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Philadelphia and Death and Life of Cities by Jane Jacobs

and at equal distances from this center is formulated four residential square, each identical and formulated for the same use (Jac...

2005 Annual Report for Urban Outfitters

for retail store sales or when merchandise is shipped to customers for wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales, net of estimated cu...

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...

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 ...

Soft City by Jonathan Raban

centers and the changes that occurred in the national identity. Raban wrote: "For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is ...

Urban Studies and Transportation Planning

achieved. Though transportation projects may be viable, may be logical in terms of meeting goals, and may be cost feasible, there...

Is Urban Sprawl Positive or Negative?

processes of sprawl significantly and negatively impact the environment (Cain, 2000). On the other hand, an extensive analysis p...

Urban Life and Violence in America

people remember many strong disagreements with their first families. Battles during toddlerhood and adolescence are common and wil...

1095 Speech of Pope Urban II and its Relevance

leader promises something as glorious as eternal life, it is likely that there will be followers. Of course, it is also true that ...

Progressivism and Cities

rivaling New York City in size and development, and those who opposed this vision and wanted to preserve and conserve the flavor o...

U.S. Culture and the Blues

the blues is slower and contains much depth of feeling. Later on, the acoustic urban would become electrified, but early on, there...

Urban America and Cultural Wars

In nine pages this research paper discusses how social scientists define the inner city urban culture of African Americans and how...

Western US Cities

thing in multiples, rather than in the terms of one person, or family moving from a farm to city, and getting a new street address...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Michel de Certeau's Incarceration Concept

walks they can choose which blocks to go down. On the train, the path is the same everyday. If someone is mugged on the street, th...

The Balance Between Society and the Individual in Urban Society

This 5 page paper argues that the urban environment is in reality a delicate balance between society and the individual. The write...

3 Questions on Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban's The Case of the Test Market Toss Up

Three questions are examined within the context of this book by Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban in an essay of five pages. One s...

James Merrill's Life and Environmental Influences

after the divorce of his parents that occurred when he was twelve years old ("Keene," 2000). Certainly, the divorce would have an ...

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 Sprawl and the Threat to U.S. Cities

class is slowly disappearing from cities and going to the suburbs (1998). This trend is really nothing new but symptomatic of prob...

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...

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...

Urban Solid Waste in the Year 2050

during the late 1980s and the decade of the 1990s. This was a time that globalization reigned among the worlds largest busi...