São Paulo

In the United States, rapid suburbanization has caused a substantial spatial mismatch of jobs and housing. And the growing distance between people and jobs in U.S. metropolitan areas has a negative effect on traffic flow. This phenomenon has resulted in problems such as inefficient energy consumptions, pollutions, and congestion. Urban and transportation planners and policy makers have concerned this adverse effect from the urban growth patterns. Particularly, scholars have begun to consider its…

On average it takes 9 minutes and 35 seconds for an ambulance in New York City to reach the caller. This is 4 minutes longer than the national average. New York’s congestion problem began in the 1930s, the depressed economy put thousands of people behind the wheels of taxi cabs. Thousands of drivers chasing after few fares congested the streets of the New York boroughs and forced the city to put a restriction on the number of cabs allowed on the streets at a time. Uber, an app that allows its…

(Introduction) Brazil is the fifth largest nation in the world by land area and one of the most economically powerful nations in the Western Hemisphere. With an area of more than three million square miles, Brazil occupies nearly half of South America and provides promising resources including iron and other industrial minerals. Its diverse population of African, European, Asian, and indigenous descent has greatly increased to about 200 million. According to many socio-economic characteristics…

Brazil offers many business opportunities, ideas and innovations to become a leading international market. Being the home to thousands of species in the amazon rainforest and the home to the land of football. Brazil’s tourism industry has increased over the past couple of years. Brazil is the largest country in South America in terms of land mass and economic power. The major part of this economy depends on the export of goods to other countries. This includes the dependency of industries and…

Alexandro Zhaz Prof. Basu Ethical Awareness Exercise Fresh Direct Anyone who has ever tried to navigate the streets of New York City in an automobile will find that driving and parking are two big daily challenges. Fresh Direct trucks that are double parked in front large apartment buildings are a prime target for the NYC Parking Violations officers who ticket Fresh Direct trucks to the tune of “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” It is a cost of doing business that the company absorbs and does…

It is design by Lina Bo Bardi. She was born in Italy and move to Brazil in 1946. Her husband, Pietro Maria Bardi, invited to establish and run the Museum of Art. She was becoming a designer of the Museum of Art Sao Paulo(MASP). She began work on this project for the MASP in 1957. Because of dictatorship, it was suspended for a while, but this project was completed in 1968. The location of the architecture was historically important. The Trianon, park next to the…

The banking concept of education is a way of teaching embraced by some teachers. It focuses on making students memorize and repeat the information without understanding. Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator and philosopher, strongly opposes the idea of banking education in his paper “The banking concept of education”. Freire believes that banking education should be abandoned in its entirety and replaced by “problem posing education”. Personally, I’ve experienced both types of education. I believe…

Edwin Aguirre College English IV Mr.Engh 22 September 2017 Period 8 Chasing After A Dream Everyone makes a sacrifice on their way to achieving a goal, no matter what it takes. The novel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, follows a young shepherd, Santiago, on his quest to find a treasure destined for him. He makes many sacrifices along the way. This is something that people can relate to easily due to the fact that the majority of the people make sacrifices in order to achieve their goals. I…

The Secret of Coelho’s Success The figure of the Brazilian Paulo Coelho, who appeared in modern cultural space at the beginning of the 1990s, until now after many years, is located at the intersection of extreme points of view and diametrically opposed opinions. Paulo Coelho is well-known all over the world, and his books are read in over 150 countries. Each new book by Coelho produces a sensation and becomes popular among the readers. Since 1988, when was released his famous "The Alchemist" for…

Thousands of miles traveled in the desert following nothing but omens. Despite bloodshed throughout the desert, Santiago is on his mission to find his treasure. Throughout the novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, Santiago is helped by different people to achieve his Personal Legend. Santiago is given a personal legend to find a treasure. While trying to achieve his personal legend he needs help. The king reminds him to not stop searching for his treasure. He teaches him to pursue and not give…