Atlantic City

As with Lagos, many of the cities which are now Urban Giants are located in economically resourceful areas, as well as easily accessible geographical locations for trade to take place (both international and local). Lagos is located on the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean, which is a prime location for its fast development. The boosting era was during the 18th century when the Portuguese first

“The family’s bank account was almost drained.” Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen, is a novel about a family who struggle to meet their mortgage until they came across a nice easy way or so they thought. The difficult T.V. show star, Derek Badger, goes missing while filming in the Everglades. Wahoo and his friend, Tuna, try to find him while avoiding Tuna’s abusive and unstable father. This novel is great for young adult readers because of its hard working characters, diverse plot, and relatable theme. In

class swooped in to change poverty ridden neighborhoods all throughout the United States. From cities on the west coast such as Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to the east coast cities such as Boston, New Orleans, New York city, Georgetown, and Washington DC. These cute hipster neighborhoods we all shop at, drink local coffee, and get our clean eating fill at seem like a great benefit to the city. Yet what

neighborhood which is more susceptible to being gentrified. Much like a lot of decisions ever made, there are pros and con. The arguments for people that are pro gentrification is the financial effect it has on the community. According to an article in The Atlantic, “...residents of public housing in wealthier and gentrifying neighborhoods make more money, live with less

The modern ‘Mega-City’ is typically defined as a metropolitan agglomeration with over 10 million residents. In 2014, this definition can be applied to over 30 cities around the world with cities like Tokyo reaching approximately 37 million people. In order to ascertain the effects such sprawling cities may have on their residents, an analysis of some of the major issues that develop in such large urban metropolises will be explored. As late as the early 19th century, only 3% of the world’s population

There is a city nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains (“About the…”). With a population of approximately 100,000 and approximately forty-three square miles, this city incorporates the feel of both a small and big town (“Quickfacts…”; “Roanoke, VA”). Today the city is known as “Roanoke, Virginia” and sometimes called the “Star City of the South” or the “Magic City of Virginia” (“Roanoke Star”; Bruce 132). However, if you look back through its history, you will see that this city of Roanoke

“I remember it like it was yesterday; the high fever, the unbearable aches, the chills and the constant vomiting. I had it three times myself and so did my cousins. If my aunt was not a nurse, we probably would not be having this conversation right now.” said my good friend Virgile while describing his experience with Malaria. Virgile is from the Ivory Coast, where he lived the majority of his life before immigrating to the United States with his family. When I asked to speak to him to gain some

Intro Information Age The emergence of information technologies the past two decades marked the cities’ shift to what Castells called the Information Age in his article, Space of flows, Space of places. The pervasive and increasing influence of these technologies in cities means that the realm of networks and flows transcends the built environment, altering our understanding of fundamental human experiences and destabilizing meanings of material systems and structures. Hence it is important to conceptualize

peripheral settlements. In an attempt to strike a balance between the growth of cities and the attendant effects on the infrastructural facilities of peripheral settlements, a reconciliation of various growth concepts of urban development need to be forged, the relationship of these concepts was brought to the fore with the literature review of the studies of urban physical growth showing that urbanisation and city growth have received much attention in the literature on urban studies (Ayogu 2003)

commercial and forest activities among others. Residential zoning, therefore, is the process by which the government control or oversee the constructions that are strictly for residential purposes, governed by laws and mostly in use in developed cities. This essay is an in-depth analysis of residential zoning practises, with a focus on the case of the