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Washington D.C. and Contemporary Issues

In six pages this paper examines Washington D.C. in a consideration of how neighborhoods have transformed through urban revitaliza...

Urban Sprawl as Demonstrated in Canada and the United States

other people. Most of them lived in the rural country. By 1800 only 3 percent of the entire population lived in cities. Times h...

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 ...

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...

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...

Urban Sprawl and Its Problems

form of low-density housing settlements (Atkinson and Oleson, 1996). The accessibility of the automobile has been attributed to t...

Silicon Valley Redevelopment

In twenty pages this paper examines a personal urban redevelopment plan for Silicon Valley. Nine sources are cited in the bibliog...

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...

Crime and Educator Stress

This advanced level thesis practicum analyzes urban crime and teacher stress and consists of more than fifty five pages. If more ...

Childs' Theories of the Urban Revolution

This 7 page paper compares Childs' theories of urban revolution to those of other authors. In particular, the writer discusses the...

The One Best System by David B. Tyack

In five pages urban education as examined in Tyack's text is analyzed within the context that despite the notion it is 'wise to be...

Proposal for an Emergency Room Expansion

and many others have pondered the difficulties of running ERs around the country. In order to eliminate problems, several ideas ...

Cities Without Suburbs by David Rusk

In five pages this research paper summarizes Rusk's contention that a consolidation of county and city governments can assist urba...

Urban Modernism

In 5 pages this paper examines All That is Solid Melts Into Air by Marshall Berman as it applies to urban areas and the impact of ...

Challenges of a City Teacher

the urban teacher. In the following we see one aspect of this concern: "The need to prepare more educators to teach in culturally ...

Proposal for a Photography Grant

national surveys on the relationship between marriage, cohabitation, and child abuse have not been conducted in the United States,...

Education Inequalities

to give you a computer. If you learn on these typewriters, you will find it easier to move on to a computer, if you ever have one"...

U.S. Crime

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

Recent Background Check Laws in Relation to Urban Issues and Gun Control

This 10 page paper explores recent laws regarding background checks for those who want to buy guns. The writer discusses the chang...

Urban Enclaves by Mark Abrahamson and Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

In seven pages this paper compares these texts in a consideration of urban development in Harlem and elsewhere. There are no othe...

Colorado's State Political Shift from Democrat to Republican

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the 1998 election of a Republican governor in Colorado for more than a century and the polit...

Urban Artistry of Jazz Musician Miles Davis

his first name (Long ppg). Perhaps because in his music, the listener is the musicians accomplice, and from bebop to rap, Miles ...

Gangs, Gender, and Geography

has been suggested that standard theories were used to explain the delinquency of males, and that the delinquency of females shoul...

Chicago's Metropolitan Revitalization and the Effects of Gentrification

In five pages this paper examines older urban section revitalization and the gentrification impacts of revitalization efforts. Se...

Japan and Population Migration

barrier, anecdotal evidence suggests that substantial transfer of Japanese production methods has taken place and that this transf...

When Work Disappears by William J. Wilson

This paper presents an analysis of William J. Williams' When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor in five pages. Ther...

Suburbs and Their Development

the country, the expanse of the suburban communities has resulted in concern both for the capacity to meet the needs of the suburb...

Emerging Contemporary City and Technological Changes

In six pages this paper examines the changes in technology that influenced the emergence of the modern day city in a consideration...

The Growing Middle Class of Urban Immigrants 1877-1900

each other. "Throughout Americas history, White privilege allowed Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians, certain European i...

NYC's Subway History

In eight pages this paper traces the subway system of New York City back to 1904 and considers its widespread impact as well as ef...