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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...

Miami's Cuban Immigrant Community

they were not allowed to proceed with that claim ("Court rules" B6). In any event, the Elian Gonzalez case allows a student to gl...

Article Review on Miami's Project CHILD Program and Technology

non-participation. The independent variables for this study were the outcomes of student performance relative to standardized tes...

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...

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...

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie and Marriage is a Private Affair by Chinua Achebe Compared

her. The son would have no say in the match, for this is how the marriage ritual had been performed for generations. The only qu...

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...

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...

Affirmative Action Views

up against glass ceilings, and find themselves, in relation to men, as poor as ever" (Katz, Stern and Fader, 2005; p. 65). ...

William Wilson's "When Work Disappears" - HIV/AIDS

the work in the formal economy...These circumstances also increase the likelihood that the residents will rely on illegitimate sou...

The Phenomenon of Urban Heat Islands in Brazil

much more land is converted into houses, buildings, parking lots and roads - the very things that transform an otherwise natural v...

Considerations in Standardized Testing

structures, are differentially activated when a story is interpreted. A students racial background and culture are particularly ...

Analysis of Race Matters by Cornel West

In eleven pages this 1993 text is examined in terms of individual chapters that deal with Malcolm X's black society influence mobi...

Toyota's Problems and Solutions II

still making cars that are too large in size for a market that desires a "compact" feel. If Toyota is to regain the reputation th...

Thoughts for Theologians in Cities

This essay defines and discusses urban theology. It discusses cities and urban areas in the Bible and in today’s society. The essa...

Urban Agriculture - Benefits And Risks

living in urban areas to become involved in producing food (Prudham, 2005). That proportion also differs by region, ranging from 1...

Problems in Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals have more challenges in terms of staffing than even those in urban regions. They are handicapped in many ways, suc...

The Roles of Urban Planning

This 5 page paper discusses two of the roles of urban planning. The writer first discusses land use, then discusses the rapid grow...

The Role of Technology in Urban Sprawl

industries are all concentrated in a single area, and if this is the case then we need the housing to be accessible. The risks her...

Urban Problems of Atlanta, Georgia

In a paper consisting of ten pages Atlanta's urban problems are considered and include discussions of crime, racism, education, po...

An Examination of Urban Detroit's Problems

They say their decisions are based on making money; they loan money to those they deem most likely to pay it back. They claim a h...

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...

Using Sociological Theory to Explain Urban Problems

environmental settings, produce specific social behaviors in people, and can either sustain behavioral problems, or mitigate them....

Beyond the Industrial Revolution in Urban Design

to make cities healthier, greener, and generally more pleasant. Great Britain, however, would obviously feel this need considerab...

The Evolution of Urban Areas from the Middle Ages to the Present

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the relationship between man and his environment has determined the economic, social ...

An Overview of Urbanism in America

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

Argument: Poor Urban Life Contains Certain Fixed Elements

the people merely accept poverty, gangs and an extensive drug subculture as part of modern urban life. Yet, does the popular media...

Urban Decline of Detroit

In seven pages the urban decline of Detroit and its reasons are explored along with the plunging nonautomotive industry and increa...

Cry of the Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

This book review is on Viv Grigg's Cry of the Urban Poor, which relates the author's experiences living and ministering to the urb...

"Mama Might Be Better Off Dead," A Book Review

This essay offers a book review of Linda K. Abraham's book "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Urban of Urban Heath Car...