common experience to walk in urban park‚ then few steps away‚ you just turn the corner‚ pass through lined tall buildings in a narrow street paved with asphalt and you clearly feel that the temperature is higher than in the park. Or maybe‚ you can recall one day in your life when the city was really hot‚ that you decided to spend some time in a shading park where you found some relief. Most of you didn’t know but you experienced what in climate science is called the urban heat island effect. In scientific
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Name: Sherif Nader A. GOUBRAN ID: 900092358 Date: 13-5-2010 Class & Section: English 201-02 Dr. Loubna Youssef Subtitle: Research Paper (final Draft) A Solution: Urban Chaos in Cairo What is known today as the Greater Cairo Region is in fact a combination of a number of neighbouring cities and governorates (including Cairo‚ Giza‚ Helwan‚ Qalyubia and 6th of October. Since the first establishment in the region‚ Al- Fustat in 641 AD‚ Cairo was in continuous growth. The numerous and different
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public. The nuisance remain unsolved despite harsh punishment has imposed. Anti-social behavior such as truancy‚ littering and errant driving have posed a lot of problems to society but to our indignant‚ these culprits can get away easily undetected. Therefore‚ Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) is in wide use nowadays as it is more versatile and easy to maintain. CCTV plays significant role in deterring crime and anti-social behavior as it has wide viewing angle‚ could operate under dim light conditions
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Urban-Rural reunification: The integration of urban and rural administrative areas (at the Tehsil level) also has significant implications on the flow of funds between urban and rural areas. In particular‚ until 1999 a major source of revenue for the urban areas was octroi levied in urban areas for all goods regardless of whether they were eventually consumed in a rural area. This resulted in a disproportionate access of resources for urban areas. After devolution‚ however‚ there is no longer any
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characteristic of decreased death rate‚ increased birth rate and migration to urban areas. Sub-Topics | Topic Sentence | Decrease death rates. | Decreased death rate is a characteristic used in determining over population in Trinidad and Tobago. | Increase in birth rates. | Another feature employed in determining overpopulation in Trinidad and Tobago is increased birth rates. | Migration to urban areas. | Finally‚ migration to urban areas is another aspect of determining overpopulation in Trinidad
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Drew Lippman is a man who wants to be the best in whatever he does. He is a very determined person‚ always working hard to achieve what he wants in life. Drew is currently working at the YMCA in Worcester as a customer service specialist. Drew has been working there for 5 years and enjoys his job very much. He enjoys the experiences he has had working with kids from all different backgrounds at all different ages. It is at the YMCA‚ that he gets to not only help kids stay out of trouble but experiences
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Urban Housing Policy Review of China: from Economic Growth to Social Inclusion Wenjing Deng Technology University of Delft‚ OTB Institute‚ P.O. Box 5030‚ 2600 GA Delft‚ The Netherland e-mail: w.deng@tudelft.nl Joris Hoekstra Technology University of Delft‚ OTB Institute‚ P.O. Box 5030‚ 2600 GA Delft‚ The Netherland e-mail: J.S.C.M.Hoekstra@tudelft.nl Marja Elsinga Technology University of Delft‚ OTB Institute‚ P.O. Box 5030‚ 2600 GA Delft‚ The Netherland e-mail: M.G.Elsinga@tudelft
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How significant is the challenge posed by political Islam? ‘Political Islam is no longer a geostrategic factor; it is at most a societal phenomenon...I believe that the Islamist moment closed a door: that of revolution and the Islamic state. Only the rhetoric remains.’ (Olivier Roy) Introduction This essay focuses on the implications of political Islam on the international system since the mid 1970s and assesses the military and ideological challenges posed by political Islam on the Middle-East
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Dodging the Dodgeball of Childhood Obesity with Mandatory Physical Education Dodging the Dodgeball of Childhood Obesity with Mandatory Physical Education Thesis: Physical Education should be mandatory for all students between kindergarten and high school graduation because it is necessary for receiving the recommended amount of daily physical activity‚ it is essential to maintaining a better quality of life from childhood into adulthood‚ and it is important
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economy. For example‚ growth of personal services and retail trade sector will occur. However‚ the service-sector jobs created in rural areas may be low-paying jobs. High-end service jobs or health and business service sectors tends to be located in urban
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