Urban studies and planning

results in a large amount of casualties, the U.S. government can activate the National Disaster Medical System. Lexington-Fayette is the coordinating center for this region and would act as a reception center (Lexington). -Terrorism: Lexington is the urban center of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington Fayette has a number of locations that may be considered potential targets. While the probability of terrorism or an incident in Lexington is low, the potential for a terrorist act causing…

related courses, it would be sensible to restructure the current programs to encompass business studies. Addressing the lack of structured undergraduate business programs, students interested in pursuing liberal arts studies could have the option to add a minor in business relations (International business, operations, logistics and finance). Although competition exists for MBA programs from the adjacent urban area, Strutledge has a business advantage of community focus and positive reputation.…

There are several Early Childhood Model programs that recognize the critical importance of educational experiences during the early years. Montessori schools are just one of the programs that produce short-and long-term positive effects on children’s cognitive and social development. The Montessori Method of education was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori. This program is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children. Montessori Method has been verified…

By definition, economics is “the study and process of producing, distributing (or exchanging), and consuming goods and services” (Maulana, 2010), and in part economics influences every aspect of social life. 2. The political economic status of the ghetto is that of a domestic colony. In many ways, the ghetto is being oppressed, isolated, deprived, and exploited in a similar manner as the former colonies. The majority of the residences are unemployed (resulting in a strong dependency on…

Kane, Green, and Jacobs conducted a study of human service students and their perceived conception of elderly homeless persons and their communal responsibilities. Examples of the responses received were that the respondents were likely to believe that elderly homeless people have lice, tuberculosis…

5.3. Ventilation: No matter the courtyard is small or big in these two buildings, the ventilation still has very small values, due to the closing massive walls towards the outside and opening towards the inside in the origin design, and the semi-closed windows later during the operation. Both buildings need an increase of ventilation ranging between 0.06-0.1 m/s comparing with 0.15 m/s of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard for occupant comfort (ANSI/ASHRAE 1992), taking into account the consideration of…

alien concept. It is a reality for a large number of urban populace as well as for those living beyond the city’s limits. Working from one’s own home office offers quite a few advantages such as working in a personalised environment, saving on the commute time and staying close to one’s family. It has multiple drawbacks too none of which is so sorely felt as when you are forced to work from an ill designed home office space. When you are planning to burn the midnight oil in here, why not show…

2.3 SWOT ANALYSIS A scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic planning process. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as Strengths (S) or Weaknesses (W), and that external to the firm can be classified as Opportunities (O) or Threats (T). Such an analysis of the strategic environment is referred to as a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis provides information that is helpful in matching the firm's resources and capabilities…

& Why? The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, or more shortly known as CEDAW was adopted on the 18 December 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/) However, despite some opposition Australia signed the CEDAW at a special signing ceremony at the UN World Conference for the Decade of Women on 17 July 1980. (https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/woman-world-australias-signing-cedaw) Part 1 Article 5…

can also be one of the causes for population growth because, in areas of the world where contraceptives and birth control is not known about, birth rates are much higher. Poverty and crime are usually related to each other in most sociological studies and both issues can be results of urbanization and population growth. Poverty could also be a reason for high birth rates in some countries because families need more children to help work the farm and contribute to the family income. The…