4.2.3.2. Unit 2: Bijlmer inner neighbourhoods – Zuidoost The Zuidoost (or Southeast) district is separated from the city of Amsterdam by two independent administrative areas in the north border: Diemen and Duivendrecht. Although there’s an urban continuity between these different administrative zones‚ Zuidoost is perceived as “cut-off” from the rest of the city. For the most part‚ this is explained as a psychological barrier rather than a physical one. “The way I experience Southeast is that
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addiction problems and cannot raise Michael (ward of the state) Sleeps on the couch Has no clothes Exposed to violence/danger Wealthy Big houses Safe neighbourhood Family unit: mum‚ dad‚ son & daughter Plenty of food (thanksgiving) Buy Michael a car Give Michael a bedroom Poor vs Rich Setting: Michael’s neighbourhood looks untidy‚ there are graffiti on the walls. There are no trees or vegetation‚ it is very bleak. There are unemployed youths hanging around‚ smoking or playing
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which later disappeared... narrow streets‚ cramped flats‚ the clothes hanging out on the balconies‚ the shops‚ the artisans ’ workshops... and its people‚ who talked‚ and still talk‚ fast and loud. The project meant a chance to go back to the neighbourhood in an interested manner; it was no longer a trip down there for fun‚ to discover its people‚ its bars‚ its smell... but rather a survey of the place with the object of identifying what would enable us to reveal its qualities and to describe it
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Lumpur‚ 47900 Kuala Lumpur. Dear Sir‚ Dissatisfaction over Poor Maintenance With reference to the above‚ as a last resort on behalf of the residents of Orchid View‚ I would like to complain that our neighbourhood has poor maintenance since last few months. 2. Our neighbourhood in which we live in used to be a pleasant place. It is no longer so. This is due to the rubbish being dumped along the roadside just a stone’s throw away from our houses. This rubbish is dumped by the local council
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About Maple Ridge Maple Ridge is a thriving and quickly expanding city located in the northeast sector of the Metro Vancouver Area. Maple Ridge is nicely situated between the Fraser River and Golden Ears Provincial Park. It is a welcoming city with a great community feel; Maple Ridge offers many different lifestyle choices and is a great place to call home for a multitude of reasons. Here is a brief description of the city‚ its geography and some of the highlights that the city offers. Geography
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Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking behaviour and neighbourhood access to tobacco products. A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geography at University of Canterbury by Christopher John Bowie 2011 1 Abstract Youth smoking is an important aspect of tobacco research as most adult smokers first experiment with and initiate tobacco use during their adolescence. Policy makers and researchers have given youth smoking
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also found that men in the wealthiest 20% of neighbourhoods in Canada live on average more than four years longer than men in the poorest 20% of neighbourhoods”(Mikkonen & Raphael‚ 2010). Compare to Canadian living in the poorest neighbourhoods the death rate were 28% higher (ibid. 2010). Workers living in low-level neighbourhoods and are deprived from social welfare the suicide rates were found to be almost twice those seen in the wealthiest neighbourhoods. The increase in wealth inequality in Canada
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social communion (with God‚ for example) or common identity (Tyler‚ 2002). In the modern era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Medieval and Renaissance senses merged‚ and ‘community’ began referring to the people of a district or neighbourhood. It is this meaning of the term that bears most prominence today. However‚ more recently the term ‘community’ has been used to refer to other groups of people who are not necessarily concentrated into an identifiable territory (Johnston
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years. METHOD The questionnaire includes questions about social support‚ social characteristics of the neighbourhood and mental health. Information about the neighbourhood was also gathered from key informants. RESULTS Of the five types of neighbourhoods surveyed‚ only one showed marked change over time with respect to social characteristics. This was an initially poorly functioning neighbourhood with poor mental health among the residents‚ where substantial improvements took place as part of the
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