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    mourning/afternoon fellow classmates and teacher‚I if you didn’t guess by now I’ll be talking about urban myths or otherwise known as urban legends. First I’ll be talking about what is a urban legend. Right away you think of the urban legend bloody Mary or now the infamous Slender-man‚ those are probably the most famous one of them I’ll be talking about throughout my speech‚ that one being bloody Mary. Urban myths really started as long ago as Vikings and before that the Chinese imperial armies. They

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    Early Urban Settlements

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    could store surplus food for droughts or conflict‚ they began to Warehouse. This enabled certain groups to be able to trade food with others in exchange for goods or services. Trading rules were enacted‚ and the earliest markets were formed. Ancient urban settlements included more complex Public Services. Rulers‚ large militaries and other jobs were expanded and included a large number of the population. Other jobs including working on construction projects public service were created. Current jobs

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    Urbanization and Urban growth An urban area is defined as a town or city plus its adjacent suburban fringes with a population of between10‚000-50‚000. A rural area usually is defined as an area with a population of less than 2‚500 people. Urbanization is the process in which people increasingly move from rural areas to densely populated cities; also involves the transformation of rural areas into urban areas. A country’s degree of urbanization is the percentage of its population living in an urban area.

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    Urban ecosystem and Ecopolis Lai Wei March 29‚ 2012 Introduction When people talk about the city‚ the first thing they thought is the building and the traffic. It’s hard to connect city to the ecological and the environment. But as the humanity is rapidly urbanizing‚ by 2010‚ more than 50% of the world population is expected to live in the city. (The World Bank‚ 2010) Cities can be tremendously efficient. It can easier to provide water and sanitation for a large number of people living

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    Urban Legends Outline

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    Urban legends have been the highlight of the unknown. A way for people to make sense of things they do not know. Urban legends usually do have some true story basis but over time these stories get fabricated. Over time we are introduced to these stories and really wonder what part of these stories are real and is fabrication. So I have decided to expand and really look into the origins of a few urban legends that are lesser known. We will explore the legends of the vanishing hitchhiker‚ Walt Disney

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    people away from the predicaments at hand‚ which is to push the homeless‚ working- and lower class away using violent tactics to make room for the young‚ affluent whites. People think that by having the middle- and upper-middle class in these poor urban communities will “civilize” the people in the community. Yet when in reality‚ they are doing more harm than good. The homeless now have nowhere to stay or sleep. The community can’t use their park how they want to. And instead of putting funds into

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    Urban Development & Planning in the Palestinian Territories Presented By: Director‚ Urban & Regional Planning Unit An-Najah National University‚ Nablus Dr. Ali Abdelhamid Introduction: Urban development and planning practice and experience in Palestine which stemmed back to mid 19th Century had passed through various changes and developments in terms of characteristics‚ policies‚ principles‚ and management. The urban planning system in Palestine seems to be unique in its composition

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    Complexity of Urban Living

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    PIDE Working Papers 2008:46 On Measuring the Complexity of Urban Living Lubna Hasan Pakistan Institute of Development Economics‚ Islamabad PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author(s) and or the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

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    Urban Tribes in the UK

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    Introduction Urban tribes are made up by groups of people – usually young‚ with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes‚ the same identity symbols‚ the same rules‚ the same language‚ the same music… A whole ideology! These tribes have many different ideologies: right-wing‚ left-wing‚ non-political or against globalization. Some of them are nearly extinct‚ and others in full expansion. But all of them are ruled by it own ideology. They usually meet in central‚ commercial or nightlife

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    ​"Greening urban areas is not just about making places look nice. Evaluate the contribution of green areas in cities to meeting the goals of sustainable development" (40 marks) Sustainable development is most frequency defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Thus‚ sustainable development means finding a balance between the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment. Sustainable

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