Cities

The 2002 movie “City of God” is directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund and takes place in one of many favelas that make up the landscape of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Favelas are ghettos that were originally constructed by the city’s government in order to keep the lower class away from the city center. Over the years, the favelas have become a boiling melting pot of rich and deeply rooted Brazilian culture, but also filled with hopeless despair, danger, and lawlessness, as a result from violent

The Poems analysed are: The City Planners, Margaret Atwood and The Planners, Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology, but may be interesting for unseen poetry too. Question Set How do these poets use language and structure to get across their theme? I wrote this in about half an hour. Both poems are very similar, and have the same topic - City Planning - as shown in their titles. Structurally, they are different though, and the tone differs in places. I've

Recent events that have highlighted racial tension in the United States have had even a larger number of opinions that vary regarding why the nation continues to struggle with such a challenging issue. In our text Chapter 6 titled “The City/Suburban Divide” (Judd & Swanstrom, 2015, p. 136) identifies a subject that very well may contribute to the tension. A reference to the “urban crisis” describes a landscape that is littered with “high levels of segregation, inequality and poverty, along with racial

Sentinel City appears to be a primarily urban area with very little open space. The houses are mostly multi-family complexes like apartments, condos, senior and independent living centers, that are constructed from brick. Industrial Heights and Casper Park District have older, more dilapidated buildings that were probably factories years ago. Trash and graffiti are abundant within this area. Nightingale Square and Acer Tech Center have more well taken care of lawns, less graffiti, more historical

and increases the movement. The expansion includes not only a city but also the landscape. Mobility makes architecture become organic objects, rather than static existence. The movement expands to larger scaled networks by circulations. The author thinks that buildings are used to accommodate function and networks are just having a function which without a shell, so modern architecture will become flexible on the shells. According to “City of the Future,” Doxiadis discussed that networks create lines

While the City of Albert was once a prosperous manufacturing hub, the movement of manufacturing to other areas has left Albert with blighted areas in need of redevelopment. This however, should not undermine the beautiful hilly area along the river and the other advantages that Albert has to offer. The several economic development projects that are being considered for Albert are meant to drive businesses, tourists, and new residents into the area, as well as to preserve and improve the beauty of

In 1997, Mexico City was finally allowed to elect their own mayor, which in the past had always been appointed by the President. Because of the way the PRI had ran the government before this, and all the distrustful things that have occurred, the people of Mexico made it very clear that they disliked the PRI. Mexico City produced 50% of the gross income and one the fastest developing areas in the entire country. The first mayors that were elected were leftest opposite of the PRI. The final straw

things there that were much better in the large city, and other things very odd. Going out in the city and finding out these things were very interesting to me since I live in a small town Kalona, Iowa, with a population around three-thousand people. After experiencing both, I can definitely say that both have their benefits and disadvantages. Personally, I still feel that living in a small town is better than living in a big city. In the big city, there are many things that are different, but the

Class City. No, they don’t all ride polar bears to school, live in igloos, or strictly diet on back bacon and maple syrup, but all Torontonians do have one thing in common, living in one of the best cities in the world. Toronto is the fourth largest city in North America and the largest city in Canada with a population of 2.8 million people (Your City-Living in Toronto). Built on sacred settlements, the city was founded as the Town of York in 1793 and became the city of Toronto in 1834. The city is

When you think about cities, you think of tall silver skyscrapers filled with businessmen and women overlooking crowded streets with cars and people rushing to get to their next destination. With so many people living in such a small densely populated area it seems like it’s an uncomfortable place to live. Edward Glaeser, an economic professor at Harvard University, and author of the book “Triumph of the City”, shares his ideas and theories on why people should start packing their bags and start