REFLECTION AND CONCLUSION

Trinidad is a very diverse country when it comes to food, architecture, culture, etc. and the economy on the whole. I have explained all different aspects of urban economy and how it relates Trinidad. This was an interesting assignment as I was able to understand the various categories of activities that contribute to the urban economy. Comparing this economic study to what is known of foreign urban environments, it it clear that both areas are definitely not the same.

Some of my course colleagues' blogs were of particular interest to me since they had some sort of relation to my topics.

In Jerniece Jones' blog entry on 'Urban Tourism - Hotels in the City!', she mentioned the significance of hotels. I thought she was accurate in saying that the architecture of hotels give an impression of the economic status of a country. This relates to my blog entry on HIGH RISE BUILDINGS where it was noted that cities of developing countries want to construct tall buildings to emulate a foreign developed  metropolis.

In Chanel Glasgow's blog entry on 'Urban Nightlife - The Ave Pt2', she posted about Ariapita Avenue and the night clubs and bars which many young people frequent, especially on weekends. It is becoming a norm now to see younger people out at night but in they are still contributing to the economic activities at night.

In Vanessa Boodoo's blog entry on 'Behind the City Lights - Loss of culture through globalization', she argued that globalization can result in many negative effects including threatening the local cuisine with foreign fast food restaurants. I am of opinion though, that Trinidadian local cuisine is still quite popular among the locals.This relates to one one my topics - CUISINE and the economy of Trinidad. The majority of people selling local foods are streetvendors and do not contribute much to the economy. In Vanessa's case,  I assume she would like to see more local foods being sold around Trinidad rather than foreign-owned fast foot restaurants. In my case, however, increasing this means increasing the amount of streetvendors seeing that the majority of local foods are sold this way. What should be put in place by the government of Trinidad is the establishment of registered restaurants so that the local foods can be sold and in this way, it contributes to the economy while decreasing the influence of foreign-owned restaurants.