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Americans and Urban Life Practices

in a small city to 44.6% in an unincorporated area around a medium city) belong to one or two social groups or organizations. Abo...

Urban Development of Boston and London

In twelve pages this research paper compares London and Boston in terms of the urban development of each city. Eleven sources are...

Flint and Rochester and Urban Economics

This 5 page paper examines the towns of Flint and Rochester, and asks how urban economic and comparative advantage principles can ...

Brazil's Urban Life

Emilia Viotti da Costa's The Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil: A Problem of Social Mythology is referenced in this consideration...

Rural and Urban Areas and Population Growth

that is the case. However, the situation is quite different in developing countries. Although the developing nations may have les...

The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Urban Crime Rates

This 8 page paper uses formal analytical methods to determine when and where urban crime increases (if it does) where racial resid...

Urban Planning, Modern and Postmodern Design

sprawl around factories and some sort of civic center usually comprising a town hall, church, municipal buildings; small terraced ...

Striking a Balance Between Environmentalism, Urban Growth, and Economic Needs

In a research paper consisting of five pages the precarious balancing act between the necessity of economic development, the resul...

The Growing Middle Class of Urban Immigrants 1877-1900

each other. "Throughout Americas history, White privilege allowed Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians, certain European i...

Inner City Education and a Baltimore Case Study

In ten pages education in urban areas are discussed with an examination of Baltimore's failed 1990s' school improvement initiative...

NYC's Subway History

In eight pages this paper traces the subway system of New York City back to 1904 and considers its widespread impact as well as ef...

Recent Background Check Laws in Relation to Urban Issues and Gun Control

This 10 page paper explores recent laws regarding background checks for those who want to buy guns. The writer discusses the chang...

Urban Enclaves by Mark Abrahamson and Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

In seven pages this paper compares these texts in a consideration of urban development in Harlem and elsewhere. There are no othe...

Colorado's State Political Shift from Democrat to Republican

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the 1998 election of a Republican governor in Colorado for more than a century and the polit...

Urban Artistry of Jazz Musician Miles Davis

his first name (Long ppg). Perhaps because in his music, the listener is the musicians accomplice, and from bebop to rap, Miles ...

Gangs, Gender, and Geography

has been suggested that standard theories were used to explain the delinquency of males, and that the delinquency of females shoul...

Emerging Contemporary City and Technological Changes

In six pages this paper examines the changes in technology that influenced the emergence of the modern day city in a consideration...

The Relationship Between African Americans and Jews in Baltimore

This 10 page paper considers the views of a number of theorists, including Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, Georg Simmel, Louis Wirth a...

Urban Modernism

In 5 pages this paper examines All That is Solid Melts Into Air by Marshall Berman as it applies to urban areas and the impact of ...

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...

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 ...

Chicago's Metropolitan Revitalization and the Effects of Gentrification

In five pages this paper examines older urban section revitalization and the gentrification impacts of revitalization efforts. Se...

When Work Disappears by William J. Wilson

This paper presents an analysis of William J. Williams' When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor in five pages. Ther...

Japan and Population Migration

barrier, anecdotal evidence suggests that substantial transfer of Japanese production methods has taken place and that this transf...

The One Best System by David B. Tyack

In five pages urban education as examined in Tyack's text is analyzed within the context that despite the notion it is 'wise to be...

Overview of Empowerment Zones

successful. Reviews have been mixed. Some zones flourished while others did not and while some were justly criticized, voices had ...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

America's Urban Ghettos

Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of sou...

Hartford, Connecticut's Adriaen's Landing

In twelve pages this area is examined in an overview of urban renewal politics. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

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...