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Business in a Niche Market - The Competitive Advantages

loyalty in consumers. Therefore, finding a niche to fill is a great way for a business to not just survive, but to thrive....

Pebley and Sastry/Page Summary

functions as after-school program, child-care services, and so forth. Income also impacts this factor in that, as low income famil...

The Issue of Space in Environmental Psychology

an innate need to specify some physical space as their territory and to exercise some degree of control over this territory. This ...

Structure Design, Architecture, and Environmental Psychology

spurious claim - surely humans have control over themselves? Nevertheless, upon deeper reflection, it becomes clear that physical ...

Measures of Poverty

is a discernible, measurable economic level that marks the demarcation line between the advantaged and the disadvantaged (Iceland,...

Issues in Social Stratification

the upper class is largely defined by the characteristics of having "old wealth," that is, having had above average income for mul...

Iceland/Overview of Chapter 4

improvement is largely due to Social Security, as well as other federal programs that aid the elderly. Child poverty also declined...

Can "Laziness" Explain Poverty in America?

to cast the issue as a moral wrong is entirely fraudulent: the system is there to be used by those having difficulty finding work,...

The Causes of Poverty

Poverty, unfortunately, is a fact of life not just in third world nations but right here in the United States. The patterns of po...

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...

Social Problems and the Theories of Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the theories of Emile Durkheim inclusive of anomie are applied to such social problems as poverty, homelessness, and ...

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...

Cuba, Mexico, and Revolution Causes

In five pages this paper examines Cuba's and Mexico's revolutions and the role played by nationalism with poverty factors also con...

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 ...

A General Guide to Africa's Cape Town

The writer examines Cape Town from an outsider's point of vew, and discusses many important issues for tourists. The paper covers...

Present And Future Issues in Urban Development

This 7 page paper discusses past trends in urban development and how they have influenced contemporary cities. There is 1 source l...

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...

Young Men, Violence, and its Causes

In five pages this paper examines drugs, poverty, and media desensitization as possible causes for young men's violent behavior. ...

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...

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 ...

South Africa's Youth Issues

This paper examines South African youth in this post apartheid overview that addresses HIV and AIDS heath concerns, education, cri...

Bilingual Education Evaluations and the Influence of Parents' Involvement and Poverty

In eleven pages this paper discusses the effects of poverty on a bilingual child's education along with an assessment of the posit...

Miami's Poverty

In seven pages the Miami and Dade area of Florida is the focus of this economic consideration of poverty and its causes in the reg...

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...

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 ...

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...

Impoverished Children and Violence Effects

Both of the Rivers brothers have regularly seen their friends and relatives die from simply being in the wrong place at the wrong ...

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...