Architecture and Building

Urban change and the role of the change agent: Urban Planning in Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Discussion2

The root cause for Urban Planning - Urbanisation2

Ills and Benefits of Urbanisation2

The need for Urban Planning3

Urban Planning for Australian Suburb - Burwood Victoria 31253

Conclusion5

References6

Urban change and the role of the change agent: Urban Planning in Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia

Introduction

Urban planning is a branch of architectures dealing with the design and organization of urban spaces and activities. Urban planning deals with determining and drawing up plans for future physical arrangements and conditions of a community. Urban planning is very important to help cut down and or eliminate chaos. This paper discusses the importance of urban planning in Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia.

Discussion

The root cause for Urban Planning - Urbanisation

Urbanisation is the process by which cities grow or by which societies become more urban. Urbanisation is the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas which forms cities. Urbanisation is the term used for the process of a society changing from rural to urban (Warf 2010, pp. 2973-8).

Ills and Benefits of Urbanisation

Urbanisation has its benefits as well as its challenges. As a number of people move into a city and make it urban, and expand urban centres, it begins to erase rural, agricultural, and forest lands. Many ecologists believe urbanisation in abundance is ruining the environment ant the earth's natural beauty. Studies have shown that children being raised in urban areas have the highest rate of respiratory problems than those living in rural areas. Ecologist think the urban activities like combustion, mass vehicular use, industrial activities, drilling, and other urban activities is the leading cause of high levels toxins being released into the air that is being breathed in. These toxins are linked to illness like bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, allergies, sinusitis, and other pulmonary conditions and diseases. Urbanisation can also have a negative effect on the environment. All of the toxins released in the air do not only affect humans, but it isn't healthy for delicate plants and animals. Urbanisation destroys the natural habitats of many animals. Environmental specialist think that the increase in toxins that are being released in the air to urbanisation is also creating a bigger whole in the ozone layer. The whole getting bigger in the ozone layer is making global warming worse (Tonn 2011, pp. 86-95).

Urbanisation does not only have bad effects, there are also many great benefits to urbanisation. Urbanisation helps the earth because it provides more housing in smaller areas to an increasing population. Urbanisation is an efficient use of land because more people can reside in a smaller area with sufficient room to maintain daily living habits. Resources are more readily available to those whole live in urban areas. Urban areas are easier to get are around in because of the mass transit system that is available. Urbanisation forces us to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious because we are living in such crowed and small ...