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Urban Decline of Detroit

In seven pages the urban decline of Detroit and its reasons are explored along with the plunging nonautomotive industry and increa...

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 ...

The Role of Technology in Urban Sprawl

industries are all concentrated in a single area, and if this is the case then we need the housing to be accessible. The risks her...

The Roles of Urban Planning

This 5 page paper discusses two of the roles of urban planning. The writer first discusses land use, then discusses the rapid grow...

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...

Article Analysis - Urban Sprawl

gridlocked roads for every chore," it also costs us a significant amount of money. They go on to say that we encourage sprawl whe...

Beyond the Industrial Revolution in Urban Design

to make cities healthier, greener, and generally more pleasant. Great Britain, however, would obviously feel this need considerab...

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...

Urban Black Male Adolescents

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

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...

Reviews of Articles on School Finance

That "bending" occurred in Virginia, where the Department of Education gave permission to four districts "Virginia to effectively ...

Group Interaction As Expressed Through Clothing

Many schools are considering a return to school uniforms. This paper examines the interactions of groups and group members and how...

Literature Review on Absenteeism

do not exceed 3 percent of the school years (Romero and Lee, 2007). Risk Factors for absenteeism Researchers have noted that the...

Educational Alternatives for Poverty-Stricken Children

that schools located in working-class neighborhoods tend to be more regimented than schools located in suburban neighborhoods wher...

Florida Virtual School

the administration and staff of the school wanted this limitation in place (Office of Educational Technology, 2006). That suggests...

The Importance of ESL in the International School Curriculum

meet the demands that society dishes out, and cultural demands as well. This is becoming increasingly more significant as the worl...

Outlining a House of Lords' Appeal

In six pages a case that failed to launch a successful appeal, the 1987 Chapman & Another v CPS Computer Group PLC case, is ar...

Gates and Jobs and Hewlett and Packard

he met his soon to be arch rivals, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Bill attended MIT part time after a stint at Stanford ( "Agilen...

DOE and its Illegal Actions

The United States Department of Energy, in its attempt to prop us a uranium enrichment company that was failing, arranged for enri...

E-Commerce Failures

to place a grocery order online and have it delivered to his home in the metropolitan areas in which Webvan operated. In the days...

Administrator Dilemma

university policy that clearly states personal business is not to be conducted upon school computers. Nick had more than enough r...

US Intelligence After WWII

principles were rationalized due to the assumptions made about the nature of the Cold War and, also, literature suggests that thes...

Information Technology Projects

change. One dynamic that is often overlooked in IT change projects is the loss of productivity during and immediately after the ...

Using Sociological Theory to Explain Urban Problems

environmental settings, produce specific social behaviors in people, and can either sustain behavioral problems, or mitigate them....

The Phenomenon of Urban Heat Islands in Brazil

much more land is converted into houses, buildings, parking lots and roads - the very things that transform an otherwise natural v...

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...

English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities and One School Setting

population of zip code $ 50,000 - $59,999 11.0% $ 60,000 - $74,999 12.3% $ 75,000 - $99,999 11.5% Source: (Income and Housing,...

Using Drugs and Juvenile Delinquency

use is a prevalent factor in the school setting is intrinsically related to social elements, a point the authors illustrate by exa...

Questions/Public Relations in Schools

both the "organization and society" (9). Which is least desirable? This is the "One-way asymmetrical" model, as this PR model is...

A History of Foreign Language Curricula in American Schools

of the world speaks languages other than English. Hence, there is good reason to speak the language. Yet, American public schools ...