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    Rural and Urban Development

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    Country Philippines Region Central Visayas (Region VII) Province Cebu Congr. district 2nd district of Cebu Established 1855 Barangays 37 Government[1]  • Mayor Nelson Gamiel F. Garcia Area[2]  • Total 85.53 km2 (33.02 sq mi) Population (2010)[3]  • Total 46‚754  • Density 550/km2 (1‚400/sq mi) Time zone PST (UTC+8) ZIP code 6035 Dialing code 32 Website www.dumanjug.gov.ph Dumanjug is a third class municipality in the southwestern portion of Cebu Province

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    slums of manila

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    two decades‚ as a response to suburbanization‚ uncontrolled urban growth‚ and global warming‚ several concepts on urbanism and urban design have surfaced. These include New Urbanism‚ Transit Oriented Developments (TODs)‚ Planned Unit Developments (PUDs)‚ and very recently‚ Sustainable Urban Design. New Urbanism is a European influenced planning paradigm started in the United States in the late 1980s by a group of Architects and Urban Designers led by Andres Duany and Peter Calthorpe‚ to address

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    and‚ as a result‚ were exposed to acerbity and vulgarity that would remain ingrained in their minds for the rest of their lives. What at the time seemed to be a civil rights advancement has sadly proven ineffective. Because of anemic funding for urban schools‚ and the human inclination to surround oneself with others who are similar‚ segregation still prevails in U.S. education. Two possible solutions to segregated schools are the reinstatement of mandatory busing and the redirection of funding

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    Chicago and Los Angeles Schools of Urbanism. Urban studies aims to develop an understanding the modern city metropolis. As Savage et al. have pointed out‚ the urban encompasses far more than just the physical city itself; understanding the city help us to understand many aspects of modern life (2003‚ pp.4). Many of its features‚ such as mass media and public transport systems have spread throughout society over the past century. Sociological studies of urban life began with the landmark publication of

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    environment such as the one portrayed in the book‚ " There Are No Children here‚" by Alex Kotlowitz‚ the social development of youth is strongly affected by the state of the physical environment and the actions that take place around them. Children in the ghettos use defense mechanisms to shield themselves from the violence‚ and perform below average in schools‚ because they are preoccupied with the violence on the streets. With the combination of gang violence‚ unemployment‚ and the city’s disregard for the

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    Urban Crime in Kenya

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    Victims (Norton‚ 1984). Alcoholic Drinks Control Act (NACADA ‚2010 ) Wilson‚ Colin. A Criminal History of Mankind (Carroll & Graf‚ 1990). Lombroso‚ C. (1968).  Crime: Its Causes and Remedies. Montclair. Fleisher‚ S. (1995) Beggars and Thieves: Lives of Urban Street Criminals.University of Wisconsin Press. Renzetti‚ C. (2001). Women‚ Crime‚ and Criminal Justice‚Los Angeles: Roxbury.

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    Urban Tourism - Amsterdam

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    Management‚ Vol. 29‚ Issue 4‚ Munich Doxey‚ G Fyall‚ A.‚ 2008‚ Managing Visitor Attraction‚ Second Edition‚ Elsevier‚ Oxford Grinstein‚ A.‚ Nisan‚ U.‚ 2009‚ Demarketing‚ Minorities and National Attachment‚ Journal of Marketing‚ Vol Hinch‚ T.‚ 1996‚ Urban Tourism Perspectives on Sustainability‚ Sustainable Tourism‚ 4‚ 2; pp. 95-110 Holland‚ 2012‚ [accessed online] on 28th November‚ available at: http://www.holland.com/uk.tourism/ Lopez‚ N.‚ 1996‚ Attitudes of Town Residents towards Tourism‚ Unpublished

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    Urbanization

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    child is born. If the growth rate is more than zero than the population size increases (Hager&Hassenzahl‚ 2011‚ ch.7). Birth rate produces urbanization because people want to be able to raise their children with employment or a career you may find in urban cities. Death rate produces population change because it decreases the population size. When a person dies it takes from the population size and produces a change in the population. Death rate produces urbanization in cities due to the poverty level

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    Influence of Gangs

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    norms of economic class. Minority gangs typically come from the inner city. Society often blames the inner city teenager for giving into these gangs but still do nothing to help prevent it. Many people fail to realize the difficulty in living in the ghettos. White suburban kids do not have to avoid certain streets just to avoid confrontation. White suburban kids do not have to live with the constant violence on the streets. White suburban kids do not have to worry about drive-by shootings. With so much

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    Urban Houses in Russia

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    Rural Khmer house Despite indoor and outdoor temperatures of 36°C and up to 80% relative humidity the old rural Khmer houses are very comfortable‚ both at ground level and on the upper floor. In spite of the absence of electric or mechanical air conditioning‚ a draught-free environment appears to be attained simply by means of natural ventilation. Typically‚ rural Khmer houses are rectangular two-storey buildings‚ varying in size from four by six metres to about six by ten metres. The basic

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