Community and Communication in Changing Urban Areas ------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Urban Studies‚ Theoretical Perspectives & Telematics How we view technology & impact is grounded in our theoretical perspectives: Technological Determinism: * Change in the city is a direct result of change in telematics OR reaction to technological innovation/invention * Urban change = inevitable‚ unalternable‚ predictable * Physical change (buildings
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that grew up in the streets of Boston. The urban environment that they grew up in as children directly impacted their lives‚ as they got older. One big universal theme of the movies was urban crime; the movie displayed both sides of urban crime (the corrupt side as well as the investigators and law enforcement‚ also known as the “good side”). All of the urban crimes shown throughout this movie relate to the way the boys lives played out. Within their urban neighborhood there existed such a closed social
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The urban crimes in Lembah Klang (the nature/ problems) Syndicate of Drug Abuse Since the last two decades‚ Malaysia has been undergoing accelerated urbanization. The recent rate of urbanization in Malaysia is 63% (EPU‚ 2006‚ p. 361) and predictable to be increase to 75% by the year 2020 (JPBD‚ 2006‚ p. 13). Urbanization often relates with increasing crimes in cities including Lembah Klang. According to Durkheim (2012)‚ crime is unavoidable and seen as normal part of everyday society. One of the
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with abject poverty‚ filthy and run down housing with high crime rates and limited social mobility. Public policy targets the people who live in this cities rather than providing support to improve their ways of living. Concentrated poverty plays a big role in social problems found in cities along with segregation and urban renewal. Poverty has become more concentrated in high poverty and disadvantage neighborhoods. Overpopulation of urban areas have led to several problems which come with challenges
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Inner City Decline of One Urban Area After the industrial revolution people became increasingly affluent. This led to social segregation – rich move out of inner city suburbs. People left in the inner city: * Older residents * Single parent families * Students * Poorer families * Ethnic minorities left behind – formation of ghettos. Decentralisation increases the problem: Movement of businesses out of inner city – unemployment – Dead Heart. Removal of businesses causes
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people migrating from rural dwellings to urban area in search of an earning‚ better education or may be due to environmental degradation in rural areas. Even‚ political conflicts‚ wars‚ and income disparities among and within regions may also be a motivating factor which results in migration whether international or national. Whatever may be the reasons‚ migration is a very common phenomenon nowadays in most of the cities. Recent studies reveal that the urban population is increasing day by day. Roughly
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Environmental effects of Air Pollution and the Urban Area Air pollution has been and is a growing environmental problem that is closely related to the growth of urban settlements. While the cities and towns of the world grow larger they emit more and more toxic emissions are put out into the air. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issues that surround air pollution such as the long term impacts of air pollution‚ the short term impacts of air pollution‚ the long term outlook of air pollution
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African Americans and Latino Americans have always been presumed as criminals or bad guys to police officers. This is due to how rap artists portray minorities in urban neighborhoods and how society itself looks at them. They are often suspects of racial profiling while shopping. For example‚ an African American college student was stopped in New York City by two white police officers after they suspected him from stealing from a Barneys store. Barneys is a well-known expensive department store.
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11th January 2013 This report in order to your assignment task regarding to the Main Causes Of “Pollution In Urban And Rural Areas”.Kindly go through the report thoroughly and give feedback accordingly. T.A “MAIN CAUSES OF POLLUTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS” CAUSES OF LAND POLLUTION: [pic] REASON:
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International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences ISSN: 2278-6236 RURALISATION OF URBAN AREAS: REVERSING DEVELOPMENT IN ZIMBABWE Jacob Mugumbate* Francis Maushe* Chamunogwa Nyoni‚ PhD* Abstract: Urbanisation is on an upward trend in Zimbabwe as evidenced by expansion of urban centres. Notwithstanding advances towards urbanisation‚ some urban centres are actually de-urbanising or ruralising as witnessed by deteriorating livelihoods‚ services and infrastructure
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