heart of the city
(As a pretext, I had the situation of Hong Kong in mind while writing this. To put it in the simplest, briefest way: conservation is a big issue over here. We have a lot of old buildings that activists want the government to conserve, but many times the government had to make decisions on whether to demolish them or not in order to make way for a new transport route or something.)
Class: Geography, maps.
Note: roads are represented
in red, they are the veins of
the city. Quoting my Miss.
Transport, mobility,
smooth itinerary. Easing flow
of traffic, ceasing tolls of
staggered demographics.
Increased man-hours due to
more time saved in commuting:
leads to a gain of $X in the
economy, GDP will jump by Y%.
Land, a scarce resource. Time,
even less. Conflict: heritage,
collective memory; or money,
efficiency, and development.
Urban planning, renewal, now
there's talk of demolition, or
conservation. For flyovers,
bridges, railways, roads.
Unclog congested veins to allow
blood flow. The network of
capillaries map the city, they
should lead to the heart. No?
And where is the heart? Where
does it beat? In old tenements,
old blocks? The Central Business
District? Where? You tell me.
The above was a typical discussion during a Liberal Studies/ Economics lesson. Yes it is just a jumble of words, not very well-organized, but I think that presents my state of mind (during class) very well. I tried not to take sides.
Okay I will stop here as I should go sleep now. I have to get up at 5:00 tomorrow to finish a mathematics exercise, because my tutor will be coming earlier. Alright, I'll stop with the mundane stuff.
Class: Geography, maps.
Note: roads are represented
in red, they are the veins of
the city. Quoting my Miss.
Transport, mobility,
smooth itinerary. Easing flow
of traffic, ceasing tolls of
staggered demographics.
Increased man-hours due to
more time saved in commuting:
leads to a gain of $X in the
economy, GDP will jump by Y%.
Land, a scarce resource. Time,
even less. Conflict: heritage,
collective memory; or money,
efficiency, and development.
Urban planning, renewal, now
there's talk of demolition, or
conservation. For flyovers,
bridges, railways, roads.
Unclog congested veins to allow
blood flow. The network of
capillaries map the city, they
should lead to the heart. No?
And where is the heart? Where
does it beat? In old tenements,
old blocks? The Central Business
District? Where? You tell me.
The above was a typical discussion during a Liberal Studies/ Economics lesson. Yes it is just a jumble of words, not very well-organized, but I think that presents my state of mind (during class) very well. I tried not to take sides.
Okay I will stop here as I should go sleep now. I have to get up at 5:00 tomorrow to finish a mathematics exercise, because my tutor will be coming earlier. Alright, I'll stop with the mundane stuff.