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    Gender and Urban Life

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    Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2006 BUILDING GENDER EQUALITY IN URBAN LIFE 1 GENDER EQUALITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL Monika Jaeckel and Marieke van Geldermalsen Introduction When looking at cities from a gender perspective‚ one of the main differences affecting the use of urban space is in terms of female and male care-giving roles and responsibilities. Due to the gender-specific division of labor‚ women do most of the direct care-giving

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    Urban Planner Visions

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    DATE: October 14‚ 2012 Expository essay Essay topic: Urban Planners visions Thesis statement: the urban planners such as Jane Jacobs and Daniel Burnham decided to approach the solution with eyes on the street‚ separate work places and specific residential zone. Safe cities are related by their design‚ besides they provide a sense of security those who inhabit there. According to the urban planners‚ there are several proposal and different manners to design safe cities

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    Urban vs Rural India

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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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    Urban Heat Island

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    Urban Heat Island – Cause‚ Effects and Mitigation Measures in USA Table of Contents • Introduction • The Phenomenon of Urban Heat Island • Causes and Effects of UHI • Mitigation Efforts • Urban Heat Island (UHI) of Urban Cities of United States • UHI and Climate Trends of Some Major cities of US • Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation Strategies in United States • Conclusion Urban Heat Islands Introduction Urban Heat Island – UHI is one of the important

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    U06A2 – Company Analysis An Overview of Urban Outfitters Tiffany Forte‚ MBA Student Capella University February 17‚ 2013 Table of Contents Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 3 Company Overview 3 S.W.O.T Analysis 4 Recommendations and Justifications 7 Industry Growth 9 Competitors 10 Product Costs Analysis 11 Competitive Advantage Analysis 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 Executive Summary Urban Outfitters Inc. is a pioneering “lifestyle

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    Municipal Finance is directly and indirectly impacted by urban sprawling. In Canada it has become very desirable to live in sub-divisions with large yards and single family dwellings (2). These types of subdivisions create urban sprawl by spreading out residential and commercial areas in such a way that public transit is not feasible and residents require vehicles to transport themselves to work‚ school and recreational activities (1). Therefore‚ creating a strained balance between municipalities

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    growing cities in the world. Urban sprawl is becoming the subject of analysis through modern decades concerning the management of urban growth. It described the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into rural areas‚ following the outward expansion of cities; it is believed that the city of Dubai has followed this method. Each city has shaped its own settlement patterns over time‚ either through the oldest and most widely quoted models in urban studies which are those of Burgess

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    Rural sociology studies the village and urban sociology deals with the city. The city life depends on the village and what it produces. Similarly‚ the village is very much influenced by the city. Due to the pressures from within and attractions from outside people are flocking towards the cities from the villages. The economic necessity and social deficiency are ‘pushing’ the people out of the village‚ while the attractions of the city are ‘pulling’ them towards their centres. This has resulted

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    Urban Heat Island Analysis

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    Many urban centers have been known to be places where diverse styles of structural development are put in place through individual differences‚ desires and expression of wealth which over the time have brought about the use of series of finished construction materials. The constant increase in the rate of urban development‚ the use of materials and some of the construction style; have their contributing impact on the environment. These impacts of “growth in urban areas affects urban climate in several

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