Post by lindastaswick on May 4, 2011 0:19:41 GMT -5
The phenomenal growth of the city of Cochin has resulted in the emergence of two broad types of problems:
(1) Finding adequate living space for a growing population
(2) Improving the existing urban environment by dealing with the inner city decay, pollution, traffic congestion and poor housing conditions.
However, living spaces for a growing population can be found by:
(1) Redeveloping the central area at higher densities
(2) Developing suburban communities or even new urban communities away from the city
Although, there has been some redevelopment of city centers, finding centrally located land sites for housing development and building new road systems are so costly that the policy is only feasible if large public funds are available. In any case, it is often impossible to provide for the growth of the urban population except by outward expansion. It is therefore the latter approach, which has been favored during the last few decades.
This approach states that a part of the existing population, or a part of any natural increase in the number of people in a particular area and a part of any unplanned inward migration will have to be accommodated outside the existing city area. Thus in Cochin Apartments have become the only option to become part of the urban lifestyle for a vast majority of the people. Even then, the factors stimulating the movement of people to the suburbs include:
(1) Transport improvements such as new road systems
(2) Improved communications such as the telephone network
However, although suburban development has advantages from the health point of view, it can have serious defects. The expansion was generally uncontrolled and the result was haphazard urban sprawl in successive rings of the suburban areas. Further, this suburban development tends to congregate in the better farming areas, leading to the loss of agricultural land by wasteful urban spread.
(1) Finding adequate living space for a growing population
(2) Improving the existing urban environment by dealing with the inner city decay, pollution, traffic congestion and poor housing conditions.
However, living spaces for a growing population can be found by:
(1) Redeveloping the central area at higher densities
(2) Developing suburban communities or even new urban communities away from the city
Although, there has been some redevelopment of city centers, finding centrally located land sites for housing development and building new road systems are so costly that the policy is only feasible if large public funds are available. In any case, it is often impossible to provide for the growth of the urban population except by outward expansion. It is therefore the latter approach, which has been favored during the last few decades.
This approach states that a part of the existing population, or a part of any natural increase in the number of people in a particular area and a part of any unplanned inward migration will have to be accommodated outside the existing city area. Thus in Cochin Apartments have become the only option to become part of the urban lifestyle for a vast majority of the people. Even then, the factors stimulating the movement of people to the suburbs include:
(1) Transport improvements such as new road systems
(2) Improved communications such as the telephone network
However, although suburban development has advantages from the health point of view, it can have serious defects. The expansion was generally uncontrolled and the result was haphazard urban sprawl in successive rings of the suburban areas. Further, this suburban development tends to congregate in the better farming areas, leading to the loss of agricultural land by wasteful urban spread.
