Haines City

Sociology is a major basis of human nature and history, it helps make us who we are as a community of human beings. Values are sets of shared beliefs and that most people in the community feel are important. Urban forests target values that city dwellers give up in the metal and concrete world. According to the Sinclair et al. (2014) study, there are six values that the residents of Winnipeg, Canada felt urban forests re-kindled in them. The first theme was the view that was obtained through…

In Becky Nicolaides’ chapter titled, “How Hell Moved from the City to the Suburbs”, she gently and respectively rejects the perception of suburbia that most of American’s hold in their minds today. Inside this book, “The New Suburban History”, Nicolaides explains why the great urban scholars and writers of the 1950’s and 1960’s painted the wrong picture of the “hell” suburbia was and is seen today. Her opinion may be difficult to undercover in the beginning of her piece due to her mostly…

result cities were growing constantly. People that lived in rural arias moved to the cities to look for jobs. Booming cities also brought shiploads of immigrants from Europe looking to escape harsh economic conditions and persecution inflicted upon them. Rapid and constant change of the city of Chicago peaked interests of two researchers looking to make name for themselves. Park and Burgess (1925) were interested to see firsthand human competition for limited space. After observing the city…

to successfully influence local politicians, control law enforcement, and move across various social lines in the community”(Kahne, Small-Town Mafia).Even in a smaller environment, the mob still often operated in a similar manner to one in a larger city. First they gained financial power through gambling, and then were able to gain political power. Once they had both political and economic power, their ability to control their area often relied on using a combination of…

Both residential and industrial vacant properties contribute to the number of idling space and unnecessary expenditure, which contribute to a real or perceived environmental contamination to its neighbors and community. As long as a property remains vacant, the greater its impact on surrounding properties and communities in a larger radius effect. Vacant properties and neighborhood blight are more than just an indication of greater financial forces at work in the community. For their association…

As human beings, we desire a life comprised of wellness, happiness, and enriched with quality. In order for these desires to maintain a level of trueness an individual’s health must be maintained. In a perfect world, these ideals could be easily met without any barriers or complications however, we live in reality. Within this world, particularly in the United States, access to health care is a barrier for some individuals. This issue impacts millions of American citizens on a daily basis and…

“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…