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Urban Areas in South America
In the scholarly journal ETHOS, there is an article by Baran (2007) entitled “Girl, You are Not Morena. We are Negras! Questioning the Concept of ‘Race’ in Southern Bahia, Brazil” that examines the way in which race is perceived in urban areas on South America—particularly in Brazil where the city of Salvador is located. Race is a major issue for urban areas in the United States, but in a different way than it is an issue for people in this part of South America. It… Continue Reading...
largely caused by industrialization. Vehicles exhaust has also contributed to the poor air quality. In most urban areas, air pollution is a mixture of gas-phase and particle pollutants. Air pollution has serious negative effects on the quality of life especially in terms of health. In my community, the pollution sometimes gets so bad that it is visible. In other cities and mega cities around the world industrial smog is so bad it affects visibility on the road (Liu et al., 2016).
Ethical Dilemmas Concerning Urban Air Pollution
Accidently making things worse
One of the ethical dilemmas is the fear that in dealing with certain sources of… Continue Reading...
such continuous discord. In the middle of this struggle, Philip II expanded his kingdom by capturing Crenides' urban areas and renaming it Philippi in the year 355 BC, destroying Methone in the year 354 BC, and annexing the Chalcidice promontory's ancient city Olynthus in the year 348 BC (MAG).
How did Philip II build the strength of Macedonia?
Philip II rose to power in the year 360 BC in Macedon, Northern Greece. It took him less than a decade to subjugate most of the bordering kingdoms: the Thracians in the Upper East and North and the Paionians and Illyrians and in Northwestern and Western Greece. Philip II… Continue Reading...
state is predominantly rural as there is a lot of farmland in Kentucky. The urban areas, however, are home to colleges, sports, stadiums, businesses, etc. Lexington and Louisville are both home to two of the biggest names in college athletics. They are popular for horse racing (the Kentucky Derby), auto racing, and tourism (Ft. Knox). Northern Kentucky (Newport-Florence) has the major airport for Cincinnati (CVG-Covington). The unique makeup of my state does not really influence my policy positions, however. My state leans Republican in the Senate as it is a more conservative state in some ways (home schooling is a big issue in Kentucky).… Continue Reading...
the year 2050 approximately 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. This means that cities are going to have a major impact not only on the lives of human beings but also on the planet, as there will be a concentrated amount of energy and activity in these urban parts of the world. Moreover, aside from environmental concerns there are likely to be social issues that emanate from this intense localization of the population into vast cities. As Coleman and Kerbo (2009) point out, how these areas are socially organized will be very critical to how well they are… Continue Reading...
created, the majority of Native Americans lived on reservations but that today, a large percentage of the Native American population lives in urban areas.
With 60% of Native Americans living in urban areas, they are either ineligible for health care from IHS or do not have access to IHS facilities (ACOG, 2012). The outcomes for this community in urban areas tend to be poor – higher rates of teenaged pregnancy, late or no prenatal care, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, higher infant mortality, higher SIDS and higher preterm birth. These outcomes are the result of a lack of access to care for urban Native American women (ACOG, 2012).
One of the… Continue Reading...
al., 2013). Rural areas in North Dakota are characterised by a higher incidence of poverty and lower health care coverage compared to urban areas and much of the rest of the country. In 2009, poverty rate in rural areas stood at 14% (compared to 12% in urban areas), while the proportion of the uninsured population was 10.1% (compared to 8.9% in urban areas) (Molmen et al., 2013).
Rural North Dakota has historically experienced an acute shortage of primary health care providers as well as uneven distribution of health care facilities (Molmen et al., 2013). Majority of providers and facilities in the state are located in urban areas. This explains the poor health… Continue Reading...
(Effective Practice Incentive Community) program for learning from teachers who drove achievement gains within high-need schools in urban areas. EPIC aimed at identifying educators and school leaders whose pupils made considerable achievement gains. Financial rewards were bestowed upon these teachers in return for documenting and sharing practices resulting in those gains (Pehmer et.al, 2015).
Public schools display a commendable urge to accept and respect the diverse cultural groups they cater to. This serves to improve students’ academic performance, in addition to creating a sense of community and belongingness. For instance, Pennsylvania Avenue School’s educators who were part of a 3-year study group tremendously improved in their capability… Continue Reading...
Promoting the Use of Public Transportation
Introduction
Public transportation serves numerous purposes: first, it helps to ease congestion in urban areas by decreasing the number of cars on the road at any given time but especially during busy traffic hours; second, it helps people who may not otherwise have means of getting to work obtain these means; third, it can reduce pollution and fuel emissions that can harm the environment. All of these are good reasons for using and promoting public transportation. The problem of how to promote public transportation, however, is one that needs to be solved. In order to solve it, a variety of factors have to… Continue Reading...
One major area of environmental health that desperately needs surveillance is the quality of the air in urban areas near major airports. As Schlenker and Walker (2015) point out, airports are responsible for some of the highest concentrations of air pollution in the nation. An as West et al. (2016) show, air pollution is the cause of millions of premature deaths all over the earth. Thus, there is tremendous reason to be more diligent about monitoring how much air pollution one of the most used forms of travel is putting out. This paper will develop a surveillance system for the environmental health concern of air pollution at… Continue Reading...
Myanmar is compared with other countries in the region, there is plenty of reason for optimism. The growth pattern in Myanmar will likely mirror that of other SE Asian countries, focused on key urban areas that will see strong sustained economic growth, and rural areas that will be focused more on eliminating overt poverty. But for Apple, this still means that there is good opportunity, especially in Yangon, to build a market as more people are able to afford the company\'s products.
In terms of other economic indicators, there are a few things worth noting. First, inflation has stabilized. Economic stability can often be an issue in emerging markets, but a stable economy is generally a positive sign for sustained growth. The kyat… Continue Reading...
has grown along with costs for construction (Kibert, 2016). Urban areas require construction of large buildings where people live in apartments, co-ops, and public housing. These buildings may account for over 40% of energy consumption (Kibert, 2016). In fact, construction for the European Union has led to an estimated 40% of every human-produced waste (UNEP, 2001). While recent trends may suggest less consumption through new building techniques and materials, it is sustainable construction that directly tackles the problem of excessive waste witnessed using traditional methods. Sustainable construction in the form of SIPs is an easy and cost-effective solution more… Continue Reading...
an analysis aimed at identifying broad trends (DHS, 2018).
DHS has also continually enhanced the fusion centers in the urban areas. It is DHS that secures the air, sea, and land boarders in order to protect the country from illegal activities while at the same time facilitating lawful trade and travel (DHS, 2018). The management efforts for border security is focused on 3 goals that are related and they are effective security for the sea, air and land borders, streamlining and safeguarding lawful travel and trade, and dismantling and disrupting transnational terrorist and criminal organizations. DHS continues to position resources, technology, and personnel along the southwestern border while at… Continue Reading...
seats per unit, a private area for private functions and a small bar seems quite convenient and desirable of the target. Young couples without children and singles living in urban areas often have an admiration for cost effectiveness and convenience.
2. Who is the audience for the plan, what are their needs, and how well does the plan meet those needs?
The primary audience to the business plan is the business financiers. What a financier needs to know is whether the business plan is viable and that it will generate cash returns if executed perfectly. The management projects that the business model will generate $ 1 million in sales from the established units and 35% returns. The goal of… Continue Reading...
people moved (or compelled to move out) to urban areas. This formed what Marx described as a rift in the interrelated procedure of social metabolism, which was irreparable — a metabolism endorsed by life’s natural laws. However, several of the agricultural systems carried out on a large-scale were in fact not effective against cycling the nutrients for various other reasons. Large quantities of nitrogen fertilizers would be lost in developing corn on several farms, while nitrate filters into underground water, which would then pollute the rivers and streams. A small, however, an important amount of soil nitrogen would… Continue Reading...
country, leaving the South because of Jim Crow and heading to urban areas. Their travels and experiences are reflected in blues, which emphasizes the isolated and individualistic experience of the African-American. Their songs were about their lives, the poverty and trials they dealt with, what they suffered, what they did, how they took joy, how they viewed relationships, how the spirit moved them. It was music that examined the black identity at a time when the question of black identity was becoming more and more important in a nation led by WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants). It really took off, however,… Continue Reading...
Indiana, Miami, Detroit, Alabama, Birmingham, and other heavily-populated urban areas. Urban homicide is largely linked to social disorder, a broken family, alienation, disassociation, fear and destitution. Im-personalization and bumping into strangers frequently is what increases serial-killing likelihood in such highly-populated regions. Consider, for instance, Ted Bundy who was especially comfortable with acting in crowded shopping malls (Hickey, 2013).
Social Class Theory
Leyton’s 2011 work titled “Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murderer” delves into serial killers’ status aspirations. In his opinion, serial killers may generally be found somewhere on the fringes of the lower-middle or upper-working… Continue Reading...
attempts by some municipals this is only done in the affluent areas. The suburban areas are densely populated and this makes it hard for service provision. The population also consists of poor unemployed individuals who are forced to live in poor accommodation structures. These structures are closely placed and it is hard to even maneuver around on foot. Congestion has increased with a decline in economic growth of the low-income counties…[…… parts of this paper are missing, click here to view the entire document ]…to the community. However, access to this borehole is often limiting. This is because it might be situated far… Continue Reading...
a major threat. This is because humans did not often pursue outdoor recreational activities and were living in suburban or urban areas (Danbom, 2017). However, as more people move into rural areas and go outside into nature more, the risk of tick-borne diseases has grown. Hence the new worry of scientists and those aiming to understand the spread of tick-borne diseases, of an even bigger outbreak in the future (Danbom, 2017). With more cases each year, and a growing number of people with Lyme disease, it is important to understand why these infections continue and what can be done to decrease exposure to tick bites.
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urban areas of America often have more liberal political perspectives and use those viewpoints as a construct of their cultural identity. One can break this down as a manifestation of the environment impacting the culture: one lives in a diverse area where people of different ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations closely intermingle regularly. This close intermingling can illuminate the importance of protecting the rights and equality of all, thus promoting more liberal values within the individual. Similarly, someone from a more violent inner city neighborhood that is riddled with gang… Continue Reading...
