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Overview of Empowerment Zones

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

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

Aspects of Urban Concerns

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

Research Questions Formulation

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

Limited English Proficiency and the Problems it Poses

most prosperous nations on earth. Some of these immigrants have arrived here legally but others have arrived illegally. A common...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Inner City Education and a Baltimore Case Study

In ten pages education in urban areas are discussed with an examination of Baltimore's failed 1990s' school improvement initiative...

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...

The Relationship Between African Americans and Jews in Baltimore

This 10 page paper considers the views of a number of theorists, including Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, Georg Simmel, Louis Wirth a...

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...

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...

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...

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...