Intro

An urban area is defined as an area with a high population density such as a city or town. Housing is built quite densely and what often happens is that infrastructure build as there is little to no available land left for construction. What is built is the typical cityscape one pictures when the word 'urban' is used. Essentially, urban areas are characterized by its housing /shelters and the people that occupy them. This coming together of people in a centralized area has been built on the basis of life. Why do we move or migrate? We move to have a better life whether it's for a higher paid or more fulfilling job, better education , improved facilities or a more stable and safer environment. Water is basically the best symbol for urbanization and life. After all, early settlers did build their homes near water for survival. This change from the early settlements of farm to the modern cities of today have been a result of rural to urban migration which is also one of the key factors in urbanization. Transportation enabled this change from small communities to large cities to metropolitan areas. Without any of these factors, development comes to a halt and people cannot come together to live as one. We depend on each other to survive and in this exercise: Urban Survival Kit-The File we will examine how shelter, water and transportation are needed to survive in a subsistence urbanity.