The paper concludes that there are encouraging aspects of the master plans that appear to be consistent with classic urban design theory. However, there remain some overriding concerns that could well undermine such positive elements. In particular there are some ingrained issues that appear to characterise much of contemporary development for various reasons. ... In modern cities, there is often little difference between important public facilities such as public administration buildings and even railway stations, from private office buildings. ... A focussed examination of how well modern de...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... When you look at the "developed countries- and see where agriculture is and then look at "developing countries- and how far they are behind in adoption of modern techniques it really brings home the reason that so many people are starving every day. ... The average land holding per farmer is about 1 acre. 95% of all Malawians depend upon some part of their income from agriculture. ... AIDS is estimated to impact about 40% of the farmers in the country today (many of those are also impacte...

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The drought of this proportion has not been seen in California for twelve hundred years and there seems to be no end in sight. ... There are experts that are calling this dry spell a megadrought. ... It has been reported that the Center Valley groundwater has been depleted of eight million-acre feet since 1962 and twenty million of that has occurred in the past decade (Boxall, 2015). ... If twenty million acre-feet water was used just in the past year, this number may triple in the next twenty year, especially due to higher demands caused by the drought. ... Macdonald (2015) explains that the ...

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Explosive effects from the 1200-pound bomb caused a crater 180 feet deep, 100 feet long, and 200 feet wide in the underground parking garage. ... According to Fred Holliday, approximately 400,000 square feet of space required complete structural demolition and reconstruction. Half of this area rests in the newly renovated Wedge 1 section of the Pentagon and the other half falls in the un-renovated Wedge 2. The Phoenix Project scope of work includes rebuilding the core and shell of Wedge 1 and the shell of Wedge 2. ... They ride past 200 acres of lawn to park approximately 8,770 cars in 16 par...

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O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern in the barn and sparked a fire that spread quickly and destroyed 17,420 buildings and over 2,100 acres.1 Being completely destroyed, Chicago quickly rebuilt itself into one of the most popular and economically important cities in the United States. ... First, it is important to understand the original outline of the city to get a better understanding of how the fire spread so quickly. ... "The pine-block paving of several downtown streets was by no means fireproof, and the sidewalks were an even greater menace. "5 The sidewalks were raised between...

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How many people can say that they could do without a car or a phone? ... Some of the technology is so pervasive that we tend to forget it is even there. ... There he was stricken by a very mysterious illness. ... He installed rubber cushions on the feet of his bed to decrease vibrations from people walking nearby, which shook him terribly. ... At the time Edison was working to construct DC power plants in many cities around the country. ...

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Based on this policy, there are many low cost houses projects going on in the country, especially in cities like Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and others. As these particular cities are the leading cities for various sectors such as industrialization, tourism and many more, the amount of people migrating there is unstoppable. ... However many of the low cost house residential area faces a lot of facility problems too. ... Based on the problem statement above, the researcher has derived few questions for the research purpose in order to achieve the research objectives. 1. ... Specific Objec...

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