997 Search Results for Urban Studies and Planning
(Roach, 2002) The tourist associated IT bursts such as Advanced Traveler Information Systems -- ATIS entail the customer such as mobile passengers having tourist data digitally. The data may be constant of a previous record or flow of current data b Continue Reading...
It needs to be well understood because just like knowledge, ingorance cannot be talked about without basing on some individual or group. It should therfore be negotiated soically because it is socially constructed. Ignorance is treated indiscriminat Continue Reading...
(iii) Among the ones who are dependent on transit, merely 37% stated that they would drive to work by availing the services of an automobile if available. Almost 50%of those driving to work could be taken as potential transit riders depending on fle Continue Reading...
) They are, in the popular imagination, a peaceful people who spend their time going to church and making preserves, while the rest of us lost our spiritual way, got jobs moving paper around, became obsessed with buying stuff, and watched our familie Continue Reading...
Also, other intervening variables, such as the expansion of the American economy, reduced crime in other parts of the city, and age cohort factors related to crime decrease, most likely also play a role in the positive observed.
However, other thin Continue Reading...
e., irritability, dizziness, stomach pains, constipation, vomiting, muscle weakness, and lack of appetite) (Kessel & O'Connor, 1997).
The results of a study by Dolinoy and her colleagues notes that healthcare professionals have long recognized t Continue Reading...
The race between new drugs and new resistances has not stopped since then.... And in 1986, WHO's expert panel concluded that a magic solution could not be relied upon, and that furthermore, malaria patterns were determined by a variety of socioecono Continue Reading...
According to Copland (2001), although the following job description is a parody, it is not too far from the truth concerning the current set of responsibilities that confront the nation's elementary school principals:
Position Opening: Elementary S Continue Reading...
In India, the government is attempting to bring the focus of attention on the presence of fine dust particles as well as the presence of fly ash in the air, and this attempt is being carried out by a series of mitigation measures. The need of the da Continue Reading...
Education
The Affects of Block Scheduling on Student Academic Achievement
The overall strategy of utilizing block scheduling is to organize the day into fewer, but longer, class periods to allow flexibility for instructional activities. Block sched Continue Reading...
Adults With Learning Disabilities
It has been estimated (Adult with Learning Disabilities) 1 that 50-80% of the students in Adult Basic Education and literacy programs are affected by learning disabilities (LD). Unfortunately, there has been little Continue Reading...
The Emerging Crisis of Climate Refugees: Crafting a Comprehensive ResponseThe consequences of climate change are progressively more conspicuous, resulting in a distinctive crisis characterized by climate refugees. These climate refugees are individua Continue Reading...
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In order to gather the challenges, it is necessary to rehabilitate organizations into learning institutions at the first step, so as to make them superlative. To make a change from a traditional to a learning organization, the main factor is Continue Reading...
School Advisory Program Implementation
Knowledge, Integration, and Synthesis of Theory and Research
School advisory programs aim to serve various purposes that include providing the environment and time to develop meaningful teacher-student relatio Continue Reading...
International Diplomacy and Rise of Cyber Security Threats
Cyber security is considered to be an ongoing issue for governments, the private sector and individuals all over the world. It is now unusual for more than a month to pass without news of a Continue Reading...
Indeed, obesity among children and adolescents is even associated with an increase in economic costs. It is estimated that the hospital costs for obesity-related disease among children and adolescents increased from $35 million in 1979-1981 to $127 Continue Reading...
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National Educational Technology / State Leadership: The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released its 7th annual National Educational Technology Trends Report and it indicates that technology is playi Continue Reading...
These features contribute to urban sprawl;
Make use of existing infrastructure: water, sewer, pedestrian ways, transit systems, parking as well as nearby businesses (food service, office support, etc.) That can provide outside or contracted service Continue Reading...
This level of the maturity model is a transitory one and is focused more on either small, incremental gains from the first level, which is Reacting. In the Reacting layer of this proposed Branding Maturity Model, the majority of brand departments ha Continue Reading...
Therefore, corporations have had to change their viewpoints and start looking at the long-term consequences of their behavior, as well as looking at the bottom line.
Businesses also have to be concerned because consumers have also become aware of e Continue Reading...
Several important factors all contribute to better efficiency and cleaner water areas. For example, shallow grades in the buffer zones are ore effective than steeper grades of 5 degrees or more. Also, compacted soil proves to be less efficient than Continue Reading...
In an open-ended study of 42 teachers decided to leave with the peer assistance being a contributing factor while in another research carried out with 99 teachers, only 4 said that the peer assistance was one of the decisive factors (Billingsley et Continue Reading...
The multiple interpretations of simple words and phrases used in modern haiku give the reader a more participatory role in their reading; instead of being literature alone, the haiku that inspires varied meanings becomes art and involves the reader Continue Reading...
The first of these is regarding their share of population and they have been compelled to admit that they do not have 10% share of population as has been claimed earlier. This admission was recorded at a Friends of the Court filed in the Supreme Co Continue Reading...
Transportation Improvements and Accountability in San Francisco Bay Area
The process has been much more painful and has taken much longer than anyone anticipated, but today, by any measure, San Francisco is a world-class city. The Bay Area in partic Continue Reading...
For employers, in addition to reduced office costs and increased productivity, organizations that have telework programs cite a number of other benefits that warrant attention (Di Martino & Wirth, 1990). Work satisfaction criteria that many org Continue Reading...
Non-Traditional Security Threats and the EU
Theoretical Study
Terrorism
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nuclear Threat
Regional Conflict
Organized Crime
Environmental Degradation
Non-Traditional Security Threats and the EU
Due to the disconte Continue Reading...
Sociology: Changing Societies in a Diverse World (Fourth Edition)
George J. Bryjak & Michael P. Soroka
Chapter One Summary of Key Concepts
Sociology is the field of study which seeks to "describe, explain, and predict human social patterns" fr Continue Reading...
Action Plan: Getting Homeless Families with Children and Homeless Single Women off the Streets of Seattle
Part A
1. Executive Summary
1.0. Overview
The problem of homeless in Seattle is likely to continue growing if no serious long-term intervent Continue Reading...
Systems Thinking Applied to Sustainability Challenges
"SYSTEMS THINKING IS CRITICAL IN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES"
POLLUTION IN THE OCEANS
"Systems Thinking is Critical in Developing Solutions to Sustainability Challenges"
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Ethical Responsibility of Corporate America
Many organizations strive to increase their profit margins by doing everything possible (including unethical practices) to increase their revenues. Nevertheless, the past three decades have seen some organ Continue Reading...
Wetlands are the main link between the land and the water, and as such are vitally important to the ecology. Wetlands have been misunderstood and abused throughout the history of the United States -- and elsewhere in the world -- and that has led to Continue Reading...
This perspective suggests the necessity of distinguishing between the intended use (and real affordances) of an object and its perceived affordances. For instance, affordances presented by a knife are defined by the individual who uses it, not neces Continue Reading...
Human Computer Interaction
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is the study, planning and design of the way human beings and modern computing devices interact. It is a renaissance discipline, newer and more necessary now that a significant portion of t Continue Reading...
Dubai should be thinking about sustainability, since the seaport expansion and modernization has been damaging to the environment over the past decade. AS more and more ships begin to use the Dubai port, and as commerce and economic activity return Continue Reading...
The researchers found that those who were for the new stadium often presented it as a solution to economic development, for an area. Challenges to these projects most often came from those who could gain politically by opposing the project. Pelisser Continue Reading...
Of these elements, they found anxiety sensitivity to be directly linked to lower levels of educational advancement. Anxiety sensitivity mainly comprises symptoms of anxiety leading to fear due to a certain belief that anxiety has dangerous somatic, Continue Reading...