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Planet of Slums On the second chapter of the book Planet of Slums, Mike Davis addresses the ongoing yet long-standing presence and growth of slums. He explores the different definitions of slums, and the diversity in terms of housing, population, physical division, and social structure. Throughout the chapter he widely uses data and examples to support his research, and effectively defines key terms, allowing the reader to analyze and understand his study without difficulties. The main question…

of time, Toronto CMA seems that will continue to spread out over suburban areas bringing challenges to the city specifically in terms of transportation. Behan states that transportation has encouraged imbalance in sprawl of housing and jobs which result in long commutes, increase of fuel energy and therefore air contamination. In addition, private transportation has become an essential good for residents in suburban areas due to long travels. As people have the needed of using cars, public…

One of the biggest reasons why some may be put off from moving to a country town, are the types of careers or sometimes the lack of. In most small towns the job or career oppritunites have taken a great blow, we can take Quesnel for example. A lot of mills have shut down causing workers to be laid off, many would not want to be moving into a town where there are already unemployed individuals looking for jobs. It does not mean there are no job opprotunities at all in small towns,Sandra Ruiz, who…

into consideration. The population pattern in the more northern regions of Canada is sparse, and significantly less populated than southern areas of Canada, such as a neighbourhood in Surrey, BC, because…

The Real Secret One of the most persistent examples of a modern myth is the story of Area 51, a military base located in Nevada. Area 51 conspiracy theorists believe the national security site is hiding that they are harvesting UFOs recovered alien spaceships. Undoubtedly something secret was going on at Area 51, but the real cover-up has nothing to do with UFOs. According to many veterans’ recollections, Area 51 is an alleged crime scene due to secret testing, burning of exotic substances, and…

The world financial plaza needs a new quote on their fences on the Hudson River. At the moment the quote in the fence says, "City of the Sea!¦City of wharves and stores-city of tall facades of marble and iron! Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!" It is always good to change things up. The quote should be changed, but it should still come from the famous words of Walt Whitman. As everyone knows New York City is one of the most competitive places on earth. You need…

The Lancaster – Kiest Corridor, the major arterial spine running through the area, is anchored by two major developments, the Lancaster- Kiest Shopping Center and the Dallas VA Medical Center. Lancaster Road is edged with small format commercial uses along its entire length, such as fast food restaurants, auto repair shops, banking…

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth century marked a time of great urbanization in America. Between 1860 and 1910, the population of cities increased from six million to forty-four million. Two factors had contributed to such growth: industrialization and immigration. Industrialization yielded new technologies that performed farm work at a more efficient rate than what was possible before with only humans and animals. This, therefore, reduced the amount of laborers required. Unable to compete…

more than 50 years now, a drastic change in the population transitioning from cities to the suburbs has been occurring. After 1950, this movement originally gained momentum and become the leading demographic style for nearly all-crucial U.S. metropolitan areas. This migration has pushed many more Americans to live in the suburbs now than any other location in the states. Today, a good amount of middle-class African Americans have moved out to the suburbs but the most common people who branch…

Coming from a populated city and area I was intrigued at the opportunity to learn about something that would be completely new to me. I grew up barely outside of Rochester Minnesota, which is an hour and a half south of the cities. Rochester, as I see it, is a city within a rural area. My definition and your definition of rural are two completely different things. Thus, when you first asked us to describe three words that we thought of when we heard the term rural I put down: Farm, Farmer, and…