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    Urban Alienation

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    How have three of the texts you have studied provided insight into the individual’s relationships to the urban landscape? The three texts; T.S Eliot’s The Preludes poem‚ Jennifer Strauss’ Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram poem and the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ provide an insight into each individual’s relationship with the urban landscape through the underlying motif of urban alienation. The writers explore the alienating effect of city life as people are forced to suppress and

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    This essay will review both the positive social effects and negative social and physical effects of alcohol. The debate over alcohol consumption in communities around the world has existed as long as there has been alcohol to drink. Alcohol has improved social functions; community economics through tourism and business and in moderation can enhance many situations in society. Alcohol has been one of the main problems of today’s generation. By contrast if over indulged and abused the same product

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    Urban Farming

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    Urban Farming Our country is encountering rapid urbanization‚ which is increasing urban poverty in countries across the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. A Bill trying to be passed by the U.S. senate states “Dramatic economic‚ demographic‚ and land use changes in the United States have created areas where no supermarkets exist and where limited food choice‚ poor food quality‚ and lack of affordable food prices impact large segments of the country’s population.” It is

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    atrocious and barbaric event that led to the deaths of millions all over the world. To properly understand the Great War from a cultural perspective‚ one must understand both the causes and ramifications of the Great War. Properly understanding both the causes and the ramifications helps one to understand the significant impact the war had on Western Civilization. Several causes helped spark this Great War which would affect the entirety of Western Civilization. First‚ Germany’s Weltpolitik had a great

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    Urban Planning

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    Urban Planning What solutions would you have proposed for a city if you were an urban planner? Many cities suffered overcrowding. This problem left a lot of consequences such as low health‚ high crime rates‚ and impoverished areas. For this reason‚ Garden City‚ Radiant City and City Beautiful were created to provide solutions which probably would arrange the population in certain areas and improve the life quality of people. These three ideas have been a great influence to urban planners for over

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    Urban Education

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    rural schools are located in small‚ rural areas. Urban Education is defined as education taught in a school located in the city (urban areas). These schools have numerous distinct traits that make them easy to be recognizable. The students that attend these schools come from a wide variety of homes‚ incomes‚ beliefs‚ morals‚ priorities and are mostly African American‚ Mexican‚ and Asian. Unlike suburban and rural schools‚ the classrooms in urban education are often overcrowded with over 30 students

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    Urban Fieldwork

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    Describe the fieldwork and research you would undertake in order to investigate why some urban areas are in need of rebranding (15 marks) Primary fieldwork consists of things like a questionnaire‚ graffiti survey‚ Environmental impact assessment‚ pedestrian and car counts etc. Secondary research is data that is collected from a variety of sources for example a census‚ the government‚ national statistics‚ city council etc. In many cities in the UK such as Birmingham and Margate that are in the

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    Urban Underworld

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    The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo In Timothy J. Gilfoyle’s book‚ The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo‚ we learn that life was hard being a 19th century immigrant and choosing a life of crime was sometimes‚ but not always‚ the easy way out although it came with many consequences. George Appo was one who chose the life of crime. Prison was a common place for the pick pocketer

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    Urban Pollution

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    formation of huge megapolitan areas and surrounding peri-urban environs. In China‚ a 40 million urban area is planned.The effects of cities on people are not well-understood. Cities require huge amounts of energy‚ resulting in large quantities of waste products‚ causing unsustainable environments. Cities are sources of air‚ water and soil pollution. Light and noise pollution are now known to adversely affect urban people. The role of urban heat islands and air pollution‚ PM2.5 and ozone‚ on human

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    Urban Decay

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    Energy and Environment Group Project Problems of urban decay and solutions to HK The running down of the parts in a city which turns it become unsuitable for people to live in is called urban decay. Urban decay leads to the problems in economy (money)‚ society (people) and environment (our surroundings). There have several examples of urban decay. Slum housing‚ provides a poor living condition with overcrowding‚ share outside toilets‚ without hot water and

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