and developed their states infrastructure. By analyzing the content provided we are able to make a clearer understanding on how the city grew and become what it is today.

Emiko Bowers Dr. Doherty Cities of the World 23 September 2014 World Cities: Tokyo and Mexico City Introduction World cities are home to some of the most innovative thinkers on the planet. Two world cities numbering among the largest in population size are Tokyo and Mexico City, and each of these cities are known for their global advancements. Tokyo is a center for fashion and precision technology. While Mexico City is leading the way with technology to reduce their carbon footprint.

In today’s society an individual can travel to cities all over the world and experience different technological innovations in various forms. Skyscrapers, highway systems, and suspension bridges are all forms of innovation that, through the help of engineering and complex technological systems, can be observed in nearly every city around the world. These technological innovations have allowed sprawling urban environments to become the definition of a developed country, despite their infamous reputation for loud noises, traffic, and decreased air quality. Seen and unseen forces such as organization of labor and an expanded industry base gave rise to these urban centers through thoughtful planning and execution.

Tokyo became the capital of Japan in 1868, although its history is long and varied. It used to be called Edo, which was originally a small fishing village. In 1590, Shogun Tokugawa leyasu made Edo his base and in 1603 it became the seat of government when he made the city his headquarters. During the Edo Period (1603–1868), Edo grew into one of the largest cities in the world, with a population topping one million by the 18th century. During this time, the city enjoyed a prolonged period of peace known as the ‘Pax Tokugawa’. Edo became the capital of Japan after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old imperial capital, Kyoto. Edo was then renamed Tokyo.

: Urban environments are technological plots that effortlessly become the epicenter for inventions and technological advancements. This promotes migrations by way of opportunity being concentrated in cities, and a perpetual state of industrialization that furthers issues of environmental injustice, environmental racism and poverty. Cities rely heavily on technology as well. From transportation to energy consumption, cities functionality is heavily reliant on the technological dominance coming in the future.

The world as we know it is experiencing an unprecedented shift for the first time witnessed in human history. It wasn’t even 100 years ago that the world was still overwhelmingly rural with global urban population rates around 10%. Fast forward to 2015, now accounting for roughly around 53% of the worlds population living in cities and is projected to rise to around 67% by 2050.1 The comparative analysis sets out to understand the opportunities and challenges among the North American megacity New York and the Asian megacity of Beijing. The metropolitan area of both New York and Beijing consist of a population each over 10 million people, which generally defines as a megacity. A “megacity” can also be coined as world city, global city, megalopolis, metropolis, conurbation, and agglomeration. Megacities such as New York and Beijing are comprised of a central core, surrounded by satellite cities within daily commuting distances, separated by greenspace. Thus, urban agglomerations can be numerous cities and towns when they are linked by the flows of people, goods, and information, as long as the aggregate population exceeds 10 million.2

The transportation in Japan has become efficient public transportation system, mostly within metropolitan areas and between the larger cities. The public transportation has characterized by the punctuality the superb service and the more crowds of the people use the train system. Japan has a bullet train which is the high speed train are used in the main island, which connects in Tokyo from Honshu and Kyushu.

Cities are places which have huge amount of gathering of people, collection of economic activities and complex infrastructure for people which all together are supported by transport systems.