Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area‚ city‚ town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the process of its development. This can involve the analysis of physical structures at different scales as well as patterns of movement‚ land use‚ ownership or control and occupation. Typically‚ analysis of physical form
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Power and Politics Power and Politics Webster’s defines politics as follows: “political affairs or business; especially: competition between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in a government)‚ political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest practices; relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially as seen or dealt with from a political point of view” (MWOD‚ 2009). Organizational theories show people engage in politics to get
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FAST Lives In Claire’s Sterk’s book‚ “Fast Lives: women who used crack cocaine”‚ she uses information from observation‚ conversations‚ interviews and group discussions to explain how using crack affects active users. She also shows how they started using‚ how they survived‚ how they developed and maintained relationships with friends and family‚ and how they were mothers and drug users at the same time. In addition‚ Sterk started Project FAST‚ the Female Atlanta Study to identify the impact of
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I will get straight to the point‚ I believe that when celebrities get involved in politics they draw attention away from the actual political issues and campaigns at hand. Having film stars in politics for endorsements will definitely draw a crowds and more importantly votes. Because people love and become inspired by the characters played by an individual and in the end they are in fact become blinded by who that individual really is. It is as if you give a dangerous person‚ or as I will refer
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Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Familiarization with an issue of urban crime: the mafia 4 3. Cinematic representation of a mafia life I 6 3.2 “It ’s business‚ not personal.” 7 4. Cinematic representation of mafia life II 8 4.1 Gomorrah analysis 8 5. Godfather and Gomorrah: a comparison 9 6. Conclusion 10 7. Bibliography 11 “Crime is largely an urban phenomenon‚ but the specifically urban and area dimensions of the social processes that are connected with crime have been
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN LEH DISTRICT DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE‚ LEH GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND District Disaster Management Plan for Leh 1 FOREWORD I have great pleasure to release the Leh District’s Disaster Management Plan 2011-12. It is for the first time a full fledged Disaster Management Plan is prepared for Leh. It is the commitment of the District Administration to effectively deal with disaster in future so that loss of life and property is minimized to very minimum. The
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Urban sprawl‚ the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas‚ has slowed down by 9% since the 1990s (Borenstein). Urban sprawl was steadily increasing starting in 1920 due to new street construction and it peaked in 1994. Despite the belief that urban sprawl is the result of a healthy economic and social process‚ urban sprawl needs to be restricted and eventually stopped. Urban sprawl is rapidly expanding‚ destroying wildlife‚ and causing a rise in pollution and disease. Urban sprawl has come to be fairly
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MODERN URBAN CULTURE What is urban culture? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1)‚ urban culture is any of the behavioral patterns of the various types of cities and urban areas‚ both past and present. Urban culture is basically the culture of cities. Cities around the world‚ past and present‚ have behaviors that differ from the rural areas. In today’s modern world‚ urban culture refers to a city’s sense of fashion‚ music‚ and way of life. Types of modern urban culture are skateboarding
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Establishing an “ECL” Culture in China: Organisational Difference or National Difference? I. Analyze the culture-learning process at ECL China is one of the most attractive and biggest emerging market for multinational corporations. ECL‚ as a leading corporation throughout the world‚ decided to join Chinese market. For foreign corporations‚ China provides promising opportunities in terms of its size and diversity in the market. However‚ at the same time‚ there are also challenges and risks
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In the article “Dog Lab‚” writer Claire McCarthy shares with readers her experiences during medical school. She would bury herself in her studies. She feels that school is the most important thing. McCarthy believed that in order to become a good physician her physiology mark must be significantly high because it was the subject she believed to be the most relevant in becoming a doctor‚ however‚ the class had a “dog lab.” It was not required‚ but recommended by the professor. The students would have
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