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Acity is ahuman settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent anddensely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems forhousing,transportation,sanitation,utilities,land use,production of goods, andcommunication. Their density facilitates interaction between people,government organizations, andbusinesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution.
Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapidurbanization, more than half of theworld population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences forglobal sustainability. Present-day cities usually form the core of largermetropolitan areas andurban areas—creating numerouscommuters traveling towardcity centres for employment, entertainment, and education. However, in a world of intensifyingglobalization, all cities are to varying degrees also connected globally beyond these regions. This increased influence means that cities also have significant influences onglobal issues, such assustainable development,climate change, andglobal health. Because of these major influences on global issues, the international community has prioritized investment insustainable cities throughSustainable Development Goal 11. Due to the efficiency of transportation and the smallerland consumption,dense cities hold the potential to have a smallerecological footprint per inhabitant than more sparsely populated areas. Therefore,compact cities are often referred to as a crucial element in fighting climate change. However, this concentration can also have some significant harmful effects, such as formingurban heat islands, concentratingpollution, and stressing water supplies and other resources. (Full article...)
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Bogotá (/ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/,alsoUK:/ˌbɒɡ-/,US:/ˈboʊɡətɑː/,Spanish pronunciation:[boɣoˈta]ⓘ), officiallyBogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviatedBogotá, D.C., and formerly known asSanta Fe de Bogotá (Spanish:[ˌsantaˈfeðeβoɣoˈta];lit. 'Holy Faith of Bogotá') during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is thecapital and largest city ofColombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department ofCundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as thedepartments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northernSouth America.
Bogotá was founded as the capital of theNew Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by SpanishconquistadorGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harshexpedition into the Andes conquering theMuisca, the indigenous inhabitants of theAltiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish RoyalAudiencia of theNew Kingdom of Granada (created in 1550), and then after 1717 it was the capital of theViceroyalty of New Granada. After theBattle of Boyacá on 7 August 1819, Bogotá became the capital of theindependent nation ofGran Colombia. It wasSimón Bolívar who rebaptized the city with the name of Bogotá, as a way of honoring the Muisca people and as an emancipation act towards the Spanish crown. Hence, since the Viceroyalty of New Granada's independence from theSpanish Empire and during the formation of present-day Colombia, Bogotá has remained the capital of this territory. (Full article...)
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Nouakchott (/nwækˈʃɒt,nwɑː-/nwa(h)k-SHOT) is thecapital and largest city ofMauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in theSahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.
Once a mid-sized coastal village, Nouakchott was selected as the capital for the nascent nation of Mauritania, with construction beginning in 1958. It was originally designed to accommodate a population of 15,000, but experienced significant population growth in the 1970s when many Mauritanians fled their home villages due todrought and increasingdesertification. Many of the newcomers settled inslum areas of the city that were poorly maintained and extremely overcrowded. By the mid-1980s, Nouakchott's population was estimated to be between 400,000 and 500,000. (Full article...)
Askid row, also calledskid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speakingNorth America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to people who are poor or homeless, considered disreputable, downtrodden or forgotten by society. A skid row may be anything from an impoverished urban district to ared-light district to a gathering area for people experiencing homelessness or drug addiction. In general, skid row areas are inhabited or frequented by impoverished individuals and also people who are addicted to drugs. Urban areas considered skid rows are marked by highvagrancy, dilapidated buildings, and drug dens, as well as other features ofurban blight. Used figuratively, the phrase may indicate the state of a poor person's life.
The termskid road originally referred to the path along which timber workers skidded logs. Its current sense appears to have originated in thePacific Northwest. Areas in the United States and Canada identified by this nickname includePioneer Square inSeattle;Old Town Chinatown inPortland, Oregon;Downtown Eastside inVancouver;Skid Row inLos Angeles; theTenderloin District ofSan Francisco; and theBowery ofLower Manhattan. The term Poverty Flats is used for some Western US towns. (Full article...)
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