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is to propose a plan for the city of Houston to consider becoming a “No-Kill City” and adopt “No-Kill” animal control policy in regards to city run and funded animal shelters. Specifically, if the city council would consider the policy or a trial of it, it could be adapted to fit the city financially and effectively with available resources that would save lives and the city itself money. Summary: The purpose of this proposal is to make aware of a large problem the city is facing due to pet over-population

Pros and Cons of Urban Sprawl According to Meriam Webster, Urban sprawl means “the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city”. It is a result of industrial development in the process of modernization. Industrial production and operation need a specific division of labor and areas of land to build plants. Thus, more places are turned from farmland or natural areas to concrete buildings and pavement. People have long debated the advantages

brings in a variety of different people from different customs and making the community more diverse. This process is called gentrification which is urban change, particularly, the transformation of a low income or economically depressed area of a city into a higher-income more economically prosperous. Gentrification is not tied to race and ethnicity but social class. Although it seems like all negatives to the community because they have lost their childhood store or restaurant, there are positives

The Industrial Revolution was a period in the 18th century in Europe where and emphasis of mass production using machinery were at a peak due to large numbers of factories and workers. The Industrial Revolution allowed for innovation to spread rapidly throughout the 18th century in Britain then throughout the rest of the world. Inventions such as the sewing machine, cotton gin, as well as the telephone were invented during this time period. Modern society was then able to build upon the strides made

tormented so many, “Should I live in the city or in the country?” Imagine deciding whether to live in just one specific area for the rest of your life. Many would argue that the hectic lifestyle that a big city provides clearly places it ahead of a suburban landscape. Others, however, would claim that the serene and restful environment of the countryside is much more satisfying than the city could ever be. It is important to be clear that not all vast cities are the same, and it goes the same way for

2016 Cynthia Januale Community can be defined in many ways. According to Meriam Webster (n.d), there are 12 different ways that community can be defined. Community can best be defined as “a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)” ("Community," n.d). To most people, community is the area and people that surround the place they live and/or work. Community health is defined by Stanhope and Lancaster (2014) as “the meeting of collective needs through identification

one might aspire to live. People have images of rolling landscapes or bleak moors, complete with smiling farmers leaning on farm gates. The country air is seen as recuperative, and the environment generally beneficial. McLaren in 1951 argued that city children should be encouraged to go hill walking; today young offenders are sometimes sent on hiking expeditions. Jones and Eyles (1977), in An Introduction to Social Geography, stated: "This

The city of Detroit is sad sight to behold. Once a thriving city, Detroit used to have a population of approximately 1.8 million people and at one point, it was one of the well-paid cities in the United States. Now, Detroit only has a population of about 700,000. The drop in population was the consequence of job loss and many other problems that Detroit is faced with. These problems include: the city filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the nearly 80,000 abandoned buildings, the highest crime rate in

In Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood, Capote takes readers to the town of Holcomb, Kansas. As someone who has always lived in large cities, such as New Orleans, Louisiana or New York City, Truman Capote was a complete outsider to this town. His interest in traveling to this town came as a surprise to his publishers, it was so tremendously unusually for his character. Capote’s depiction of Holcomb, Kansas from an outsider's point of view, was that of a small country town in the middle of nowhere

“cold” wind that is blowing around they urban city and the “dirt blowing around into people’s eyes” to introduce the setting. She then goes to further introduce the setting by talking about the scraps of paper flying around and how it did everything it could in order to “discourage the people walking along the streets.” This allows the reader to picture the urban setting by appealing to their sense of touch where you can feel the cold climate in the city and create a picture in their mind of garbage