COMMUNITIES & URBANIZATION Introduction George Murdock once said that a community is one of the two truly universal units of society organization‚ the other one being family (Schaefer‚ 461). We are all part of a community‚ and in many cases‚ we are a part of multiple ones. In chapter 20 of our textbook‚ we are looking at communities and urbanization. It discusses urbanization and how communities originate. It also looks at the different types of communities. Communities are defined as "a
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years‚ many people have attempted to create Utopian communities across the world. Some were founded with faith-based ideas‚ including the Mormon and monastic communities. Others were simply founded around similar beliefs and goals among the people within the community. Utopias search for peace in a communal living situation‚ attempting to solve a key issue or problem. The physical structure of some Utopias are a major part of the community. From studying many of these historical Utopias‚ an
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Gated communities are housing estates which have a gate or other barriers across a primary access. The estates may also be surrounded by fences‚ walls or other natural or erected barriers that can further limit access. In games such as grand theft auto 4 which has a gated community called beachgate‚ while on television desperate housewives live in a suburb of Fairview‚ where wisteria lane and the residents can be found‚ this is also a gated community also the real housewives of orange county is
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COMMUNITY NURSE The gradually shifting of health care from the acute to the non-acute setting is also changing some of the professional nurse’s training. A number of colleges are integrating a more in depth training in community nursing. They are including skill‚ role‚ and competencies required to function as a community health Register Nurse (RN). Examples include an epidemiologist‚ case manager‚ coordinator of services provided to a group of patients‚ occupational health nurse‚ school nurse
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population of 15 to 19 year olds living in the 10 provinces. The in this Social Survey The Aussi disponible en français data from 1992‚ 1998 and 2005 were collected over 12 months of the survey year‚ whereas in 1986 data were only collected for two months (November and December) of the survey year. 1 Matter of Fact Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 89-630-X No. Celebrating 20 years 8 Canada’s General Social Survey has been gathering information for 20 years on key social issues in Canadian
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Strengthening Community There are numerous changes that challenge the community to adapt. These can arise from violence at home‚ and they can follow one person to their school and workplace. Furthermore‚ new forms of communication‚ such as social media‚ when used inappropriately‚ can negatively affect the community. However‚ I believe that it is possible for an individual to take action and intervene to help strengthen the community. Strengthening the community can be started at home‚ advancing
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The locality I have based my community profile on is Ardoyne. I feel that Ardoyne is familiar enough for me to carry out my research as I have lived here all my life. Although my project is based in Belfast city centre‚ we work with many groups and young people from the Ardoyne area. this would prove beneficial to myself as I would sometimes have already developed a relationship with the young people through community life. I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local
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Luther King Jr. civil rights movement is a major reason why the black and white communities as a nation have a better working relationship today then the mid-19th century. I believe Dr. King’s fight for equal rights in the African American community allowed for a better nation and union today between black and white communities then there were in the early 19th century. In the 19th century the African American communities experience‚ separate drinking fountains‚ couldn’t sit at same lunch counters
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Attitude Survey Psy/475 April 7‚ 2013 Attitude Survey How an individual dresses impacts how he or she is perceived in the eyes of others. Often times‚ the way an individual appears in public leaves him or her open to becoming labeled either favorably or unfavorably. Members of society will often judge an individual’s appearance therefore denying any opportunity to know the “inner person.” In today’s society‚ some of the socially acceptable ways to dress seem to include wearing pajamas in public
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Virtual Community The internet is a vast and virtually limitless entity which provides users with a way to explore and develop identity and community through various methods including; videos‚ discussion boards‚ blogging‚ photography‚ business outlets and so much more. While online anonymity and isolation have the potential to create a desolate atmosphere for users‚ becoming involved in established community based websites can produce opposite feelings for the same users. Discussion boards
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