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Peter Hall: Cities of Tomorrow

This 8 page paper examines the 1998 book Cities of Tomorrow by Peter Hall, and argues that the issues Hall raises are representati...

San Francisco's Development and the Impact of the Gold Rush of 1849

In sixteen pages this paper discusses the short and long term effects of the 1849 gold rush on the city of San Francisco. Twenty ...

NYC and Puerto Ricans

In five pages this paper discusses Puerto Ricans who call New York City home in a consideration of the status of their living cond...

Amsterdam and Its Culture

In five pages this city in the Netherlands is culturally examined in terms of its lifestyle, family structure, history, climate, l...

Perfect City According to Plato

In five pages The Republic is used to examine how Plato reveals what constitutes a perfect city in his view. There are no other s...

St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Organized Crime

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

Natural Environmental Impacts of Urbanization

The ways in which the natural environment was affected by the birth of cities are discussed in a paper of ten pages which includes...

Explaining the Sagging Jeans of Generation X

In seven pages white America's sagging jeans' trend is chronicled from inside prisons to external society in both the suburbs and ...

Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

Puerto Ricans in 'the Big Apple'

of employment opportunity, income, welfare payments, and unemployment compensation payments, the author concludes that in the peri...

Oakland, California and Crime

In eight pages the steps the city of Oakland has taken in order to reduce crime since 1997 are discussed with the inclusion of the...

Crack and Our City School Systems

Over time, drug use itself heightens the bad feelings and can leave the user suicidal. More than half of all adolescent suicides a...

Sumer's Economic Contributions

their conquerors. History By 3000 B.C. a flourishing urban civilization existed. Sumerian civilization was predominantly agricult...

'The NY-911 Demonstration Project' and NYPD Data Collection

In twenty six pages this report discusses the 911 emergency services of the New York City Police Department in terms of its implem...

New York's Urban Environments

This 10 page paper describes various experiences in urban environments in New York City. The environments include a factory, a wel...

Overview of the Boston Marathon

In eight pages the Boston Marathon and its historical impact upon the city of Boston are examined. Eight sources are cited in the...

Ghetto Life and Lack of Work

This paper examines how work has disappeared from the inner city ghetto landscape and the behavior which has resulted in five page...

The Power Broker by Robert Caro

In five pages this paper examines the biography of Robert Moses by considering his New York City and State contributions as presen...

Human Nature as Perceived by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...

Archaeology and the Polis of Ancient Greece

number of other gods who were chosen by each respective community depending upon their preference. "The mountains, which served ...

Media and Terrorism

exists after Oklahoma City? Some might contend that the bombing on April 19th was surely an aberration. There was a sick mind behi...

Academic Test Scores in NYC

In five pages this paper examines plummeting New York City school testing scores in a consideration of scandals and Rudy Crew's 19...

The Works of Charles Dickens and Common People

The theme of common folk and the individual is explored in Charles Dicken's classics. A Tale of Two Cities is discussed in respect...

Neorealism in "Voyage to Italy" and "Open City"

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at Rossellini and Italian neorealism. Two films, "Open City" and "Voyage to Italy" are...

Drugs, Zero Tolerance and City Ice and Cold Storage

The issue of drug use and abuse at City Ice and Cold Storage is not always an easy situation to manage; however, regardless of rec...

Imperial China, Landscape and Lineage

spans millennia. The emergence of Chinese urban life and society is associated with formulation of a highly centralized government...

Architecture in Medieval Europe

This research paper describes the basis for the feudal system, as well as the nature of medieval cities and the motte and bailey c...

Victoria, British Columbia, Acid Rain and Water Pollution

This paper examines the water quality and pollution issues of the British Columbia city of Victoria in eighteen pages and consider...

Cities Without Suburbs by David Rusk

In five pages this research paper summarizes Rusk's contention that a consolidation of county and city governments can assist urba...

London's Urban Development Process

the rebuilding of this in a more uniform style with a great deal of aid from Sir Christopher Wrenn and his pattern for the streets...