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U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

America's Urban Ghettos

Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of sou...

21st Century Urban American Housing

and 1970s that saw record numbers of city dwellers move to the suburbs and has brought a new influx of citizens back into the city...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

Overview of Empowerment Zones

successful. Reviews have been mixed. Some zones flourished while others did not and while some were justly criticized, voices had ...

Hartford, Connecticut's Adriaen's Landing

In twelve pages this area is examined in an overview of urban renewal politics. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Research Questions Formulation

In five pages this paper examines proposed research on sociocultural inequality in the urban placement and assessment of diverse a...

Aspects of Urban Concerns

This 5 page paper discusses matters of concern to urban planners and residents, including deconcentration, polarization and sprawl...

Longer Version of a School Voucher Paper

In thirteen pages this paper includes added issues such as voucher effects upon the relationship between administration and teache...

Education, Gore v. Bush

than $1 billion (2000, p.A8) per year in federal assistance for land conservation in particular . Gore supports the use of feder...

Society Effects of Urban Schools

factors of modern society contribute to poor learning experiences in the inner cities. For example, there has been a significant a...

Intertwining of Urban Schools and Culture

In ten pages negative and positive impacts of the intermingling of urban schools and cultural differences are examined. There are ...

Planning the City Upon a Hill by Lawrence W. Kennedy

In eight pages this Boston urban planning text is summarized and critically analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Istanbul and Megacities

on the European shore. It is on both the land and sea routes of Asia and Europe. Istanbul has the advantage of being on the Blac...

The Similarities and Differences in Urban Planning in Italy and The Netherlands

to consider this in more detail then we can look at the more hierarchical Netherlands system and policies of planning permission a...

Crazy/Beautiful Film and its Themes of Social Stratification and Interracial Dating

indicate a real trend or did producers want to make the unlikely romance more intense by denoting the male protagonist as someone ...

Urban Development and Concepts in Sociology

wealth and other key resources goes to theories of class. Social stratification has always been a problem, but it seems to be very...

Italian and British Water Industry and the Effects of Onetime Utility Monopolies and State Withdrawal

the implications for the UK and then compare them to other countries, such as Italy. The state has been forced to withdraw from ...

Bourgeois Utopias The Rise and Fall of Suburbia by Robert Fishman

Euro-American culture whose formation was not necessitated by the Industrial Revolution or changing transportation technology, but...

7889 Pacific Avenue Restaurant Determination

As such, the questionnaire sought to determine the eating habits of the individuals. In asking what meal is eaten most often out o...

Urban Life and Women

than the experience a modern urban man of her age may come upon. A modern urban man may experience a time in his life where he fee...

Rural China and Communism

might compare the situation to that of the United States in the twentieth century when farmers went bust, depended on government a...

American Urban Politics and the Federalist System

as partnerships related to: "fundamental human dignity; issues that do not recognize borders; and issues where major financial res...

Urban Impact of a Hartford, Connecticut Move by the NFL's New England Patriots

of Connecticut would be awarded those funds if the Patriots were to negotiate with anybody else, including their "home states" of ...

Small Urban Baptist Churches and Pastoral Leadership

In fifty two pages this paper discusses small urban churches as they regard pastoral leadership with Baptist Ecclesiology and the ...

Urban and Suburban School Reforms

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares suburban and urban types of school reforms from program, economic, and political p...

Minneapolis and Urban Sprawl

In ten pages this paper discusses the Minnesota region of St. Paul and Minneapolis in a consideration of urban sprawl and its rela...

Urban Youth Alcohol Use Prevention and Nurse Consultations

In five pages this paper examines the Journal of School Health article describing a research study entitled 'Brief Nursing Consult...

Rural to Urban Transformation of Mexico

that the ten years between 1960 and 1970 demonstrated the most significant urban gain of all time (Weil PG). However, as the deca...

A Review of the Article Between Depression and Prosperity? by Townsend Price Spratland.

A 3 page analysis of the research published in a 1988 edition of Social Forces. The focus is on the factors influencing urban migr...