Week+9

** 3rd November 2011 **
 * Week 9 **

** AFFORDABLE GREEN HOUSING **

This is because certain areas have toxins released into the air and the surrounding environment. When people inhabit these areas their health degrades substantially and plays a part in their health issues later on in life. It is important to record one's movements through a country in order to track problems associated with the living conditions as well as prevention.
 * 1. **
 * Why Bill Davenhall does he say that where you live determines your health? **

It is important to track where one has been so that you can trace a medical issue or avoid one. Davenhall talked about his friend that tracked his every movement using his iPhone. It triangulated his location every 2 hours for a year and depicted this data on a map. In this way he could see where he spent most of his time, and the concentration of toxins in these locations.
 * 2. **
 * Describe why Bill Davenhall thinks that geomedicine is so very important as part of your medical file for your doctor. How would you trace your geomedical history? (2 paragraphs) **

Diversity allows for different perspectives, and multi-cultural benefits. This prevents individualistic monocultures. Different family structures, such as nuclear families, veteran parents, single adults as well as mixed professions and specialists add to the availability of services and sense of community. Rose was referring to diversity of age, ethnicity, profession and income-level when he thought of the ideal diversified community. He also talks about the inclusion of institutions such as schools, therapy centres, malls, congregation places, parks, groceries, etc.
 * 3. **
 * According to Jonathan Rose, how does diversity strengthen a community? **
 * What different types of diversity does he talk about? **

Rose believes that a mixed community, racially, economically, and professionally contributes to a healthy, safer community. This is because mix of uses often work together and even in times of economic struggle, the heterogenous community would be more supportive and take into consideration the other side of the spectrum. I agree with Rose. Mixed communities offer diverse cultural and social experiences as well as integration into a multicultural society. It also helps with getting through recessions, and downswings in business.
 * 4. **
 * Why does Jonathan Rose believe that a community is more likely to be sustainable if it’s diverse? **
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Do you agree with him? Why or why not? **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In Westchester, the community was up-scale and high end so a lot of the people that worked there could not afford to live there. This led to a homogeneous community and so Rose decided to build affordable housing to accommodate them into the society. This led to diversity and a more wholesome fabric of community.
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">5. **
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">How can a real-estate developer “repair the fabric of communities”? **
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">What types of buildings contribute to the fabric of a community in a positive way? **
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">In a negative way (e.g., homogeneous vs. heterogeneous population, commercial vs. residential, shared space vs. private space)? **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">1. People were able to congregate and build a sense of community- a third place. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">2. It prevents the dust coming off the erosion and sequestrates carbon. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">3. The plants make the plant cooler, with vapour, and the photosynthesis. It is much cooler than concrete. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">4. People protected the park because it was available to all.
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">6. **
 * <span style="color: #009afa; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">List 5 ways in which Cairo benefited by greening their city: **