ETS3 ARW Essay Development Assessment Intake 1 201920%
Background:
With increasing populations, especially in urban centres, space in many areas is limited, and demand for housing is high. As a result, millions of people globally are living in high density accommodation such as apartment blocks. This often involves living in a smaller space compared to a free standing house, and having multiple, sometimes hundreds, of different individuals and families living close to each other in the same building. This can have benefits and drawbacks, for local governments, law enforcement, business owners, property developers, community organisations and of course, the residents themselves.
Essay Question
High density housing is beneficial for residents. Do you agree?
Sources: You will choose one article from the reading list, and one article from the library search. You Library Search article must be:
Reading List: Choose one article from this list.
Cho, M, Ha, TM, Lim, ZMT & Chong, KH 2018, ‘“Small places” of ageing in a high-rise housing neighbourhood’, Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 47, pp. 57-65
Gan, WQ, Sanderson, WT, Browning, SR & Mannino, DM 2017, ‘Different types of housing and respiratory health outcomes’, Preventive Medicine Reports, vol. 7, pp. 124–129
Kerstens, J & Pojani, D 2018, ‘Urban living preferences of youth international migrants: an investigation of Asian students in Australia’, Australian Planner, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 36–45
Park, SH, Lee, PJ & Lee, BK 2017, ‘Levels and sources of neighbour noise in heavyweight residential buildings in Korea’, Applied Acoustics, vol. 120, pp. 148–157
Essay Development Assessment (EDA) Instructions
Students are required to submit a 500 word partial research essay. It needs to include the introduction and one body paragraph. Students will also need to submit an essay plan for the rest of the essay.
In week 1, students will be able to download the essay question and the reading list from Moodle.
Students are to use two journal articles as evidence for their argument. One article must be chosen from the reading list and the other article must be found in the library.
Assessment Components
500 word Part Essay
The Structure of the research essay is as follows;
Introduction:
Body Paragraph 1:
Essay Planfor Body Paragraph 2
Students will need to complete and submit an Essay Plan for the second main body paragraph. It should include the following parts (in full sentences):
Reference List: Based on the Harvard System of Referencing (not included in the Word Count)
Essay Formatting
Spacing: Double space & justified Font: 12 Arial or Times New Roman
Header: Student number & Tutorial group Footer: Paginated
Submission
The assessment will be submitted as a word document on Turnitin before 1pm on Wednesday of Week 4. Late submission of assessments will be penalised with a 10% reduction of marks for each day late.
Submissions that show a percentage of similarity of 20% or higher on Turnitin will face penalties for poor paraphrasing and may face further penalties if it is found to be a case of academic misconduct.
Feedback
Students will receive feedback from their teachers on their submitted essays upon return of marks. This feedback should be used to help students in their writing development as they progress towards the final assessment.
Key Feedback Areas
High density housing is beneficial for residents. Do you agree?
Introduction:
With the increase in the population and the inclination of the people towards the areas that are well equipped with the needed facilities is resulting in the phenomenon of high density housing. When the pages of history are leafed through, it is found that the concept of high density housing is not new and in ancient times too it was encouraged for numbers of good reasons.
Though the term high density housing itself seems unpleasant in hearing but if the other side of the phenomenon is considered, the brighter part is also available.
High density housing as the name suggests, can easily be witnessed in the urban areas where the space is limited.
Preview with previous points
This shrinkage of living space has many good things to offer to both the residents and the governing or development bodies.
The residential areas, quite resembling to the bee hives, has turned from free standing homes to multistory building and small flats (OJALA, et al. 2016).
High density housing has made it easier for the development bodies to carter the needs of the residents (Winston, 2017).
Keeping in mind the high density housing areas, it becomes easier for the development bodies to plan and manage the needs of the people in terms of infrastructure and transportation. Not only the planning and management that becomes easier but the cost of maintenance of public properties also comes down (Winston, 2017).
Management of infrastructure and transportation
OJALA, H.M.A.A., Niemelä, J. and Yli-Pelkonen, V., 2016. Impacts of residential infilling on private gardens in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. In Green Landscapes in the European City, 1750–2010 (pp. 105-120). Routledge.
Sarkar, C. (2017). Residential greenness and adiposity: findings from the UK Biobank. Environment international, 106, 1-10.
Sarkar, C., Webster, C. and Gallacher, J., 2017. Association between adiposity outcomes and residential density: a full-data, cross-sectional analysis of 419 562 UK Biobank adult participants. The Lancet Planetary Health, 1(7), pp.e277-e288.
This high density housing provides a solid base for the revenue income for the government authorities in terms of taxes and it makes it easier to cover the cost of infrastructure and transportation.
High revenue source in terms of the tax for the government
Another brighter side of high density housing is that it results in less traffic as people living in these areas tend to have only one vehicle due to the space limitations (OJALA, et al. 2016).
Having understood the different dimensions of the term high density housing, there is nothing wrong in saying that this way of living in a hive for humans has honey to offer to both government and the development bodies.
High density housing does a great good to the residents also
Justification: it is not only the government that gets benefitted from high density housing but the residents of high density housing also the recipients of many benefits. To name a few, it can be said that high density housing attracts many employers and investment projects because of the population factor. In comparison to the dispersed housing, high density housing results in high value of properties of the area. Another factor that can be taken into account is the connectivity. People living so close and especially within a space that be easily covered for service, maintenance, repairs, education and basic needs are another brighter sides of high density housing (Sarkar, Webster, and Gallacher, 2017).
Easy employment and investment sources
High property values
After considering both the factors it will not be wrong to say that high density housing has its benefits too and it’s perfectly ok if this phenomenon gets an encouragement. The crux of this report is that high density housing has several benefits and this should be used appropriately to take proper to carter the needs of the residents.
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