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Decision Making at Disney

creation of a Disney theme park in Europe and the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC. Thee were very different decision and can be ...

Urban Politics

argued that there is a distinct correlation between economic activity and regional policy making, but that limitations exist withi...

Western Urban Growth Resulting from the Transcontinental Railroad

In five pages this paper discusses how city expansion in the Western United States resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad. F...

The Cultural Transformation of Los Angeles

This paper examines two works regarding cultural changes in LA. The author discusses Mike Davis' book, City of Quartz, as well as...

Nagasaki Bombing by the US was Strategically and Ethically the Right Thing to Do

"If it can be shown that using the bomb shortened the war, averting the need for a land invasion and the loss of many thousands of...

San Francisco's City Hall Architecture

In five pages the influence of the French Renaissance is emphasized in this consideration of the City Hall in San Francisco with t...

M.A.P.S. Plan for Oklahoma City

In eight pages this research paper discusses Bricktown's and downtown's plans of urban renewal in a consideration of design and pa...

Witold Rybczynski's City Life and American Suburban Malls

In five pages this paper considers American suburbs as they are depicted in A World of Strangers: Order & Action In Urban Publ...

Goa and Batavia Portuguese and Dutch Colonial Capitals

In seven pages this paper examines imperialism and trade issues as they relate to the capital cities of Batavia and Goa. Six sour...

Ancient Cities of Cairo and Beirut

In six pages this paper which is based upon supplied readings examines Cairo and Beirut in a consideration of how time erodes the ...

Revitalization Efforts and the Central Business District

In five pages this paper discusses cities of the Midwest and central business district's revitalization efforts with the Paducah, ...

Urban Economics and the Global Evolution of Cities

In twenty pages the reasons why cities developed worldwide is examined from an urban economic perspective. Eight sources are cite...

Renewal of the City of Denver

In five pages the downtown district of Denver and the successful revitalization efforts of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority are ...

Feudal System Erosion as a Result of the Eleventh Century's Urban Revolution

the peasants other than to work at the discretion of their lords and "masters." (Bennett) During the 11th century (1066), the ...

The Urban Order by John Reddie Short

city. Not surprisingly, the first section of the book, which deals with city and its economy as well as the greater economy...

Hate Based Expression U.S. Supreme Court Legal Brief

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not expression that is hate based can be legally prohibited as it relates to the 19...

City Life, Homelessness, Race, and Sociology

In twenty five pages this paper examines issues of race, urban life, gender, and poverty from the sociological perspectives of Ell...

Cultural and Social Changes in Cities

This research report examines LA in particular but does look at general changes.A great deal of information is included in this re...

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

In seven pages Dickens' differing depiction of the French Revolution in this novel through uses of characters as archetypes and me...

'Faceless City' and Immigrants

In 6 pages this paper examines the contemporary lack of roots with regional identity loss in a consideration of immigrants and the...

An Overview of the Health Care System in the United States

The estimated increase for 1999 is between 7 and 10 percent.4 Of the expenditures in 1997, 33 percent went towards hospital costs,...

Auburn, AL and TQM

Andrea Jackson's 'Applying TQM principles to the finance department: the city of Auburn experience' is applied to this considerati...

Themes in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...

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...

Living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

we researched the files back to 1996 and found the article "Cerebral Stampede," which was written by Andrew Nikiforuk for the publ...

Healthy and Sick City Distinctions Made by Plato

a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our ignorance of how to harmonize our activities with the worlds scrip...

Reflection of Katherine Tanner's Edited Spirit in the City

existence of God (more specifically religion) as existence in the urbanism of today. The fact that this does so in as many voices ...

Contradiction Between Cities and Environmental Sustainability

Tobias contention that humanity is responsible for the vast majority of environmental devastation, asserting that there must be im...

LA Homelessness

In five pages this paper examines what it means to be homeless in the city of Los Angeles in a problem description, assistance, an...

Hometown Matching of a Minor League Baseball Team

Braves, and Ogden Raptors. The League has decided to capitalize on two positive aspects it has enjoyed since 1996; increased reve...