Marikina City

Rome has a bigger impact on current day things and places than Greece. Rome has a bigger impact than Greece on things and places current day and back then. Rome has left many things that we are using today, but they did do things that have changed different places for the worst. Rome has done incredible things, for instance, the roads that people use everyday and they had even influenced architecture designs that people see in buildings for example the arch, domes, bridges, and columns. The…

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, makes part of Greater Sao Paulo, which consists of an urban agglomerate of 39 cities and a population of about 21 million. As in any major city in the world, it has disadvantages and some advantages. The main disadvantage of metropolitan Sao Paulo, where I live, stems from its big size and a population of about 11.2 million inhabitants. Because of the great number of motor vehicles, estimated at 8 million, traffic almost halts to a stop in streets and highways on…

Chicago began as a city based mainly on commerce based on its location alongside the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. As a result of these two natural landmarks, its location was only logical for setting up a crossroad between the West and the East, as well as an area of trading between the natives and settlers. Over time however, Chicago will keep its label as a city based on commerce however will begin a transition towards a true modern city for residents that can even rival the likes of New…

Being raised in a small town Tsorona, Eritrea was totally incomparable than living in Houston, Texas. Tsorona was a very rural place. The houses were made of clay. There was not any roads cars can go through, in fact people rarely see cars. It was not urbanized as my new home Houston. Houston was full of tall buildings that can touch the sky. The roads were full of highways, traffic lights, and many cars! There were a lot of apartments as well as magnificent houses. However, apartments and…

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…