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In this week’s reading we read Chapter 6 titled Spatial Perspectives: Making Sense of Space and Chapter 8 titled Social Psychology: The Urban Experience. Inside both chapters, author John Macionis and Vincent Parrillo make an incredible showing of how environment effects the people and urban. Additionally they give a smart and understanding thought of urban geography and space. Spatial Perspective is the title of chaoter 7. Individuals established urban areas at specific topographical locales…

During the reign of President Soeharto, the second president of Indonesia, Indonesian governmental system was unitary state with authoritarian system. At this era, the administrative system was set into a hierarchical system; from the higher level to the lowest level namely central government, provinces, cities (kota) and rural regencies (kabupaten), districts (kecamatan), and urban neighborhoods (kelurahan) and villages (desa); with a large number of military officer designated in many…

process has impact on the population due to aggravation of the social disparities. In fact, this situation existed since the early civilizations in the Ancient Mesopotamia. However, due to the urbanization process, the recent observations in presents a new character and the urban studies have showed an emerging type of social inequality in the cities which it will be discussed in the following pages. Thus, the main topic of the research is the concern induced by the global dynamics, started from…

due to people being attracted to the benefits of living in an urban area. These benefits include job opportunities, better standards of living, better healthcare, and better schools. 90% of the UKs population is currently living in urban areas like towns or cities. (BBC Bitesize, 2014) Along with the benefits, urbanisation has several consequences. These include excessive traffic, demand for more space, high costs of living, increase in slums, increase in health problems, and increase in crime.…

Gendered Response to Urban Poverty and Inequality A Case Study of SDI 1. Introduction Urbanisation has accelerated in the global scale, especially in the Global South, with the urban population growing rapidly due to both natural growth and rural-urban migration. The living condition and lifestyles of people are changing along with different situations in transport, housing, employment and infrastructures. However, in the process of urbanisation, people of different genders, religions and…

there are many activities and hobbies people can participate in. There is an abundance of water parks, bowling alleys, shopping outlets, and restaurants. Since there are all of these nearby options, urbanites are more apt to enjoy the entertainment in town. The distance between a residence and a desired destination is very minute.…

of stones. The entire town has congregated for their annual lottery. In this seemingly typical all-American small town, the lottery is a long-standing, annual tradition, which precedes a corn healthy harvest. This day appears to be so ordinary to the townsfolk that one resident rushes to the gathering in the town square claiming she “clean forgot what day it was”. Other characters in the story engage in light-hearted banter as they discuss how foolish people in other towns are by stopping the…

Introduction: The world is urbanizing rapidly; the present population living in urban areas is 54%. The more urban an area, the more concretized it is. Urban areas are quite warmer than the rural counterpart, the natural ecosystems are being replaced by buildings and other structures. There is significant temperature differences between city centers and their surrounding countryside and surface temperatures can be much greater in high density suburbs compared to low-density suburbs; the reason…

Fact: Sylvia was on sabbatical for an academic year taking courses to expand her knowledge of business and help her conduct research at National Taiwan University. During that year, Sylvia had a trip around Taiwan Island on weekends and during the three-week winter vacation when she had a lecture to attend one time in Tainan. In addition, Sylvia recorded all expenses and saved receipts. Issue: Whether a taxpayer who travels abroad can deduct the travel expenses incurred? How much of the…

This essay serves to define the term ‘difference’ and looks at examples of this within City Road, Cardiff. Difference is defined by looking at the contrasts between certain groups of people. These ‘differences’ can refer to physical attributes, or perhaps behavioural or personal preferences and attitudes. Social scientists tend to use difference when looking at gender, class, age, sexuality and race or ethnicity. (Allen and Blakeley, 2015, p. 25) So many people use City Road for different…