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    Urban Tourism

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    Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process

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    Urban Education

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    rural schools are located in small‚ rural areas. Urban Education is defined as education taught in a school located in the city (urban areas). These schools have numerous distinct traits that make them easy to be recognizable. The students that attend these schools come from a wide variety of homes‚ incomes‚ beliefs‚ morals‚ priorities and are mostly African American‚ Mexican‚ and Asian. Unlike suburban and rural schools‚ the classrooms in urban education are often overcrowded with over 30 students

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    The Urban Poor

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    discussing the Philippine urban poor I have used the guide questions provided by the invitation committee. I will proceed by defining the Philippine urban poor and then discuss its issues as well as my government ’s responses to these issues. Towards the end of my talk‚ I will discuss a proposed agenda of engagement in the present administration. A Close Look At the Urban Poor Situation The Philippine urban poor as officially defined by Republic Act 7279 which is also known as the Urban Development and

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    Urban Education

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    There are many factors that contributes to the youth in urban areas of the Unites States of America that can potentially limit their chances of achieving a healthy and successful life as an adult. Children who lives in urban areas are more likely to experience negative life events‚ and poverty; which is linked to behavioral and emotional problems that can affect a child school achievement. Children that are raised in urban areas are subject to experience neglect‚ physical abuse‚ and sexual abuse

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    Urban Underworld

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    The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo In Timothy J. Gilfoyle’s book‚ The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo‚ we learn that life was hard being a 19th century immigrant and choosing a life of crime was sometimes‚ but not always‚ the easy way out although it came with many consequences. George Appo was one who chose the life of crime. Prison was a common place for the pick pocketer

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    Urban Adolescents

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    Urban Adolescents Perception of Mentorship programs on Academic Performance Sharlil Jackson Clark Atlanta University Introduction This chapter includes the introduction‚ background‚ incidence‚ and scope of the research problem‚ Statement of Research Problem‚ Purpose of Study‚ Research Questions and Hypothesis‚ Significance of the Study‚ and Summary Statement of Urban Adolescents Perception of Mentorship programs on Academic Performance. Background‚ Incidence‚ and Scope of the Research Problem Background

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    Urban Planning

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    Urban Planning/Development For my topic I chose to research Urban Planning which also goes hand in hand with Urban Development. Urban Planning integrates land use planning and transportation planning to improve the economic and social environments of communities‚ where Urban Development is the actual process of taking these plans and putting them to work by the selling‚ leasing‚ building of land‚ buildings‚ stores‚ homes‚ etc. For my interview I contacted Dode Harvey‚ who has worked in‚ or owned

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    Urban Pollution

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    formation of huge megapolitan areas and surrounding peri-urban environs. In China‚ a 40 million urban area is planned.The effects of cities on people are not well-understood. Cities require huge amounts of energy‚ resulting in large quantities of waste products‚ causing unsustainable environments. Cities are sources of air‚ water and soil pollution. Light and noise pollution are now known to adversely affect urban people. The role of urban heat islands and air pollution‚ PM2.5 and ozone‚ on human

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    Urban Symbiosis

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    in Sustainable Urban Systems and the development of sustainable cities and urban contexts is one of the most important challenges of humans’ future. Within the field of IE a specific branch of research is dedicated to Urban Industrial Ecology (UIE) [57]‚ but it is very difficult to exactly determine the birth of the interest in urban research by the IE scholars: Huang et al. [58] argue that a first idea of “urban symbiosis” was already present in Jacob 1961‚ while the term “urban metabolism” was

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    Urban Slums

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    Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen

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