SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Using Sociological Theory to Explain Urban Problems

Essays 451 - 480

Firefighting and Helicopters

In ten pages the wilderness and urban uses of helicopters in fighting fires are examined in terms of technology and training requi...

Theory and International Relations

do this, in the international arena is by securing ones base of power within the state, and try to solidify this power through ter...

Paris and London: Late 19th Century Urban Planning

cramped conditions had lead to many social ills. The changes were not made over night, but the aspects of change can be seen in th...

Corporate Culture and Change

what the desired culture is (Duncanson, 2004). The objective then is to fill in the gap between what is and what should be (Duncan...

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...

Crime and Charles Murray's 'Underclass' Theory

nearly 70 percent and that it can be seen to be directly related to the existence of the "criminal underclass" (pp. 34). He believ...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

Planning and Implementing Urban Policy in the UK

set by the ruling parties at local or national level, with national concerns coming before local concerns in general policy settin...

Review of "Population Overload"

was older than the current 36.5 years (United States, 2006). Health Care Certainly the problems that Dobbs (2003) identifie...

Urban Land Supply; Drives and Constraints in Beijing

growing cities and with a high level of state control in this communist country it may be expected that the urban development proc...

Now Night Nurses on an Intensive Care Unit

of this decision. Ecological theory is an attempt to bring in many different influences in order to understand how a society ...

Local Policy and the Impact of Mayors

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at local politics. The impact of mayors on local urban policy is examined. Paper uses f...

Urban and Public Policy Evaluation

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at urban and public policy. Impact evaluations are carried out with an emphasis on res...

Urban Poverty

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at causes of urban poverty. Material and cultural conditions are explored as causes. Pa...

Observations Of Preschool Classroom

The yard had exceptionally nice equipment. There was a large log-type structure with stairs, tunnels, bridges, slides, cubbyholes ...

Lead Poisoning and Asthma

Joseph, Havstad, Ownby, Peterson, et al (2005) explore lead poisoning as it relates to asthma. These researchers explore the hypo...

Elder Abuse in the United States

sometimes illusive. Generally, the characterization of elder abuse is that it does occur in the United States and while hard to de...

Leadership Theory and Application

The paper is written in three separate sections. The first section identifies modern commercial leaders and looks at the way leade...

Approaching Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' from a Freudian Perspective

that have molded Esthers negativism. Her home life has instilled in her a constant need to pushed herself. Due to her low self-est...

A Personal Accounting of Human Growth and Development

personal life. At the core of the debate about human behavior is the question of whether behavior is predominately controlled by o...

Elasticity and Supply and Demand

The calculation is then 0.8/-0.8 = -1. Where there is a minus in front of the elasticity this is usually ignored. To look at the l...

The Process and Influences on Counseling

emotional or interpersonal nature." (Burks and Stefflre 1979: 14) The counsellor listens and asks questions in a confidenti...

Applying Elasticity

items that have a very low cost, such as salt (Nellis and Parker, 2010). The graph below shows the relationship between price and ...

Profitability and Hedging

years (if any) has fuel hedging taken place (classified by the maturely date of the hedge tool), and what percentage of fuel was h...

Designing a Questionnaire to Assess the Usefulness of an IT System

it is important for the analysis to know which managers have been questioned. In the analysis the sample may be divided into diffe...

Using Influence Effectively

to the other persons sense of loyalty and feelings for the leader (Preston University, 2011). When the leader using the tactic of...

Teenage Substance Abuse Treatment

Most programs intended to stop teenagers from using and abusing substances fail because the teenager does not want to be there and...

First Sacrament

Baptism is the first Sacrament in all Christian denominations. It is an essential sacrament for salvation. It is the sacrament Chr...

Ne Personnel Selection

How can an organization assure they are hiring someone who will succeed? This is a question that challenges many companies and the...

Water Immersion During Labor

This 10 page paper explains how the use of water during labor is used in Sydney, Australia. This paper outlines how water-birthing...