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“Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities” shows perfect image of the top cities in the United States. Over the past few decades these legacy cities have experienced sustained job and population loss. This report suggests the mighty obstacles that stand in the way of fundamental change, and suggests directions by which cities can overcome those obstacles. The extremely poor conditions of Detroit and Cleveland make an author doubtful in the sense of progress. There is no demand for housing or any…

criminology research concentrated on urban areas, especially big cities because of their high crime rates than in suburbs or rural areas (Roh & Choo, 2008). With the new era in crime brought a great demands to focus on the suburbs area describe as zone of commuters predominately composed of the white middle class people (Roh & Choo, 2008). Since the 1950, the population grew with poor immigrant workers moving into the inner city seeking employment, and the older residents moving into…

An Alameda County Transportation Comission’s meeting was held on Dec 8, 2015, and several of the city’s managers attended the meeting. The commission, along with all of the city managers were concerned about these issues. “Although there is a diversity with public transit for the elderly and disabled in this county, there are many people who are not receiving services due to their geographic area or lack of enough seniors in the community” stated Naomi Armenta, who is the paratransit…

The final case study is about urban development in Davis, California. Urban development does not take place in a vacuum, and it is important to be sure that established assumptions about the development process are manifestly accurate. Property developers usually have their way, large corporations do homogenise the American landscape with indistinguishable retail outlets, and entrepreneurs, landowners, mainstream media, and local government also support this type of growth. In other words, what…

immigrant populations moving into the area such as, housing. The statistics discussed above outline the change in demographics of housing and as was stated previously, the housing is affordable due to the county’s low cost of living and housing costs (City-Data, 2015). Although this may not be the ideal housing…

Astoria and Oregon City. You would be going about 4 miles per hour and it would take you up the Willamette, seeing Linnton with a couple of cabins and the beginning of St.Johns. After about another 2 hours you would be in Portland with a population of about 400. Just about everyone you met would be promoting a townsite. During the years around 1850 there were a dozen townsites along the lower Willamette River. They wanted to see which of the 12 locations would become the main city. Migration…

Thailand can say that they used to use elephants to fight wars! Even though they’ve stopped doing that, elephants are still used in construction! You see, Thailand may be small, but it has culture, history, and weird facts just like any other country. Want to know more? มาค้นพบ ในประเทศไทย, or as they say in English, come discover Thailand! Thailand is in Southeast Asia and is shaped like an elephant's head and trunk. It is roughly 200,000 square miles, about 2 times as big as Wyoming. Thailand…

The dramatic differences between the willingness to move around between Russians, Europeans and American, Canadians can be traced back to the countries diverse networks. These countries can be separated by being urban and rural. While one side has a more of a rural type of society, the other has an urban based society. A rural society being a simpler way of living, consisting of a natural environment and an informal social life. Homogeneity in language, professions, and customs of social life…

A typical Greek city was built around a fortified hill, called an "acropolis". Here was located the city's chief temple, the city's treasury, and some other public buildings. At the centre of the city was the "Agora" - the central space where public meetings were held, and where traders set up their stalls. The agora was often flanked by colonnades. Most industrial production took place in small workshops. Family members plus some slaves would make up the workforce in most of these. However,…

Apartments for Rent Oklahoma City, OK Known for its legendary attractions and diverse mixture of both modern and historical neighborhoods, Oklahoma City appeals to those with eclectic tastes. Apartments vary in both size and affordability throughout this vast city, with close proximity to several lakes and parks containing hiking trails and many other recreational activities. Down town Oklahoma City is a popular choice with its many museums, such as the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. With a well…