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    forms city, and each individual has their own opinion, therefore city is a place where the idea clashed and the new ideology formed everyday, this is why city is the source of change. Since renaissance, the proportion of population dwelling in urban area has been ever-increasing, therefore in the city information transfers faster, and there is a higher chance for people to rise up in the city than the country side, due to the proximity. Some movements strengthen the role of the city and create a

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    relatively good infrastructure and equipment. Urbanization in Latin America increased in fifty years (1925-1975) from 25% to 61.2%. The pace of urbanization, however, declined between 1975 and 2000 and currently the proportion of people living in urban areas reached 75.3%. While for Latin America during the period 1925-1950 the urban growth rate almost doubled the total growth rate and the urbanization rate was 2.0%, more recently, between 1975-2000 the urban growth rate was just almost 50% higher than

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    Detroit’s bankruptcy filing sent a cold chill down my back as I read the article. Detroit is the largest city in the United States to file for bankruptcy ever. Although Detroit might be the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy, it is definitely not the only city to file for Chapter 9. Other cities that join Detroit on the Chapter 9 list would include Jefferson, AL; Stockton, CA; Harrisburg, PA; San Bernardino, CA; Mammoth Lakes, CA; Central Falls, RI and Boise County, ID. Between these eight

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    The City That Become Safe

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    In this paper I will discuss and explain anatomy of a crime decline in New York City as well as if in these days can we say that the city is safe. Purpose of this book " The City That Become Safe " written by Franklin E. Zimring is to show us how crime rate changed during 1990 to 2009. According to author this book presents a detailed profile of New York City crime over 20 years period. Book provides the vital statistics of the crime drop by type of crime, by borough, and by year. There are two

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    she will soon be a married off and the fathers name lost. Unlike in the urban areas where schools are properly supervised by education boards, to ensure quality and standard is maintained. Some schools only have not more than 20 students in the class. Fully equipped and students have access to laboratory for research and practical. Most of such schools available in the urban areas are privately owned.  The rural areas are characterised by low level income, unemployment and underemployment, this

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    A professor of psychology at a university in a large metropolitan area would be at risk of violating several codes of ethics if he tells his abnormal psychology class that he is a psychotherapist in private practice and that they can come to him for therapy during the duration of the semester. Several problems can occur as a result of the professor’s solicitation of his service as a psychotherapist to his students (5.6, American Psychological Association, 2002). By assuming two professional roles

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    the demographic shifts that are transforming the metropolitan areas of today. The five new realities represent new changes to metropolitan areas such as the continued growth and outward expansion of our population; its ongoing racial and ethnic diversification; the rapid aging on the horizon; our increasing but selective higher educational attainment; and the intensified income polarization experienced by workers and families The metropolitan area I chose to analyze was New Orleans MA. The data collected

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    recently renamed as CDMX, Ciudad de Mexico) (The Guardian 2016) has an estimated population of 8,919,653, (World Population Review) and an even larger population of 20.2 million people (Demografia 2012) with its metropolitan area included, making it one of most populous metropolitan area in the world. Mexico City, with all its fascinating contradictions - the order and the chaos, locally lived but globally organized, networked yet fragmented - is the embodiment of the context in which planners practice

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    Recently Denver Colorado has gone through a dramatic increase of new residents, causing many communities to be hurt by gentrification. The definition of Gentrification according to dictionary.com means, “the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.” This definition alone proves that gentrification can have a negative

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    Megacity And Megacity

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    growing and growing rapidly but in order for the world to hold the mass change there is a need for humanity to adapt. According to the UN (United Nations) more than half of humanity today 3.9 billion people in 2014, today over 4 billion lives in urban areas (UN 2014, p. 1).This is a profound shift in the course of one century, or within a single lifetime for some of the longer lived people. Not only is the world’s urban population rapidly increasing, but cities themselves are growing larger and larger

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