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Gabriele Basilico's Use of Space in the Urban Landscape

the exacting nature and immediately transitory nature of the medium. When we look at the work of this artist, for this is what h...

Municipal Public Administration

above and beyond acquiring a good leader that determine successful tactics in managing public entities within the municipal enviro...

Misconduct in Law Enforcement

techniques used by some of those in law enforcement can still exact a confession from a completely innocent person, but it is now ...

Three Questions about Urban Policy

This 5 page paper answers three questions about urban policy: 1) how to control the power of large corporations; 2) the impact of ...

Las Vegas Urbanizaton and Development

poor but improved 75 percent the next. Most of the biggest Vegas casinos, including the Hilton and, yes, New York, New York, laid ...

Motown and Berry Gordy

Vegara, and "Urban Crisis" by Thomas Sugrue. Berry Gordy and Motown Berry Gordy is considered to be the father of Motown. "In ...

Which Play Best Exemplifies the Contemporary Woman, The Glass Menagerie or Lysistrata?

illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...

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...

West Oak Lane Neighborhood and Pennsylvania State Representative Dwight Evans

economic hard times and the ever-expanding problems associated with poverty and the inner- city. As its name would suggest, it is ...

Mathematics Teacher and Student Inspiration Jaime Escalante

High School, Tito Melean (Jagodzinski, 2001, p. 232). This teacher was in the habit of carrying around a long, thick, bone from th...

Urban Planning and Development Theories of Paul Peterson

In eight pages this research essay considers Miami in an application of Paul Peterson's urban development and planning theories. ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

3 Questions on Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban's The Case of the Test Market Toss Up

Three questions are examined within the context of this book by Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban in an essay of five pages. One s...

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...

Americans and Urban Life Practices

in a small city to 44.6% in an unincorporated area around a medium city) belong to one or two social groups or organizations. Abo...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

The Ungovernable City by Douglas Yates

2. the relationship between urban planning and the particular examples of New York and New Haven, with a definitive focus on the ...

Health Care and Poverty in Urban America

This formula, at 1994s standards, placed the poverty line at $14,800 for a family of four, no matter if they were in the urban Nor...

Sacramento's Urban Redevelopment

Natomis, which is one of the communities discussed in this paper. South Natomis is in the direct flight pattern of the airport and...

Contemporary Urban Problems of Miami

In five pages this research paper examines the socioeconomic and political problems that plague the urban city of Miami. Eight so...

Comparing and Contrasting Jazz by Toni Morrison with Quicksand by Nella Larsen

This 5 page paper discusses the struggles African-Americans face as they move from a rural setting to an urban one, as portrayed i...

Illsoo Kim's New Urban Immigrants

In five pages this book analyzes the Immigrant Act of 1965 and its impact upon immigration as depicted in Illsoo Kim's New Urban I...

Latin America's Native Civilizations

In four pages preColumbian Latin American history is examines in a consideration of Mayan and Aztec, tribes including Toltec and O...