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Urban Schools and Lack of Quality Educators

have emergency teaching certificates (NASBE, 2002). Consider these data: * Urban schools are twice as likely to hire unlicensed or...

First 4 Chapters of There Are No Children Here by Kotlowitz

in Chicago comes form Pharoahs keen observations of the citys skyline and the awesome view, as well as one distinct butterfly. Ind...

Georgia and the Impact of Urban Sprawl

impact on the rivers and lakes in the region. It has affected its fluvial systems and while Georgia is trying to get a handle on t...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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...

The Balance Between Society and the Individual in Urban Society

This 5 page paper argues that the urban environment is in reality a delicate balance between society and the individual. The write...

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 ...

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...

Rural and Urban Areas and Population Growth

that is the case. However, the situation is quite different in developing countries. Although the developing nations may have les...

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...

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...

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...

Flint and Rochester and Urban Economics

This 5 page paper examines the towns of Flint and Rochester, and asks how urban economic and comparative advantage principles can ...

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...

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...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

The Automobile as a Cause of Urban Sprawl

do this more as homes and automobiles became less expensive (Cox, 2002). Early developments such as "Levittown," one of the first...