Environmental Justice vs. Disadvantaged CommunitiesEnvironmental justice recognizes disadvantaged communities that generally are low-income and minority-populated areas disproportionately affected by pollution. The environmental problems such groups Continue Reading...
Abstract Opioid abuse is a problem in the US, particularly among the youth population. This is a health risk behavior that has arisen in the US for quite some time, largely due to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry’s push of drugs lik Continue Reading...
Fast-food industry is the main factor. The hardest problem seems to be the adapting healthy menus in a fast-food restaurant. According to a poll on www.vizu.comabout what drives the food decisions, from 2251 respondents, the consumers desires a nut Continue Reading...
Implementing an EMR In A Rural Setting Feasibility There is no setting that an EMR would be most beneficial than a rural setting. Rural settings need the best technology to support physicians in their job performance. This is because rural settings Continue Reading...
Ribeira Azul The development project at Ribeira Azul in Salvador, Brazil embodies the principles of Amartya Sen's development as freedom principles, wherein freedom and development are closely linked. Such principles emphasize measures of human deve Continue Reading...
social capital was available to you? Why? I would say that I have the benefit of a good education and strong background in appearing knowledgeable about something. This lends itself to convincing people and debating with people. • Did you hav Continue Reading...
urban agriculture is generally employed to designate "a localized food system wherein the production, processing, distribution, access/consumption and disposal/recycling of food occur in and around the city" (Erickson et al. 5). Starting from the na Continue Reading...
urban school districts. The biggest one I believe is coping with and attaching importance to the diversity that has been part of the American paradigm since the beginning of the country. The related challenge is providing equitable education for the Continue Reading...
Religion and Urban Landscape Social Assimilation and Identity in Gods of the City by Robert Orsi Religion as a social institution is considered one of the most influential agents in the society. As an institution, religion plays a vital role in alt Continue Reading...
Gitig, D. (2017). A farewell to kings? New ideas on the vanishing monarch butterflies. Ars Technica. April 30, 2017. Retrieved online: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/a-migrating-butterfly-a-poisonous-plant-and-their-remarkable-coevolution/ Continue Reading...
Round 1 Draft Revision - Pilot Study: Influences of Geographical Location on Academic and Life Outcomes of Young Black Males in ChicagoAbstractThis draft focuses on how the geographical location within Chicago influences academic and life outcomes fo Continue Reading...
The only major change that has occurred is the fact that there are so many more people now, urban planning is all the more important (Jackson, 1985, p. 76). Getting in our time machine and hurtling towards the present, urban planning in the United Continue Reading...
Just sitting there, stop-and-go, slow-and-go, wasted two full weeks of work time per year; and the "excess fuel consumption due to congestion" added up to $1,055 for each resident of the Washington, D.C. area a year. But wait - is the money spent o Continue Reading...
Essentially, those in the lower tiers of the urban socioeconomic hierarchy, rather than having been drawn out of despair, have been thrust to the periphery of America's 'revitalizing' cities. Question 2: One of the most important points raised by t Continue Reading...
Individuals could not grow their own food, given the space and land constraints and therefore were dependant upon the city infrastructure to provide it. This then creates additional industry, and the story goes on to build whole insular and expansiv Continue Reading...
Ecological urbanism is, as Mostafavi describes it, a "sense of sensibilities' that specifically influence urban design and development in a way that will more effectively address the growing number and diversity of urban community needs. Ecological Continue Reading...
HUD is a public program that helps people who are need of funding for housing. The people who qualify for this program are on the poverty line or under the poverty line. Recently, in Atlanta, the program got new grants to help the elderly and the dis Continue Reading...
Responses to Heather and StephenHeatherUrban form theory and procedural planning theory are applicable to the subject of urban planning in the US, and the biblical perspective you provide is also appropriate: as you point out, Psalms 69:35 states, Fo Continue Reading...
Smart GrowthChinitz (1990) examines the fallacy of composition in the context of land policy and growth management. The basic idea of the fallacy is that what is good for the individual is not necessarily good for society as a wholewith the normal ap Continue Reading...
Architecture and Urban Transformation: Revisioning The objective of this research is to examine the central of Footscray and specifically to posed specific questions including whether there is a discernable orderly underlying the structure of the ci Continue Reading...
Media Urban legends about in our culture, as Neal Gabler points out in "How Urban Myths Reveal Society's Fears." Some urban myths started out as true stories but were later exaggerated to become the hyperbole they are now. For example, some rappers Continue Reading...
K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings Define "urban education." The school's four themes: accountability, diversity, leadership, and learning. In order to extend education and train nearly 50 million students to become useful elements of our soc Continue Reading...
Mass production gave the people more goods and raised their standards of living in industrialized nations, but the unequal distribution of wealth created dissatisfaction and unrest among the poor. Wealthy entrepreneurs and corporations were able to Continue Reading...
"The type of future I'm showing is one that makes use of structures that are there, subverting their function and turning them into something else. People were asking me, 'Are you gonna do flying saucers, hovercrafts?' But I was really intent about Continue Reading...
According to the Oregon Environmental Council the estimated cost per year of environmentally attributed cancer is around $131 million for both adults and children. Much about cremation is unknown but it is believed that the process of cremation emit Continue Reading...
History Of Sanitation In our present lives, in hi-technology living spaces or homes, most of us spend our days indoors. Commonly, a home physically means an indoor place, inside space, a room, an apartment, a mobile home such as trailer or van or a Continue Reading...
urbanization of Californian suburban city Lancaster. The city does not have a very long history and therefore agricultural activities never found much place here as Lancaster was driven towards industrialization from the very beginning. The paper sh Continue Reading...
Civil Rights and School Reform Movements Social movements are an integral component of society. They are meant to bring about change in the accepted norms or social configuration. It is a manifestation of collective behavior whose purpose is transfo Continue Reading...
Poverty-Reduction Programs in Urban Communities In September, 2001, 149 heads of state and high-ranking officials attending the Millennium Summit in New York unanimously adopted the Millennium Declaration which contained a statement of eight millen Continue Reading...
Ask them why they have been unsuccessful so far. Contact the relevant local government officials (this may be difficult but I expect you to try) you can do it by phone, and ask them if it would be possible to initiate these programs. They will prob Continue Reading...
Transitions occur in many different educational, societal, and familial situations. Among the more common situations where problems of adjustment might be encountered are changing from one school to another, a change in grades, the shift to regular Continue Reading...
POLICY Youth and Gangs in Low Income AreasThis assignment is based on Burgess concentric model, which divides urban centers into five zones that differ by income levels and distance from the central business district (Allen et al., 2005). Gang activi Continue Reading...
seat in the campus self-study areas becomes an uphill task. This is more so the case given that students have a tendency of leaving their belongings on the self-study area seats thus preventing others from making use of the said "occupied seats." In Continue Reading...
Bed and Breakfast Business Plan Targeted Area The area where I would suggest a bed and breakfast is somewhere in the region known as the Hill Country in central Texas. The Hill Country is noted for its scenery. It begins just north of Austin, conti Continue Reading...
Hughes, A., Watanabe-Galloway, S., Schnell, P., & Soliman, A. (2015) studied the differences in colorectal screening between rural-urban in Nebraska. Their investigation into the reasons behind this gap indicated a few differences, some of which 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...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Prevalence and Types of Bacterial Contaminants in Residential Water Tanks: This essay delves into the different types of bacterial populations commonly found in residential water tanks. It analys Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Prevalence and Dangers of Coliform Bacteria in Residential Water Tanks: This essay would explore the presence of coliform bacteria in residential water tanks, identifying the types commonly found, like Escherichia coli Continue Reading...
Cameras in Public PlacesQ1. List all the places you traveled this past week where you likely appeared on a closed-circuit television. Do you believe your environment was safer with CCTV? Explain?Over the course of the past week, I have been in stores Continue Reading...
