Econ 155 Homework #1 October 2‚ 2014 Upload your answers (in PDF format) to the assignments tab on bSpace by 11:55pm on Thursday‚ October 9th. Please include your UID in the file name‚ and in your answers identify yourself both by your full name and UID. Answer the questions below. There are 25 regular points‚ and‚ in addition‚ there is an optional extra credit question at the end‚ worth an additional 5 points. 1. The Bay Area has a history of producing innovations at a much faster rate
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According to the article sprawl defined as “low-density development with residential‚ shopping and office areas that are rigidly segregated: a lack of thriving activity centers: and limited choice in travel routes.”1 This 4 factors can describe if the metro area are sprawl and how it impacts the people who live in that area. I’m from the small Ukrainian town and this study will not be applicable to analyze it in the same way. However‚ I lived in the Brooklyn for the 8 years and will talk about NYC
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What’s for dinner? For many it’s usually a purchased meal. In today’s world it is becoming increasingly difficult for individuals and families alike to settle down to a homemade meal. Though the end result of any meal is to satisfy ones hunger‚ there are many factors to consider when buying a meal as opposed to preparing it yourself. The first is the cost associated with each meal. While a homemade meal has little extra cost to it restaurants often add taxes and a service charge. In addition to that
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As I was travelling on a rickshaw on the 40th victory day of Bangladesh I looked at and admired the architecture and magnificence of the houses on the right of the new Gulshan bridge lake. I could not but feel proud of my country. I tried to imagine what our founding fathers would say if they could see this edifices and whether they would believe that their fellow countrymen had achieved such high standards of living. However as most darkness lies under the candle; as soon as my eyes went to the
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Density Matters: The Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries on Florida Urban Densities Prepared by Submitted to ___ Executive Summary Urban growth boundaries (UGB) are a growth management tool adopted from early English land use traditions to categorize land use. UGB’s are boundaries that clearly delineate the limit of the urban density growth permitted and supported by the issuing municipality. Florida instituted the Growth Management Act in 1985‚ mandating local comprehensive
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MODERNITY AND ITS REPRESENTATION IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY LUTGARDA L. TOLENTINO Philippines being a third world country strive for development and hunger for progress. Since the discussion in the article is not quite familiar to me‚ I just focus on its content based on what I understood. It says that we need to handle modernization properly to have a so-called progressive country. Well‚ Is modernization totally answers the problem in our society? There are many programs that our government established
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Sociology 240- Ethnography Assignment 2 1 October 10‚ 2012 5:00pm- 5:40 pm New York Public Transit A train This paper will serve to report my observation on the New York City public transportation letter A train line. I see that a lot of people have headphones in their ears‚ reading magazines‚ reading books‚ newspapers and on their phones. The guy sitting next to me to my right is reading‚ had headphones in his ears and is casually dressed. There is a guy with a red sweater who is standing
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Urban vs Rural India About 80 per cent of the Indian population live in villages. When travelling through the length and breadth of this subcontinent‚ one can really visualise the difference betweenrural and urban India. There is a big difference between urban and rural India. One of the major differences that can be seen between rural India and urban India‚ is their standards of living. People living in urban India have better living conditions than those living in the rural parts of India. There
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Urban sprawl in North America Introduction After the Second World War‚ the development of planning in North America transformed a lot. Under the influence of the war‚ the major planning principle of Britain in this period more focuses on post-war reconstruction and promoted the economic recovery. In contrast to Britain‚ although America attended the war‚ it had fewer negative effects on American development which it even promoted the economic development in America (Liu‚ 2010). Therefore
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Describe your organization‚ including your mission. In other words‚ tell us what you do. Since 1985‚ Urban Dreams has been providing Des Moines’ inner city and Central Iowa with a wide range of human service programs in a comfortable and non-threatening environment. Just as the problems that plague the inner city continue to evolve‚ Urban Dreams continues to change to meet them. Urban Dreams offers programs that are in tune to the unique issues affecting Polk County’s economically depressed areas
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