PPT-Case Study of Oil Drilling in Urban Cities

Student Researcher Isha Chaturvedi Supervisor Prof Bhavna Shamasunder Occidental College UEPI 1 2 Research Results Introduction Objective Oil Drilling which was once restrained to only rural areas has now not even spared urban areas In many cases companies are able to reopen old wells after decades of inactivity without obtaining a new permit or notifying nearby residents . City Planning . (or . urban planning. ) is the professional pursuit that attempts to design cities to maximize their efficiency, functionality, and beauty.. In today’s world of sprawling metropolitan areas, . . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 1. Urban Geography. What is urban geography?. Urban geography focuses on:. how cities . function. the internal . systems. and . structures. of cities. Find an image to represent an urban environment . Explain why you’ve chosen it . What is an urban area? . http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/densurb/Defintion_of%20Urban.pdf. . Identify similarities and differences . LAUNCH OF URBACT II THEMATIC REPORTS. JUNE 18 2013. EDDY ADAMS. URBACT Thematic . Pole Manager. . COMMISSIONER . HAHN. Welcome. EMMANUEL MOULIN. Director of URBACT Secretariat. MELODY HOUK. URBACT Projects and . American History. Goals. Students will be able to:. Analyze economic challenges American farmers faced in the 1800s. Examine causes and consequences of the second Industrial Revolution. Analyze changes as the U.S. became an industrial society. America’s Urban Origins. Cities played a different role in the 18. th. , 19. th. and 20. th. centuries. Technological change has been an important factor in determining the role and importance of cities across time. Economic – urban areas are market centres for the buying and selling of Goods and Services. Administrative – urban areas are the places from which the surrounding area is governed e.g. . Carrickmacross. . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 3. Early Urbanization . Around the Mediterranean. Early Settlements. Settlements were . originally. established in the area around the eastern . . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 3. Early Urbanization . Around the Mediterranean. Early Settlements. Settlements were . originally. established in the area around the eastern . Core Case Study: The . Ecocity. Concept in Curitiba, Brazil. Ecocity. , green city. :. Curitiba, Brazil . Bus system: cars banned in certain areas. Housing and industrial parks. Recycling of materials. America’s Urban Origins. Cities played a different role in the 18. th. , 19. th. and 20. th. centuries. Technological change has been an important factor in determining the role and importance of cities across time. RESEARCHING AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH ISSUES AND PRIORITIES CHRIS PHILLIPSON Sociology/MICRA The University of Manchester, UK AREAS FOR DISCUSSION Background to the ‘age-friendly’ approach Speaker:. . Natália . Susana . Silva. . Regional . Fund for Science and Technology of the Azores. EXPAND II - Widening participation of countries and stakeholders in JPI Urban Europe through capacity building in urban policy, funding and research. The Preindustrial City: Past. . and Present. (1960). Sjoberg said that all cities were a product of their societies and went through stages:. Folk-preliterate. Feudal. Preindustrial. Urban-industrial.