This document provides resources and questions for students preparing for an exam on urban geography. It includes maps, diagrams, text, and questions about topics like land use, urban issues, sustainable cities, and retail developments. Students are asked to analyze the resources, describe concepts, and discuss the impacts of urban changes.
The document summarizes a proposal for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Railway Company to establish freight and passenger rail service along a 40-mile corridor in northeast Indianapolis. It identifies problems with congestion from increasing traffic and outlines plans to rehabilitate the rail line, obtain operating authority, and begin service to alleviate roadway congestion and costs while promoting development along the corridor. Revenue projections estimate $2 million by 2020 to transport freight and passengers on the line as an alternative to highways.
The document is the April/May 2012 issue of ROADS, a magazine about road management and construction in Australia. It contains articles on topics such as developing a rational transport market, the priorities of national transport regulators in reducing congestion, calculating the greenhouse footprint of roads, and making roads more sustainable. It also includes the chairman's report, awards for excellence in the industry, and pieces on pavement solutions and safety. The magazine is published by CommStrat and focuses on providing information to professionals in the Australian roads sector.
Saving our industrial lands june 30 delta corpDeltaChamber
The document discusses plans to redevelop industrial lands in River Road, Delta into an eco-industrial area. It proposes retaining the lands for industrial use, addressing landfill closure, and encouraging jobs and economic growth through principles like efficient transportation. Redeveloping "Zone C" is highlighted, with a vision of an ecological and economic hub featuring a waterfront, mixed industrial uses, and protected habitat areas. Implementation will involve bylaw changes, transportation studies, and further defining the redevelopment concept and guidelines.
Planning Transit-Oriented Developments in Greenville Countyklarkins
This document outlines a research project on implementing transit-oriented development (TOD) principles in Greenville County, South Carolina. It begins with an introduction to the problem of auto dependency and defines TOD. Case studies of successful TOD developments in Orenco Station, Oregon and CityCenter Englewood, Colorado are then summarized. These demonstrate best practices like integrating housing, retail and transit. The document analyzes Greenville County's readiness for TOD and identifies potential TOD sites along conceptual transit corridors. The research aims to apply lessons from case studies to recommend TOD plans for selected Greenville County sites.
Volvo is considering launching an electric autonomous bus line in China. A presentation outlines Volvo's current situation, opportunities for growth through automation and electrification, safety considerations, and a strategic plan to rollout the bus line first in Wuhu, then Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. Financial projections estimate the bus line could generate CNY400 million in profits by 2021 while reducing emissions and saving lives.
Cabot Circus is a large shopping center in Bristol, England that opened in 2008 after a 10-year construction project costing £500 million. It has over 120 shops and restaurants as well as a movie theater and is accessible by public transportation and private vehicles with 2,500 parking spaces. Both positive and negative views have been expressed about Cabot Circus - positively, it provides jobs and shopping options for local residents, but negatively, it has increased traffic and could take business away from smaller, local stores.
Case studies unit 2-people and the planetMrs Coles
This document outlines the structure and content covered in a unit on people and the planet. It is divided into 7 sections that cover topics such as population dynamics, consuming resources, globalization, development dilemmas, changing economies, urban environments, and sustainability strategies. Some key places, theories, and case studies mentioned include the one child policy in China, wind power in the Outer Hebrides, global institutions like the IMF and WTO, Rostow's model of development, contrasting regions in the UK, strategies to reduce London's ecological footprint, and examples of self-help schemes in cities like Rio de Janeiro.
The document discusses the biosphere and the threats facing it. It defines the biosphere as the regions of Earth inhabited by living organisms, and notes there are 5 major biomes - aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra - which are further divided. It explains how the biosphere acts as a life support system and provides goods for humans. The major threats to the biosphere are deforestation, pollution, and climate change. Sustainable management of the biosphere's resources is important but faces economic, social, and environmental tensions.
The document summarizes a proposal for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Railway Company to establish freight and passenger rail service along a 40-mile corridor in northeast Indianapolis. It identifies problems with congestion from increasing traffic and outlines plans to rehabilitate the rail line, obtain operating authority, and begin service to alleviate roadway congestion and costs while promoting development along the corridor. Revenue projections estimate $2 million by 2020 to transport freight and passengers on the line as an alternative to highways.
The document is the April/May 2012 issue of ROADS, a magazine about road management and construction in Australia. It contains articles on topics such as developing a rational transport market, the priorities of national transport regulators in reducing congestion, calculating the greenhouse footprint of roads, and making roads more sustainable. It also includes the chairman's report, awards for excellence in the industry, and pieces on pavement solutions and safety. The magazine is published by CommStrat and focuses on providing information to professionals in the Australian roads sector.
Saving our industrial lands june 30 delta corpDeltaChamber
The document discusses plans to redevelop industrial lands in River Road, Delta into an eco-industrial area. It proposes retaining the lands for industrial use, addressing landfill closure, and encouraging jobs and economic growth through principles like efficient transportation. Redeveloping "Zone C" is highlighted, with a vision of an ecological and economic hub featuring a waterfront, mixed industrial uses, and protected habitat areas. Implementation will involve bylaw changes, transportation studies, and further defining the redevelopment concept and guidelines.
Planning Transit-Oriented Developments in Greenville Countyklarkins
This document outlines a research project on implementing transit-oriented development (TOD) principles in Greenville County, South Carolina. It begins with an introduction to the problem of auto dependency and defines TOD. Case studies of successful TOD developments in Orenco Station, Oregon and CityCenter Englewood, Colorado are then summarized. These demonstrate best practices like integrating housing, retail and transit. The document analyzes Greenville County's readiness for TOD and identifies potential TOD sites along conceptual transit corridors. The research aims to apply lessons from case studies to recommend TOD plans for selected Greenville County sites.
Volvo is considering launching an electric autonomous bus line in China. A presentation outlines Volvo's current situation, opportunities for growth through automation and electrification, safety considerations, and a strategic plan to rollout the bus line first in Wuhu, then Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. Financial projections estimate the bus line could generate CNY400 million in profits by 2021 while reducing emissions and saving lives.
Cabot Circus is a large shopping center in Bristol, England that opened in 2008 after a 10-year construction project costing £500 million. It has over 120 shops and restaurants as well as a movie theater and is accessible by public transportation and private vehicles with 2,500 parking spaces. Both positive and negative views have been expressed about Cabot Circus - positively, it provides jobs and shopping options for local residents, but negatively, it has increased traffic and could take business away from smaller, local stores.
Case studies unit 2-people and the planetMrs Coles
This document outlines the structure and content covered in a unit on people and the planet. It is divided into 7 sections that cover topics such as population dynamics, consuming resources, globalization, development dilemmas, changing economies, urban environments, and sustainability strategies. Some key places, theories, and case studies mentioned include the one child policy in China, wind power in the Outer Hebrides, global institutions like the IMF and WTO, Rostow's model of development, contrasting regions in the UK, strategies to reduce London's ecological footprint, and examples of self-help schemes in cities like Rio de Janeiro.
The document discusses the biosphere and the threats facing it. It defines the biosphere as the regions of Earth inhabited by living organisms, and notes there are 5 major biomes - aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra - which are further divided. It explains how the biosphere acts as a life support system and provides goods for humans. The major threats to the biosphere are deforestation, pollution, and climate change. Sustainable management of the biosphere's resources is important but faces economic, social, and environmental tensions.
The document outlines different sections that will be covered in a unit on the dynamic planet. Section 1 discusses volcanoes and earthquakes in various countries. Section 2 covers climate change topics like the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period. Section 3 is about threats to tropical rainforests and conservation efforts. Section 4 analyzes water issues like desertification, sustainable practices, and dam management. Section 5 examines coastal changes and conflicts. Section 8 looks at environments in Australia and the Arctic, including human adaptations.
The document discusses climate change and its causes. It provides the following key points:
1) In 2008, 193 countries signed an anti-CO2 emissions treaty, except the USA and China. The USA did not believe in global warming under Bush, and China profits from natural resources.
2) The industrial revolution beginning in the 1800s caused a rise in CO2 levels and global temperatures.
3) Human activities like burning fossil fuels are major contributors to increased greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. This will have severe environmental and economic impacts worldwide if left unaddressed.
The document provides information about revising for the GCSE Geography exam on People and the Planet. It outlines the exam structure, with sections on population dynamics, consuming resources, and globalization. For population dynamics, it discusses topics like population trends, theories of population change, and case studies on population policies. It also provides information on defining and classifying different resource types, renewable and non-renewable resources, and ways to reduce resource demand.
Checklist 2016 - OCR B GCSE specificationMrs Coles
Afforestation can affect river flow in 3 ways:
(1) Trees intercept rainfall which reduces surface runoff entering rivers.
(2) Vegetation increases lag time as seen on hydrographs, slowing river volume.
(3) Less water enters rivers and reaches them more slowly due to interception and reduced surface runoff from vegetation.
This document provides information about GCSE Geography revision on dynamic planet topics. It includes case studies on volcanoes like Mt St Helens and Nyiragongo, as well as earthquakes in Kobe, Japan and Sichuan, China. There are exam focus questions on plate tectonics, hazards and management. Additional sections cover climate change in the past and future, threats to biomes, and conservation efforts. Review materials include theory, graphs to interpret, and guidance on key topics to know for the exam.
This document summarizes key concepts in physical geography related to plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and case studies of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. It describes how convection currents in the mantle cause plate movements at destructive, conservative, and constructive plate boundaries. Case studies on the 1995 Montserrat volcano eruption and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami detail their impacts and responses. A third case study summarizes the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China that killed over 70,000 people.
This document provides information about plate tectonics and associated geological phenomena. It begins by describing the layers of the Earth, including the inner and outer core, mantle, and crust. It notes key differences between oceanic and continental crust, and explains convection currents in the mantle. The document then discusses plate boundaries and associated hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes. Specific topics covered include the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, the Montserrat volcanic eruption, measuring earthquakes, predicting seismic activity, earthquake proofing, and responses to natural disasters. Comparisons are drawn between responses to disasters in rich and poor countries.
The document discusses urban land use models and zones. It provides information on the concentric zone model and sector model, describing typical land uses like commercial, residential, and industrial that tend to group together in urban zones moving from the urban center outwards. Key zones discussed include the central business district, inner city, inner and outer suburbs, and rural-urban fringe at the edge of cities.
This document provides revision materials for a GCSE Geography exam on key themes. It includes information on the exam structure, resources for revision, and details on the three exam sections: natural hazards, population and settlement, and economic development. For the economic development section, it outlines different industry types and changes over time, as well as case studies on topics like goat aid and Coca-Cola. Various practice exam questions are provided at the end related to development indicators, the Brandt line, and Rostow's model of development stages.
The document provides information about rivers and coasts for a GCSE Geography revision pack. It includes key terms, landforms, and processes related to rivers and coasts, as well as case studies on river and coastal management. Resources for further study are also listed.
This summarizes a document describing the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland. It began by locating Iceland on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are diverging. The causes of the eruption were explained as magma rising to the surface due to plate movement. The effects in Iceland were minor, but the ash cloud spread over Europe, grounding flights and costing airlines billions. Measures to manage volcanic hazards in Iceland focus on evacuations and monitoring, which helped minimize loss of life during this eruption.
The document discusses various topics related to urban areas and settlement, including:
1) Land use patterns in urban areas and reasons for the location of different uses such as industry, housing, and commercial districts.
2) Types of settlements like market towns, ports, and industrial towns and their key characteristics.
3) Factors that influence the location of new industries such as access to markets, labor, and raw materials.
4) Potential problems from industry decline such as unemployment, pollution, and economic impacts.
This document presents a report on a proposed new town called Valor Town. It begins with an introduction describing the project requirements to propose a new town layout. It then provides investigations and data collection on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and its grid system, the present German town of Kirchsteigfeld and its open green spaces, and the English town of Ludlow and its eco-park and historic preservation. The document then describes the key characteristics of the new Valor Town, such as its gridiron system, central plaza, parks, and distribution of facilities. It concludes by reflecting on lessons learned about sustainable town planning and layout hierarchies.
This document presents a report on a project to design a new, better livable town. It begins with an introduction to the project requirements and objectives. It then provides investigations and data collection on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and the present town of Kirchsteigfeld, Germany. It also examines the future town of Ludlow, England. Drawing from these case studies, the document then describes the new proposed town of Valor Town. It outlines important characteristics and elements of the new town design, such as a gridiron system, green spaces, and facilities. The conclusion reflects on lessons learned from the project around sustainable town planning and layout.
This document presents a report on the planning and design of a new town called Valor Town. It includes investigations of ancient, present and future towns to inform the design. Ancient Calleva Atrebatum is analyzed for its grid layout and hierarchy. The present German town of Kirchsteigfeld incorporates large green spaces. The future town of Ludlow, England balances heritage and sustainability. Valor Town will apply these lessons, with a gridiron system, central plaza, parks, and green spaces throughout to encourage walking. While more can be improved, the student learned the importance of hierarchy and sustainability in town planning.
The document discusses the planning of a new town called the "Infinity City". It begins with an introduction where the author states they will pretend to be the mayor proposing a new layout for the town. It then provides summaries of research conducted on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on layouts, transportation, green spaces and sustainability features. The document concludes by stating a new "Infinity Town" will be proposed incorporating elements learned from the research.
This document outlines the planning process for a new town called Valor Town. It begins with an introduction describing the project requirements. It then provides background research on the definitions of towns/cities, guidelines for livable towns, and case studies of ancient, present and future towns. Specifically, it examines the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, the German town of Kirchsteigeld, and the English town of Ludlow. It then describes the key characteristics and elements of the new Valor Town, which is planned based on a gridiron system and includes amenities like parks, plazas and sports centers connected by a river transportation system. The conclusion states the new town will have livability benefits based on this planning process
Cities are major contributors to environmental issues like climate change. However, cities also offer opportunities for more sustainable living. Ecocities aim to create urban environments that are ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and socially just. Some key strategies for transitioning to ecocities include transferring development rights to encourage dense, transit-oriented development; providing tax incentives for green infrastructure projects; and restoring natural hydrological systems in urban areas. Traditional settlements also demonstrate ecocity principles through compact, walkable and resource-efficient community design.
The document discusses sustainability in cities and provides information on making urban areas more sustainable. It defines key terms related to sustainability and outlines several characteristics of a sustainable city, including: conserving the natural environment, using brownfield sites, reducing and safely disposing of waste, and providing adequate open spaces. The document also notes the importance of including local people in the decision-making process and providing efficient public transportation. Examples of sustainable initiatives in cities like Curitiba, Brazil are mentioned.
The document discusses characteristics of sustainable cities and social sustainability factors. It provides examples of how certain initiatives could make urban living more sustainable, such as increasing public transportation, recycling programs, and renewable energy sources. Local community involvement is important to help ensure sustainability initiatives are successful.
This document discusses urban planning and sustainability. It covers several topics:
1) The built environment includes everything constructed by humans like buildings, infrastructure, and parks. Urban planning aims to design functional and interconnected built spaces.
2) Large cities are generally seen as unsustainable due to environmental, economic, and social concerns like pollution, traffic, and inequality. However, large urban areas also provide benefits like innovation and cultural opportunities.
3) Achieving sustainable development requires balancing environmental, social, and economic concerns. Planners aim to conserve resources and minimize waste through strategies like compact urban growth and public transit investment.
The document outlines different sections that will be covered in a unit on the dynamic planet. Section 1 discusses volcanoes and earthquakes in various countries. Section 2 covers climate change topics like the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period. Section 3 is about threats to tropical rainforests and conservation efforts. Section 4 analyzes water issues like desertification, sustainable practices, and dam management. Section 5 examines coastal changes and conflicts. Section 8 looks at environments in Australia and the Arctic, including human adaptations.
The document discusses climate change and its causes. It provides the following key points:
1) In 2008, 193 countries signed an anti-CO2 emissions treaty, except the USA and China. The USA did not believe in global warming under Bush, and China profits from natural resources.
2) The industrial revolution beginning in the 1800s caused a rise in CO2 levels and global temperatures.
3) Human activities like burning fossil fuels are major contributors to increased greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. This will have severe environmental and economic impacts worldwide if left unaddressed.
The document provides information about revising for the GCSE Geography exam on People and the Planet. It outlines the exam structure, with sections on population dynamics, consuming resources, and globalization. For population dynamics, it discusses topics like population trends, theories of population change, and case studies on population policies. It also provides information on defining and classifying different resource types, renewable and non-renewable resources, and ways to reduce resource demand.
Checklist 2016 - OCR B GCSE specificationMrs Coles
Afforestation can affect river flow in 3 ways:
(1) Trees intercept rainfall which reduces surface runoff entering rivers.
(2) Vegetation increases lag time as seen on hydrographs, slowing river volume.
(3) Less water enters rivers and reaches them more slowly due to interception and reduced surface runoff from vegetation.
This document provides information about GCSE Geography revision on dynamic planet topics. It includes case studies on volcanoes like Mt St Helens and Nyiragongo, as well as earthquakes in Kobe, Japan and Sichuan, China. There are exam focus questions on plate tectonics, hazards and management. Additional sections cover climate change in the past and future, threats to biomes, and conservation efforts. Review materials include theory, graphs to interpret, and guidance on key topics to know for the exam.
This document summarizes key concepts in physical geography related to plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and case studies of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. It describes how convection currents in the mantle cause plate movements at destructive, conservative, and constructive plate boundaries. Case studies on the 1995 Montserrat volcano eruption and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami detail their impacts and responses. A third case study summarizes the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China that killed over 70,000 people.
This document provides information about plate tectonics and associated geological phenomena. It begins by describing the layers of the Earth, including the inner and outer core, mantle, and crust. It notes key differences between oceanic and continental crust, and explains convection currents in the mantle. The document then discusses plate boundaries and associated hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes. Specific topics covered include the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, the Montserrat volcanic eruption, measuring earthquakes, predicting seismic activity, earthquake proofing, and responses to natural disasters. Comparisons are drawn between responses to disasters in rich and poor countries.
The document discusses urban land use models and zones. It provides information on the concentric zone model and sector model, describing typical land uses like commercial, residential, and industrial that tend to group together in urban zones moving from the urban center outwards. Key zones discussed include the central business district, inner city, inner and outer suburbs, and rural-urban fringe at the edge of cities.
This document provides revision materials for a GCSE Geography exam on key themes. It includes information on the exam structure, resources for revision, and details on the three exam sections: natural hazards, population and settlement, and economic development. For the economic development section, it outlines different industry types and changes over time, as well as case studies on topics like goat aid and Coca-Cola. Various practice exam questions are provided at the end related to development indicators, the Brandt line, and Rostow's model of development stages.
The document provides information about rivers and coasts for a GCSE Geography revision pack. It includes key terms, landforms, and processes related to rivers and coasts, as well as case studies on river and coastal management. Resources for further study are also listed.
This summarizes a document describing the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland. It began by locating Iceland on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are diverging. The causes of the eruption were explained as magma rising to the surface due to plate movement. The effects in Iceland were minor, but the ash cloud spread over Europe, grounding flights and costing airlines billions. Measures to manage volcanic hazards in Iceland focus on evacuations and monitoring, which helped minimize loss of life during this eruption.
The document discusses various topics related to urban areas and settlement, including:
1) Land use patterns in urban areas and reasons for the location of different uses such as industry, housing, and commercial districts.
2) Types of settlements like market towns, ports, and industrial towns and their key characteristics.
3) Factors that influence the location of new industries such as access to markets, labor, and raw materials.
4) Potential problems from industry decline such as unemployment, pollution, and economic impacts.
This document presents a report on a proposed new town called Valor Town. It begins with an introduction describing the project requirements to propose a new town layout. It then provides investigations and data collection on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and its grid system, the present German town of Kirchsteigfeld and its open green spaces, and the English town of Ludlow and its eco-park and historic preservation. The document then describes the key characteristics of the new Valor Town, such as its gridiron system, central plaza, parks, and distribution of facilities. It concludes by reflecting on lessons learned about sustainable town planning and layout hierarchies.
This document presents a report on a project to design a new, better livable town. It begins with an introduction to the project requirements and objectives. It then provides investigations and data collection on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and the present town of Kirchsteigfeld, Germany. It also examines the future town of Ludlow, England. Drawing from these case studies, the document then describes the new proposed town of Valor Town. It outlines important characteristics and elements of the new town design, such as a gridiron system, green spaces, and facilities. The conclusion reflects on lessons learned from the project around sustainable town planning and layout.
This document presents a report on the planning and design of a new town called Valor Town. It includes investigations of ancient, present and future towns to inform the design. Ancient Calleva Atrebatum is analyzed for its grid layout and hierarchy. The present German town of Kirchsteigfeld incorporates large green spaces. The future town of Ludlow, England balances heritage and sustainability. Valor Town will apply these lessons, with a gridiron system, central plaza, parks, and green spaces throughout to encourage walking. While more can be improved, the student learned the importance of hierarchy and sustainability in town planning.
The document discusses the planning of a new town called the "Infinity City". It begins with an introduction where the author states they will pretend to be the mayor proposing a new layout for the town. It then provides summaries of research conducted on ancient, present and future towns. This includes details on layouts, transportation, green spaces and sustainability features. The document concludes by stating a new "Infinity Town" will be proposed incorporating elements learned from the research.
This document outlines the planning process for a new town called Valor Town. It begins with an introduction describing the project requirements. It then provides background research on the definitions of towns/cities, guidelines for livable towns, and case studies of ancient, present and future towns. Specifically, it examines the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, the German town of Kirchsteigeld, and the English town of Ludlow. It then describes the key characteristics and elements of the new Valor Town, which is planned based on a gridiron system and includes amenities like parks, plazas and sports centers connected by a river transportation system. The conclusion states the new town will have livability benefits based on this planning process
Cities are major contributors to environmental issues like climate change. However, cities also offer opportunities for more sustainable living. Ecocities aim to create urban environments that are ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and socially just. Some key strategies for transitioning to ecocities include transferring development rights to encourage dense, transit-oriented development; providing tax incentives for green infrastructure projects; and restoring natural hydrological systems in urban areas. Traditional settlements also demonstrate ecocity principles through compact, walkable and resource-efficient community design.
The document discusses sustainability in cities and provides information on making urban areas more sustainable. It defines key terms related to sustainability and outlines several characteristics of a sustainable city, including: conserving the natural environment, using brownfield sites, reducing and safely disposing of waste, and providing adequate open spaces. The document also notes the importance of including local people in the decision-making process and providing efficient public transportation. Examples of sustainable initiatives in cities like Curitiba, Brazil are mentioned.
The document discusses characteristics of sustainable cities and social sustainability factors. It provides examples of how certain initiatives could make urban living more sustainable, such as increasing public transportation, recycling programs, and renewable energy sources. Local community involvement is important to help ensure sustainability initiatives are successful.
This document discusses urban planning and sustainability. It covers several topics:
1) The built environment includes everything constructed by humans like buildings, infrastructure, and parks. Urban planning aims to design functional and interconnected built spaces.
2) Large cities are generally seen as unsustainable due to environmental, economic, and social concerns like pollution, traffic, and inequality. However, large urban areas also provide benefits like innovation and cultural opportunities.
3) Achieving sustainable development requires balancing environmental, social, and economic concerns. Planners aim to conserve resources and minimize waste through strategies like compact urban growth and public transit investment.
The document summarizes research on the value of street improvements in London. The research found that improvements to publically-owned street spaces can provide substantial benefits. Improvements were associated with a one-third increase in physical quality, 4-7.5% increase in rental values, reduced retail vacancies, and increased walking and social activities. The improvements also enhanced perceptions of streets. The research evaluated ten improved and unimproved street pairs using both quantitative and qualitative data to understand the impacts and value of investing in street environments.
The document outlines a proposed EcoInnovation District plan for Uptown/West Oakland in Pittsburgh. The plan was created through community engagement to improve equitable growth, economic development, and sustainability in the area. Key strategies in the plan include preserving affordable housing, encouraging mixed-use and green development, protecting existing residents and businesses, and providing more transportation choices such as improved bus service.
This document summarizes a problem solving workshop about improving transport in Britain that was held in London. It identifies key problems in 5 themes: modes of transport, human behavior, economics, infrastructure, and users' experience. Within each theme are 3-5 specific problems discussed, such as how to challenge car dominance, connect different transportation modes, and improve the user experience of sustainable transportation options. The workshop had 15 participants who identified 115 problems and generated 24 insights over the course of the discussion.
Summary of the output from the problem framing workshop for the GeoVation Challenge 'How can we improve transport in Britain?' held at the London Transport Museum on 19 January 2011.
The document discusses how the ITE/CNU Guide for Walkable Streets can support Elgin, Illinois' plans to create more walkable and transit-oriented development. It outlines Elgin's vision for downtown and mixed-use centers, and how the guide differs from conventional traffic engineering approaches by being context-sensitive and emphasizing networks over arterials. Two challenges to implementing walkable streets in Elgin are discussed: the city's conventional network design that limits intersections, and standards requiring long blocks on arterial roads. Adopting the ITE/CNU guide's recommendations could help Elgin overcome these challenges.
The document is a report commissioned by the Mill Hill Neighbourhood Forum from LSE students. It provides an overview of Mill Hill and makes recommendations on how to improve the area. Specifically, it proposes 14 measures to address issues like enhancing the high street, improving transportation options, utilizing community assets, and branding Mill Hill as an outdoor sports destination. The recommendations aim to spark further discussion as the forum develops its neighborhood plan.
The document discusses the concept of urban green infrastructure. It defines urban green infrastructure as the parts of a city that contribute to natural processes like keeping water and air clean and recycling waste. This includes parks, stream corridors, utility corridors, and vacant lands. These green spaces, if viewed as a single interconnected system, can help keep cities clean and provide recreational areas. The green infrastructure works with engineered systems to manage resources like energy, waste, and stormwater runoff in a balanced way, analogous to natural ecological processes.
The document provides information about the Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan, including:
- The importance of having a Neighbourhood Plan for securing funding and controlling development.
- The territory covered by the plan, which excludes some areas near Cambridge.
- An overview of the community's characteristics including amenities, employment, and housing.
- Issues identified through community surveys such as maintaining village character, healthcare, housing, and transport.
- A vision statement outlining goals for the community's future development.
- Six priority areas and four guiding principles to achieve the vision.
- Specific policies addressing each priority area, such as design standards, protecting employment sites, and open space
This document summarizes an AIA/CES presentation on updating provider policies and procedures. It discusses transferring over 1 million records to a new CES Discovery system, reminding providers of AIA/CES policies and introducing new provider ethics guidelines. It also reintroduces the AIA/CES audits and quality assurance program to give providers a chance for feedback. The presentation covers these areas to help providers understand the changes being made.
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This document provides tasks and discussion questions about a film viewing of Paddington. It asks students to identify examples of stigma, discrimination, migration, welcome and unwelcome from the film. It includes discussion of how Paddington's journey could be viewed as illegal migration and how the film touches on challenges migrants face in finding acceptance in a new community. Key examples and clips from the film are referenced to illustrate these themes.
Revision flash cards for GCSE Geography OCR BLiz Smith
The document provides information about various geographic concepts. It defines key terms related to rivers such as erosion, transportation, and landforms. It also discusses coastal landforms and processes, population dynamics, hazards from climate, tectonics and urbanization. Settlement patterns are examined using models like the Burgess model and concepts of threshold populations and spheres of influence.
The document provides information about various geographic concepts. It defines key terms related to rivers such as erosion, transportation, and landforms. It also discusses flooding, tropical storms, earthquakes, volcanoes, population, and settlement patterns. Specifically, it explains river erosion and transportation processes, landforms in the upper, middle and lower courses of rivers, physical and human causes of flooding, storm surge definition, effects of tropical storms, differences between Richter and Mercalli scales, earthquake focus and epicenter, volcano types, and population distribution, density, and models.
Hurricane Katrina caused significant impacts in the southeast United States. The warm ocean waters of over 27°C caused moist air to rise and condense, releasing energy that powered the storm to wind speeds of 125mph, making it a category 3 hurricane. It destroyed 300,000 homes in New Orleans, leaving tens of thousands homeless and forcing evacuation to the poorly provisioned Superdome stadium, where sanitation was poor and illness spread quickly. Businesses were also destroyed, eliminating 230,000 jobs and increasing unemployment and pressure on the economy. Failed flood defenses exacerbated flooding in New Orleans, increasing deaths to 1,800 and further adding to costs.
This document provides information about rivers and flooding, including:
1) It discusses the hydrological cycle and river landforms like meanders, ox-bow lakes, and deltas. Biological, freeze-thaw, and chemical weathering are explained.
2) Methods for managing flooding are examined, including both "hard" options like building flood defenses, and "softer" options like restoring floodplains.
3) Practice questions are provided about river features and processes like waterfall formation. Diagrams and explanations of answers are given.
The document provides guidance for answering a case study question about rivers, focusing on the River Tees as an example. It outlines the key characteristics of the river's upper, middle, and lower courses, including landforms and features like waterfalls. It also discusses river management along the Tees, including reservoirs for water supply and flood protection schemes. The document emphasizes the importance of using specific place-based details from the River Tees in answers to achieve higher marks.
The document provides information about the work of the non-governmental organization Link Ethiopia. It aims to improve access to quality education in Ethiopia through several initiatives, including linking schools in the UK with schools in Ethiopia to facilitate cultural exchange and shared learning activities. Link Ethiopia also offers teaching placements in Ethiopia to gain work experience. Additionally, it helps under-resourced schools in Ethiopia obtain necessities like clean water and adequate classrooms. The organization focuses on sustainability by fostering cultural understanding between countries and employing local Ethiopians.
The Geography Department is holding a "Geography Selfie" competition this year where students and staff take selfies of themselves with geographical landscapes or features in the background. Participants need to photograph themselves at a famous or infamous location during their summer travels and submit their photos to their teacher or by email by September 19th, 2014. The photos will be divided into four categories based on the participant's year or staff status, and the best photos will be selected to be uploaded to the Geography blog.
Economic development content and questionsLiz Smith
This document discusses economic development and related concepts. It defines development as improving economic and social conditions of a country to raise the quality of life. It discusses measuring development through economic, social and environmental indicators. It also discusses how development can be affected by various methods like foreign investment, tourism, development projects, technology and trade. It provides information on employment structures in different industries and how they have changed over time.
The document discusses different aspects of city planning and development, including:
- The characteristics of different parts of a city from the central business district to the outer suburbs and rural-urban fringe.
- Identifying social, economic, and environmental needs for developing urban areas and how planners can meet these needs in a sustainable way.
- Key terms related to retail provision like sphere of influence, threshold population, and the differences between low-order convenience goods and high-order goods.
- How and why retail provision and services have changed over time due to factors like improved transport, increased spending power of consumers, and changing consumer wants and needs.
Population distributions are uneven worldwide and change over time. Factors like birth rates, death rates, and population density influence population change. The Demographic Transition Model shows population change through 5 stages as birth and death rates shift from high to low. As countries develop from LEDCs to MEDCs, their population pyramids, birth rates, life expectancies, and dependency ratios typically change in ways that lead to aging populations in MEDCs. Urbanization increases jobs in cities but can strain housing, traffic, services, and jobs in LEDCs more than MEDCs due to differences in development levels.
This document provides information on coastal geography topics including:
- The coast can be used for industry, transport, tourism, recreation, and nature conservation.
- Destructive waves are associated with storms and erosion while constructive waves are associated with deposition.
- Coastal weathering involves physical, chemical, and biological breakdown of rock, and erosion is the wearing away and transport of material.
- Waves erode coastlines through abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition, and solution. Headlands are eroded to form coastal landforms.
- Material is transported along beaches by swash and backwash. Beaches form through deposition by constructive waves.
- Spits, bars,
This document provides information about rivers and flooding, including:
1) It discusses various river landforms and processes like meanders, floodplains, estuaries, and deltas. It also explains how v-shaped valleys and waterfalls are formed.
2) It covers causes of flooding like rainfall, soil permeability, and human impacts such as deforestation, farming, and urbanization.
3) It introduces hard and soft flood management options and provides examples like flood defenses and restoring natural floodplains. Practice questions are included about these topics.
The document provides guidance for case studies, noting there are 3 levels in the marking scheme worth up to 12 marks total. To achieve the highest level, answers must be described, explained with numerous place-specific details. Examples from rivers, coasts, population, settlement, and economic development are listed to choose from for case studies.
Solo Taxonomy: An introduction by Jack CassidyLiz Smith
The document introduces SOLO taxonomy, which divides knowledge into five levels - pre-structural, uni-structural, multi-structural, relational, and extended abstract. Each level represents a different depth of understanding. An example using the question "What do you know about football?" demonstrates how a response could progress from the pre-structural level of hardly any knowledge to the extended abstract level of making connections and adding new insights. The document suggests SOLO taxonomy can help assess understanding and determine next steps for learning.
The document outlines the key concepts of Dr. Ice which are deepening thinking, role modelling, impact on learning, challenge, and engagement. It provides details on using questioning to extend student thinking, modeling different levels of thinking, ensuring activities match learning objectives and success criteria, appropriately challenging all students, and keeping students engaged through innovative and interactive activities.
Our link school 'Ada Model' is located in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. Seaford Head School in the UK has been linked with Ada Model School since 2007, which has over 3,000 students. During a visit by Seaford Head School staff and students, they participated in cultural ceremonies by Ada Model students, presented the school with materials and sports equipment, and helped paint a classroom. The visit strengthened the partnership between the two schools.
Ghana is located on the west coast of Africa. Its capital and largest city is Accra. Azonto is a communicative dance from Ghana's fishing communities that uses movements to depict occupations and humorous situations. It is one of the few African dances that has spread globally. The dance incorporates knee bending, hip movements, and facial expressions to creatively portray occupations like ironing, washing, driving, and swimming in a way that shows Ghanaian people's sense of humor.
The document reviews the positive and negative outcomes of the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000. Some key positive outcomes included over 43 million children enrolling in primary education globally between 1999-2009, and maternal mortality decreasing by 47% between 1990-2012. However, negatives included a lack of defined measures for poverty and success, and that the goals may not have been achievable given the resources and time frame. A new set of 8 goals are then proposed to be completed by 2030, focusing on issues like clean water, education, reducing disease, climate change, and protecting land and animals.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were established in 2000 and are set to expire in 2015. A new set of global development goals are being discussed to take the place of the MDGs. The reader is prompted to submit proposals for 8 new global development goals as part of a competition, with the submission taking the form of a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation with no more than 15 slides. The reader is provided background information on the MDGs and challenges, and directed to various resources to help inform their proposals for new goals.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
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HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.