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In reality, large population and employment subcenters have emerged outside of central cities in large metropolitan areas, which demonstrate that major cities have become increasingly polycentric. This phenomenon has been driven by job clusters emerge where there is a good transportation network and suburbanization of labor force (16). However, the suburbanization pattern…

St. Anthony Falls was a great river to power large mills. There were also lots of settlers. Minnesota had a large population in the cities during the industry. This meant for the flour mills that they could get people to work for the industry. Some jobs paid much better than others. If workers wanted to get a better paying jobs, the had to increase their human capital. All of these resources mad Minnesota do very well…

Romanticism was an extreme response to the speedy change of Industrialization. A time where people were moving away from the beautiful country side to the city to keep up with the growing economy. It was a change for the worst to a lot of people. The quick change made it hard for people to adapt. Due to the change of population distribution social changes happened, disease became rampant and people were put under pressure they’ve never experienced. This is bound to make people irritate people…

Honolulu, the largest city in the world. Honolulu is the capital of the United States 50th state, Hawaii. Honolulu is a popular place for travelers. Some main things people go to see are Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial, and the Bishop Museum. More than 8.9 million people visited Hawaii in the year of 2016, making Honolulu one of their main stops. The city remains one of the most popular travel spots. The first settlers to arrive were from Marquesas, between 500 and 750. In 1000, Tahiti…

country. It’s possible to do different outdoor and adventure activities year-around for example to go kayaking and rafting in December and play golf in February. For the tourists who would like to do something more quiet is visiting Victoria, the capital of British Columbia a perfect getaway. In conclusion Vancouver Island has something to offer for every tourist who is visiting the island. The tourism types below are frequent chosen by tourists and are well known for Vancouver Island.…

Urban Resilience Resilience in the city, entitled “urban resilience”, is defined as the capacity of cities to continue their activity under extreme pressure regardless of the type of shock or stress they face, so that the people who live and work within the cities, especially the poor and the vulnerable, can survive and grow steadily (The Rockefeller Foundation, 2014). In recent researches, the latest definition of urban resilience refers to the ability of a city system and all of its…

demands on local government will increase. There are three areas of the Texas Local Government. They are the County Government, City Government and Special Districts. “The county is the oldest form of local government in America.”(Newell,350) With 254 counties Texas has the largest number of any state. The county was created so the citizens did not have to travel to the capital to take care of any state business they needed. The County Officials are an elected officials chosen by the people of…

burden on cities in attracting any investment without the access to redevelopment funds. Redevelopment supporters argued that the use of those funds was the best way to encourage business development and improve infrastructure in areas that needed it the most. Also, losing dedicated funds for affordable housing will make it harder for many cities to meet specific obligations under the Regional Housing Needs Assessments (RHNA), which is set up by the state-mandated Housing Element that each city…

major sport teams (US Census 2010). Compared to cities across the nation it’s considered one of the best places to live and to find a career. Before 1880 Tampa’s population was somewhere under 700 and was mostly inhabited by Yankees and Caribbean fishermen. Yet, by 1887 the population would quadruple in size. This increase in residents would be the effect of Tampa’s introduction to the Cuban cigar industry by 1887 and the establishment of Ybor City. To my own belief, the Cuban cigar industry…

As a group, we will be presenting on traffic as an ongoing problem within the city of Houston. Illustrated through our speech will be a comparison of Houston’s traffic to other cities in the United States. We will also discuss current plans to alleviate the issue and how it is working out for us as a city, future plans to help with our cities traffic congestion, as well as other possible outcomes that we as Houstonians have yet to look into. We will go into detail with each section to explain…