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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...

The Baby Train and The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Brunvand

so show that certain themes are consistent in the stories and how they are a part of urban and societal life. The stories contain ...

Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx and Historic Fiction

I am very tired. I work sixteen hour days and I only have one day off, Sunday. I found a church here. We talk politics here. We ...

Paris and London: Late 19th Century Urban Planning

cramped conditions had lead to many social ills. The changes were not made over night, but the aspects of change can be seen in th...

Wildlife and the Impact of Urbanization

addition, urbanization brings about the need for "linear land use" such as roads, power lines and trails, and the introduction of ...

Implementation of SWAT Units

to more forceful methods to provide a sense of security for their citizens. Additionally, like it or not, the drug war has come h...

Urban School Districts of the San Francisco Bay Area

experience on a daily basis. While the district works hard to address these ongoing issues, educators and administrators are ofte...

The Use of Irony in Fences by August Wilson

have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...

US Urban Areas and Homelessness

City, 2003). In the past year, "requests for emergency shelter increased ... by an average of 6 percent ... Requests for shelter ...

Urban Transformation

quality is poor as well, and the large number of cars coming into the region makes it unlikely that this will improve (Ezcurra and...

Urban Violence and Drugs

outbreaks of violence are seemingly spontaneous, but may in fact actually be the end result of a long chain of events that began m...

Affirmative Action Views

up against glass ceilings, and find themselves, in relation to men, as poor as ever" (Katz, Stern and Fader, 2005; p. 65). ...

Urban Modernization, Rights of Workers, and Mexico

remained "destitute of hope" (Meyer and Sherman 464). The Mexican Revolution began in the spring of 1910, with the presidential c...

Urban Planning and the Geographic Information System

in the design of cities as well as perhaps the design of a single building. Additionally, GIS is a tool utilized for comprehending...

Place Marketing in Urban Development

the investment take place and the area is improved. This improvement may be with more housing, more industrial or commercial units...

Planning and Implementing Urban Policy in the UK

set by the ruling parties at local or national level, with national concerns coming before local concerns in general policy settin...

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...

Paris and Gateshead - Urban Development

to take into account not only the need for economic activity, but the interaction with the local communities and the local culture...

Urban Poverty and Housing Policies

absence of an address of the real problems. Inadequate housing is associated with many problems and in many cases these problems ...

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...

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...