SCI 275 Week 4 Assignment - Urbanization
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Urbanizationxxxxxxxxx
SCI-275
December 1, 2009
Instructor: xxxxxxxxxx
BenefitsMore jobs than rural areas
Less pollution
Preserves rural areas
Compact development
Living conditions
Public transportation
Challenges of urbanizationCity services
Medical care
Transportation
Schools
Pollution/Environmental problems
Employment
Poverty
The U.N. Conference on Human Services
Institutionalizing Community-Based Development
Focus on unemployment, poverty, and environmental degradation
Established Neighborhood Committees (CDQs)
Improved living conditions and economic situationEnvironmental improvements to provide sanitary settings for housingBuild and operate community facilities and services
Organized a Health CDQ
The Bronx Center Project – “Don’t Move,
Improve”
A multi-discipline plan
A problem solving process
Community-based participatory planning process
Restore architecturally significant buildings
Construct new low and mid-rise residences
Develop community-based health and human services facilities
Rehabilitate existing and develop new educational and cultural institutions
Improve transportation and create new open space and recreational facilities
Create jobs and job training programs
References
MOST Clearing House. (n.d.). Institutionalizing Community-Based Development. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.unesco.org/most: http://www.unesco.org/most/africa17.htm
MOST Clearing House. (n.d.). The Bronx Center Project - "Don't Move, Improve". Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.unesco.org/most: http://www.unesco.org/most/usa1.htm
Unknown Author. (1996, June 5). TWELVE AWARDS PRESENTED FOR `BEST PRACTICES' BY SECRETARY-GENERAL. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from www.un.org: http://www.un.org/news/Press/docs/1996/19960605.hab123.html