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A Review of "Comeback Cities" by Grogan and Proscio

of block clubs and churches. Most of these groups, typically called community development corporations, or CDCs, began forming in ...

Urban Planning

In five pages this paper considers holistic alternatives to urban planning with a diagram targeting the congestion of inner cities...

Urban Planning, the Role of the Public

PG). Those buildings collectively comprise cities, in which increasing numbers of people live. By 2015, the United Nations (UN) ...

The Urban Evolution of Paris

the Right Bank, this traditional barrier had to be extended by another structural wall in the fourteenth century (Diefendorf, 1991...

New York City - Urban Planning

This 10 page paper discusses the way in which urban planning has transformed New York City since the end of the Civil War. The wri...

Urban Planning & Participation by the Public

associated with collaboration. This paper will provide a brief overview of the process, in addition to identifying lessons and val...

An Overview of Urbanism in America

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

Argument: Poor Urban Life Contains Certain Fixed Elements

the people merely accept poverty, gangs and an extensive drug subculture as part of modern urban life. Yet, does the popular media...

The Way in Which Technology and Telecommunications Have Transformed Urban Spaces

This 14 page paper discusses the way in which technology and telecommunications have transformed the urban environment, which is w...

William Wilson's "When Work Disappears" - HIV/AIDS

the work in the formal economy...These circumstances also increase the likelihood that the residents will rely on illegitimate sou...

Factors Leading to Urban Sprawl

This 8 page paper discusses some of the factors that lead to urban sprawl. The writer argues that urban sprawl can have a negative...

The Evolution of Urban Areas from the Middle Ages to the Present

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the relationship between man and his environment has determined the economic, social ...

Cry of the Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

This book review is on Viv Grigg's Cry of the Urban Poor, which relates the author's experiences living and ministering to the urb...

“Fist Stick Knife Gun”: Addressing Juvenile Delinquency

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

Homelessness and Community Activism

aid. This aspect of San Franciscos Project Homeless Connect is particularly effective because it makes unnecessary for homeless ci...

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...

New York's Inner City Architectural History

In ten pages this paper refers to Luc Sante's Low Life in a historical consideration of New York City's urban architecture in term...

The Transformation of Major Central Cities

7 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of major cities. This paper looks at the proce...

Proposal for an Emergency Room Expansion

and many others have pondered the difficulties of running ERs around the country. In order to eliminate problems, several ideas ...

Urban Art as a Reflection of Urban Culture

This 5 page paper examines the concept of urban art. The writer argues that the term is ambiguous, but is usually understood to me...

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

Minority Neighborhoods and the Community Policing Model

This research report examines the concept of community policing and how it impacts minorities. The implementation of this concept ...

Washington D.C. and Contemporary Issues

In six pages this paper examines Washington D.C. in a consideration of how neighborhoods have transformed through urban revitaliza...

Urban and Minority Neighborhoods and Community Policing

This research report looks at policing of the urban neighborhood with particular notice of minority members. Miami is the focus of...

Analysis of a Piece of Sculpture

I thought of putting a pocket knife into the ground underneath it and decided, it didnt matter because the illusion was strong eno...

The Domestic Violence Arrest Decision Reviewed

claim the authors, can go a long way toward assisting response to those in need (Robinson and Chandek, 2000). The authors ...

Development of Cape Town Through the Middle Nineteenth Century

This paper examines the South African city of Cape Town, the writer covers the city's development trends from its beginnings up to...

Trends in Public Housing in Virginia

educational improvement. Previously a respected public school, it now serves only those of the district who cannot afford a priva...

Thoughts for Theologians in Cities

This essay defines and discusses urban theology. It discusses cities and urban areas in the Bible and in today’s society. The essa...

Impoverished Neighborhoods in New York City

the phenomenon by noting that the poor are disconnected from middle class social networks that could help them land jobs or propel...