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A town breathes. A town speaks. A town can be happy or a town can be sad. It can also grow old and die. A town is very much like a human being in that regard. It has blood vessels and it has blood. Most importantly is that a town has a heart that makes everything about the town work all in unison. John Steinbeck made a similar comparison in the Pearl saying that the town is like a colonial animal saying that it has shoulders, a head, and feet but, a town is more than that. A town can speak through

The three main concerns of ignorance found in the suburban settings in both “The Five-Forty-Eight” and “Suburban”, the resistance of change to wealthy people's' lives in "The Wrysons" and "Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock", and finally the attempts to break the chains of social norms and daily routine and to depart away from them in "The Country Husband" and "Poetry of Departures" are all well embedded in Cheever's three stories and the three poems. The “Suburban” poem is mainly concerned with

In 2000 the housing unit density for all of Mercer County was just over 74 houses per square mile. The city of Sharon has the highest housing density in the entire county with almost 1,997 unites per square mile. Considering this ratio there are more apartments and people renting rather than owning their own homes to save space. The Northern Tier Area has the lowest density with just 22 houses per square mile so there are no apartments just houses (Housing pg. 41-42). There are a total of 49,859

In Fort Washington, MD has been getting a lot of attention lately for what should be good news such as new local retailers, outlets, MGM National Harbor, and high middle-income white people are moving into a neighborhood that once was a dominated wealthy Black historic community. Therefore, in Fort Washington case gentrification have happened due to the new development in the area that involved higher-income residents, increases home prices and rent, which cause the residents who were rent to move

After visiting several locations across southeast Portland it became clear which of the urban ecology terms defined fit with each location. All the locations we visited I believe can be classified as a municipal park (neighborhood park), we defined a municipal park as a green space to the residents of and visitors to a neighborhood. This definition includes a green space, so all of the locations can also be classified as a green space. The only location we visited that was an open space as well as

many years major cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have seen a significant increase in population density, but the creation of Brasilia and government funding of northern cities such as Manaus has also caused an evident shift in population distribution. This change has been created as a result of increase in government funding in projects such as urbanization of northern cities, job opportunities, harsh physical features and both internal and external migration. Northern cities such as Belem

Metropolis According to our lecture slides, modernity is defined as "A period in western society which has moved away from traditional/medieval social, economic, and political institutions and traditions, such as feudalism and agrarianism." Fritz Lang’s Metropolis represented a society without a spiritual vision which, like the ancient Greeks, was dependent upon workers who appeared to be slaves. There were no consumer or outlets for workers to spend money, although the higher classes obviously

Steven Ester Prof. Hagen PUP294 10 Nov. 2014 Hot Times in the City: Climate Change and Human Health From an analytical aspect, Jane Jacobs and The Death and Life of American Cities mark a defining perspective in planning history and theory. A vast amount of visionaries prior to Jacobs constructed their ideal manifestations of what cities should aim to resemble and provide, while the profession of urban planning itself continued to progress into the new age of development. Set in a time of urban

The late 1800s sparked the beginning of a new age of overture in industrialization. Which somehow made a turn of fortunate events of prosper, edge towards weakening the youth’s maturity. Leaving the question to stand, was it a good idea? Was it a good idea for the amount of steel we produce or coal we mine. All these factors play a role in the habitat we live in now. Good nor evil has come about of the blunders associated with urban expansion. The Civil War had ended and America was in a major

How equitable was the decision made by the county manager to propose a 4% electric utility tax on residents of the unincorporated area? As the Broward county faced many issues of how to finance the unincorporated area as equitable as possible compared to the tax burden found in municipal governments within the county (Khan & Hildreth, 2003). The county finally came up a what seemed to them “the best option” to solve the finance problem. In the decision-making process, the county manager weighted