By: Walter Tully | 2011-08-24 | Destinations Urban planning was evident in the great cities of antiquity: from the orderly streets and sewage systems of Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley. read more
By: William King | 2010-08-24 | Business Business It’s pretty hard to ascertain exactly how the first city came into being and grows into a large metropolitan area. In most cases, it was a natural process and not something planned by human civilization. However, there are many instances when cities were properly planned and built in accordance to those plans with some preconceived requirements. From Alexandria and Harappa to New Orleans and Ipoh, many cities are carefully planned while keeping in mind the issues like safety, transportation or overcrowding. Not all of these cities achieve the required objectives, but more often than not, a pla... read more
By: | 2010-04-15 | Real Estate As a result of homogeneous suburban neighborhoods and highway commercial sprawl, a strong emphasis is being placed upon the design and form of our built environment. One of the driving influences is to design places for people instead of the car. read more
By: Calvin Taylor | 2010-12-10 | Business Urban decay is the process where a part of the city falls into a bad condition, the decay can feature read more
By: Sibani Sarma | 2012-02-02 | Customer Service These townships provide win-win situation to developers. Developers in India have understood that in order to lure their customers they have to provide housing with all the required amenities. read more
By: ninacook | 2010-10-26 | Business During years the transport profession has insisted on mobility in the elaboration of plans, programs and projects. read more
By: John Michel | 2012-02-02 | International Property Urban and regional planning brings out the best in a development project especially in Construction. Before anything is done, everything has to be planned, analyzed and documented. There are providers who took advantage of the modern technology and has available software to determine the nearest exact outcome of a project. Even buildings that need enhancement, house designers take part with the ur read more
By: Sanju Sharma | 2012-02-16 | Real Estate With beautification plans for the city already in progress, the Mamata Banerjee government now wants to beautify towns on the fringes of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA). State urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim will meet representatives of all municipalities and civic corporations in the KMA area and its surroundings, at Unnayan Bhavan on Monday, to discuss the plan. read more
By: erenber | 2010-09-12 | Human Resources China's about more than 50,000 city (town), about 43% of the population live in cities. Strengthen the urban forest construction read more
By: Ace | 2010-12-03 | Interior design UrbanGreen Homes are characterized by proper solar orientation, home insulation, cross-ventilation, thermal mass, window sizing, placement and shading, solar water heating, appliance efficiency, water conservation, rain water collection, efficiency of water use and healthy house plans. read more
By: Viola Bontrager | 2010-03-30 | Reference & Education Urban survival is not only one of the wisest plans but also the most overlooked, it seems like, as many folks are scrambling to get some rural survival system set up. read more
By: sandrahernandez | 2010-10-07 | Free Web Resources It is generally agreed that urban public schools and school systems need to radically change how they are governed read more
By: May Stewart | 2010-04-03 | Interior design In difficult economic times, people are finding various ways and means to find out how they can save up on things. Do not be surprised to see your next door neighbour setting up their urban wind generator. This may take a lot of money to create. read more
By: Arif Islam | 2012-01-29 | Time Management With developers digging left, right and centre nowadays, it is important to first know exactly what lies beneath. An urban survey can help to discover information such as this within
a town or a city. Using the GPS technology, urban surveys are now easier and more accurate than ever. read more