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Municipal Public Administration

above and beyond acquiring a good leader that determine successful tactics in managing public entities within the municipal enviro...

Misconduct in Law Enforcement

techniques used by some of those in law enforcement can still exact a confession from a completely innocent person, but it is now ...

Three Questions about Urban Policy

This 5 page paper answers three questions about urban policy: 1) how to control the power of large corporations; 2) the impact of ...

Urban France and the Role of Women in Revolts for Social Change

French military setbacks in 1646 and after it became apparent that the Spanish war would go on despite negotiations to bring peace...

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie and Marriage is a Private Affair by Chinua Achebe Compared

her. The son would have no say in the match, for this is how the marriage ritual had been performed for generations. The only qu...

Gabriele Basilico's Use of Space in the Urban Landscape

the exacting nature and immediately transitory nature of the medium. When we look at the work of this artist, for this is what h...

The Similarities and Differences in Urban Planning in Italy and The Netherlands

to consider this in more detail then we can look at the more hierarchical Netherlands system and policies of planning permission a...

Crazy/Beautiful Film and its Themes of Social Stratification and Interracial Dating

indicate a real trend or did producers want to make the unlikely romance more intense by denoting the male protagonist as someone ...

The Automobile as a Cause of Urban Sprawl

do this more as homes and automobiles became less expensive (Cox, 2002). Early developments such as "Levittown," one of the first...

7889 Pacific Avenue Restaurant Determination

As such, the questionnaire sought to determine the eating habits of the individuals. In asking what meal is eaten most often out o...

Urban Development and Concepts in Sociology

wealth and other key resources goes to theories of class. Social stratification has always been a problem, but it seems to be very...

Italian and British Water Industry and the Effects of Onetime Utility Monopolies and State Withdrawal

the implications for the UK and then compare them to other countries, such as Italy. The state has been forced to withdraw from ...

Bourgeois Utopias The Rise and Fall of Suburbia by Robert Fishman

Euro-American culture whose formation was not necessitated by the Industrial Revolution or changing transportation technology, but...

Istanbul and Megacities

on the European shore. It is on both the land and sea routes of Asia and Europe. Istanbul has the advantage of being on the Blac...

People, Design, and Architecture

need to agree on what approaches have not worked. We also need to accept the fact that development does and will occur, so we can ...

Urban Schools and Lack of Quality Educators

have emergency teaching certificates (NASBE, 2002). Consider these data: * Urban schools are twice as likely to hire unlicensed or...

First 4 Chapters of There Are No Children Here by Kotlowitz

in Chicago comes form Pharoahs keen observations of the citys skyline and the awesome view, as well as one distinct butterfly. Ind...

Georgia and the Impact of Urban Sprawl

impact on the rivers and lakes in the region. It has affected its fluvial systems and while Georgia is trying to get a handle on t...

Financial Plan for EECP Development

system." As angioplasty has progressed in its technological characteristics and has been subject to spiraling costs for several y...

Central Los Angeles and Urban Unrest Causes

South Central L.A. that had been the hardest hit (Tucker, 1993). They also indicated that this area had had other problems stemmin...

Definition and Overview of Global Flows

for example are far easier when technology allows for that information to be transmitted immediately as opposed to taking days or ...

Earning Minimum Wage with a Family to Support

If the husband is bedridden, ideally both of the older children should be in daycare (the oldest in after school care), but there ...

Suburban and Urban Education Disparities

the ADA, the more likely that district will receive the most funding. The problem with this is that urban school districts tend to...

The Clash Between Historical Preservation and Urban Sprawl

and agencies to create the rebirth of Newports quality of life, says Laura Long, economic development director for the city of New...

Research Proposal on Urban versus Suburban Standardized Testing

than in urban schools? If so, what factors account for the difference in standardized test performance between suburban and urban ...

Urban Planning, Architecture, and the Contributions of Rome

track generation after generation stand in great testimony to the true greatness of this civilization. If the nature and worth of ...

Mass Media, Melting Pot, Sustainable Growth, and Overpopulation Questions Answered

(Anonymous, 1997), thereby deciding which social and political issues are worthy of attention and establishing an unnatural promin...

Connection Between Physical Environment and Sociocultural Behavior

two matching chairs and a three legged coffee table. A coffee pot sits in the corner along with Styrofoam cups and a help yourself...

Canadian Urban Planning, Housing, and Women

housing planners that build neighborhoods based on the old model - that of residential neighborhoods with the neighborhood school ...

Customs of Chinese Marriage Since 1949 Introduction of Communism

from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." W...