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Since the end of World War II, much of the rise and fall of American cities has been documented. As Keynesian economic policies began to fail, cities such as, Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Seattle began implementing new strategies to recover their urban areas. Although many differences exist between these cities, one prevailing ideology is alike to all, neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is simply defined as an ideological rejection of egalitarian liberalism in general and the Keynesian…

to gut the middle of most American cities. As the 1970’s wore on a plethora of reasons such as crime, job losses, and racism made them all the more attractive. Cities appeared to be dying. Then a strange thing happened, in the mid-1990’s crime began to drop rapidly and people began moving back to cities. Today cities like New York that were on the brink of collapse are thriving. Even stranger, because of the recession post 2000 poverty had moved out from the city and into suburbs. There are…

Small Town Communities Living in a small rural community like Ellendale has been a great influence on my life. The small town life has been fun and makes me want to come back. The ability to ride bike from one side of the town to the other is also another convenience of living in this community. The support for local sports teams in small towns is also very good. Families and people who don’t have kids playing still come and cheer on their hometown team. It creates a very good relationship…

in this essay. First, the weather in Louisville is different from weather in Cancun, the weather in Louisville is very cold from October to February, warm from May to September and cool around year. In contrast, Cancun is always sunny and hot, this city has no winter season. For instant, when you stay in Louisville, you feel the four seasons in a day such as spring in the morning, summer the noon, fall is in the…

Small Midwestern towns like Postville have become reliant on the income they receive from the meat packing factories that come because of large amounts of land, cheap workforce, and the fact they are closer livestock(Maggie Jones). Because America’s shift to industrialization and the high demand for inexpensive meat, small family farms were no longer viable, and many farmers lost their land (Nanda and wars 117). With the loss of these farms, rural poverty increased, and there are fewer other…

As population increases, it causes the urban Americans to face many issues. Tenement housing is created to house the populated cities. Many people are squeezed into these small apartments. Disease spreads quickly due to these living conditions. Not only do these urban Americans have to face these harsh living conditions and disease issues, but they also got to face dangerous working conditions and crimes that are being committed. America's new look as an urban nation.…

weather, some events etc. On the other hand, trying to compare objects like countries or cities is much harder if you do not have a chance to visit or live there. Of course, comparing two cities from your native country is not tough, because in many cases they are similar. But what about two cities from different countries, continents with different histories, cultures and languages? Two such diverse cities are Odessa (Ukraine, Eastern Europe) and Toronto (Canada, North America). Odessa and…

The close of WWII created the phenomon of sprawl in the United States. Urban sprawl existed long before this time but the U.S. took this idea and ran with it. Social needs and economic policies ramped up the spread of domestic sprawl. There are volumes of research that link urban sprawl with increased vehicle travel, material use, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. Although there is a considerable amount of empirical data that coorelates these increases from an urban sprawl…

D.C. When early colonial America began to form, a city plan was not always drafted in order to begin building, but when city plans were created, they reflected the needs of those who planned to settle the area. The city plan for Washington D.C. as well as the plan for Philadelphia serve as good examples because of the early documentation available from the architects, which details the feelings and ideas that the architects have about the cities they are planning. In the depiction of Washington…

the high homicide rates in the city. In this context, violence is considered a public health problem. The mayor and local government officials focused on road safety after realizing that many deaths were caused by road collisions. This is how the Citizenship Culture principle that “Life is sacred” emerged and became the policy framework to address road safety issues through public engagement programs. The capacity for Bogota to rapidly improve road safety at a city level was facilitated by…