New York:
Location:
Located in the northeastern United States of America.
Urban development Patterns:
New York urban development corporation was developed in 1968, to build state and to reduce the risk of Urban decay. All housing that was built in 1968 was redeveloped through the corporation, after almost becoming bankrupted in 1975 the government inforced that finance was first priority. Since the 911 attacks in 2001, New yorks government and government around the world distributed billions of dollars to establish new buildings and to redevelop the city and its defense systems, the money was used to rebuild Manhattan.
Issues faced:
-Shortage of decent accommodation, lots of people that migrate to new york often have to live in pose housing facilities because they find that they don't have enough money to support a decent house.
-High fog, that causes accidents in traffic and ships find it hard to move safely.
-High crime rate, due to high housing prices and unemployment.
-High unemployment.
-Waste disposal, governments owing lots of money to big industries, also causing lots of environment damage.
-Pollution.
-Congestion
Causes of the issues:
Shortage of housing and accommodation is due to the over flow of people living in New York the city is becoming full and it is getting harder and harder to find jobs and the prices of housing and apartments are going up due to the fact that the owners know that people need houses and can make more money than they already are. The city cant expand much because it is surrounded by water and that's why the city experiences lots of fog. The waste disposal is destroying the environment along with the green house gases caused by the big infrastructures and industries. Most people live only 20 or 30 minutes away from their jobs but are stuck in traffic all day due to the number of people in the city, this makes the people take 2-3 hours to get to work instead of 20-30 causes people not to have any spare time with their families or with the environment.
Individuals involvement to remedy the issues:
Green piece- Green piece are trying to make the industries and big companies to stop polluting gases into the air causing global warming. They have court battles with companies all the time, putting the environment infront of anything else.
Problem solving courts- Courts in new York city trying to help the people and the community, like " Integrated Domestic Violence Courts", "Domestic Violence Courts, Drug Treatment", "Courts, Mental Health Courts, Sex Offense", "Courts, Youthful Offender Domestic Violence"and "Community Courts".
New York urban development corporation was developed in 1968, to build state and to reduce the risk of Urban decay. All housing that was built in 1968 was redeveloped through the corporation, after almost becoming bankrupted in 1975 the government inforced that finance was first priority. Since the 911 attacks in 2001, New yorks government and government around the world distributed billions of dollars to establish new buildings and to redevelop the city and its defense systems, the money was used to rebuild Manhattan.
Issues faced:
-Shortage of decent accommodation, lots of people that migrate to new york often have to live in pose housing facilities because they find that they don't have enough money to support a decent house.
-High fog, that causes accidents in traffic and ships find it hard to move safely.
-High crime rate, due to high housing prices and unemployment.
-High unemployment.
-Waste disposal, governments owing lots of money to big industries, also causing lots of environment damage.
-Pollution.
-Congestion
Causes of the issues:
Shortage of housing and accommodation is due to the over flow of people living in New York the city is becoming full and it is getting harder and harder to find jobs and the prices of housing and apartments are going up due to the fact that the owners know that people need houses and can make more money than they already are. The city cant expand much because it is surrounded by water and that's why the city experiences lots of fog. The waste disposal is destroying the environment along with the green house gases caused by the big infrastructures and industries. Most people live only 20 or 30 minutes away from their jobs but are stuck in traffic all day due to the number of people in the city, this makes the people take 2-3 hours to get to work instead of 20-30 causes people not to have any spare time with their families or with the environment.
Individuals involvement to remedy the issues:
Green piece- Green piece are trying to make the industries and big companies to stop polluting gases into the air causing global warming. They have court battles with companies all the time, putting the environment infront of anything else.
Problem solving courts- Courts in new York city trying to help the people and the community, like " Integrated Domestic Violence Courts", "Domestic Violence Courts, Drug Treatment", "Courts, Mental Health Courts, Sex Offense", "Courts, Youthful Offender Domestic Violence"and "Community Courts".
