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Urban Settings In Fiction, 1999.
Examines the role and significance of settings and the impact on the characters in Dickens' "Hard Times", Doctorow's "Ragtime", Dos Passos' "Manhattan Transfer" and Chester Himes' "If He Hollers Let Him Go".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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"Characters of different genders in various novels encounter one another in public spaces, and in these interactions, the author evokes certain political, social, and economic aspirations, differences, and conflicts. This can be illustrated by reference to a number of novels in which different urban settings become characters in their own right, characters that shape the attitudes and destinies of the human characters who inhabit these areas.
Dickens in Hard Times offers a social message which he brings to life through character and setting. Coketown in Hard Times is a representation of the sort of world that was being created because the Industrial Revolution centered entirely on promoting the economy through increased profits while ignoring the human element that makes the whole thing operate. Coketown ..."
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Leadership in Urban School Settings, 2004.
An analysis of urban education focusing on four themes, including accountability, diversity, leadership, and learning.
2,244 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper defines the concept of urban education and discusses leadership issues in urban school systems. The paper elaborates on the themes of accountability, diversity, leadership, and learning. The paper examines the most pressing urban issues and promising opportunities in allowing the students and parents more choices regarding schooling.
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"The two biggest reactions to the demand for responsibilities in public education are bureaucratic and occupational responsibility. Bureaucratic responsibility pertains to the responsibility of schools to the different strata of supervision for performance of pupils; occupational responsibility pertains to the responsibility of employees of the educational institutions in meeting their academic jobs. These two types of responsibility are usually observed as opposite, but although while pooled, their impact on educational institutions is restricted. To advance these educational institutions, these twin manners of responsibility depend on the experts within the system. Conversely, public responsibility unites educational institutions and their society, widens the array of performers who undertake the duty for the betterment of the educational institution, and employs a community, calculated method to employ shareholders and uphold the demand for betterment of the educational institution. (Reframing Accountability for Urban Public Schools)"
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Assessing the American Spirit through Fiction and Non- Fiction, 2002.
Reviews both American non-fiction and American fiction works of art to support the notion that the American spirit is reflected in both types of literature.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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One of the most poignant quotes in American literature comes from Donald Briscoe, who stated that "To understand American Literature, it is necessary to examine both its fiction and its non- fiction because the key to the American Spirit can be found in both." This paper assesses Briscoe's quote through addressing two works of American fiction and two works of American non- fiction with the intent of proving how the spirit of the American people is reflected in both types of literature.
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Fiction vs. Non-fiction, 2002.
A discussion of reading comprehension and the differences in comprehension of fiction versus non-fiction reading.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 9 sources, $ 109.95
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The paper starts with a general discussion of reading comprehension and its importance for academic success. Factors involved in reading comprehension, such as phonological memory and word recognition, are examined, as well as other influential forces, such as time limitation and silent reading are outlined. Then the topic of comprehension of fiction versus non-fiction material is explored through a review of the relevant literature.
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"Literacy and reading comprehension are subjects that have been explored for decades. Through these explorations we have discovered that comprehension is an essential component in the ability of a person to succeed in academia and in life. Comprehension is defined as ?the act or action of grasping with the intellect?the capacity for understanding fully.?(The Dictionary) Comprehension is important because it allows us to gain knowledge of new concepts; without comprehension it would be impossible to learn anything.
"This discourse will present a literary review of the aforementioned topic so that we can understand comprehension and the effect of comprehension on academic success. The literature presented will seek to display this information in a manner that will inform and enlighten.
Reading comprehension covers a broad range of topics. For the purposes of this literary review we will seek to explain what comprehension is and the effect that fiction and nonfiction works have on comprehension. This review will use a wide range of sources including journals, digests and academic studies."
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Urbanization and Rural Urban Migration in China, 2006.
A discussion on the emerging-entrepreneurial class and rural urban migrations in China.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses urbanization and rural urban migration in developing countries. In particular, the paper discusses the role that the entrepreneurial class, made up most of rural peasant migrants, has had on China. Basically these individuals are responsible for all of the political and economic changes in China.
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"Urbanization and rural-urban migrations are two very closely related phenomena. According to K. Jegasothy in "Population and Rural-Urban Environmental Interactions in Developing Countries," urbanization is conventionally defined as a process of spatial movement of a population towards towns and cities and their resulting expansion" (Jegasothy 1031). Urbanization is the direct result of rural-urban migrations. This is because urbanization is caused by people from rural areas moving into cities and towns. The rate of urbanization and rural-urban migrations has been increasing in recent decades."
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Urban Sociology, 2008.
This paper discusses the term and the concept of urban and looks at how the urban setting directly impacts the social relations that are conducted within it.
1,207 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article the writer looks at the meaning of the term urban and discusses the extent that the urban setting shapes the social life which occurs within it. The writer notes that these issues are closely interrelated. This paper argues, the term "urban" must be understood as a sociological concept whose characteristics fundamentally define the social relations that occur within the urban space. The writer concludes that models of human social behaviour, such as civility, are developed in urban settings as a means of coping with the stresses of population densities as well as a cultural production that is deeply intertwined with economic and emotional relationships of humans as groups and as individuals.
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"The relationship between the urban setting and the social life that occurs within it is thus complex but clear. The population densities and uses of space that physically characterize urban settings lead to a range of impacts upon social relations that, in many cases as in the cultural realm, seem indirect and would likely not be predicted. To use a metaphor, within a physical setting human population densities increase until a "critical mass" is attained, at which point "urbanity" comes into existence with an explosion of social and cultural forms that are distinct to urban life.
"Consider, for example, the arguments of some urban sociologists that the urban setting has led to a radical revisioning of fundamental human social interactions."
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Urban Anthropology, 2004.
A look at the anthropological answer to the culture of poverty in urban settings.
829 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper examines how the urban metropolises are no longer the vibrant or essential centers they used to be and how the mass migration of the wealthy into the suburbs has left our cities with reduced tax bases and less stability, and in turn, the cities have rapidly begun decaying. It analyzes how poverty rates in American cities continue to increase and have worsened in the last ten years. It also discusses how urban civic leaders have reason to be concerned, since today?s urban neighborhoods are creating unique economic and social problems.
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"Concerned residents have to focus additional attention for their children. Curbing youth delinquency is a major challenge the poverty stricken urban areas. ?Residents also discuss the physical maintenance of the neighborhood, but this is frequently connected to the irresponsibility of idle young people, "gang bangers" who trash the neighborhood.? (Pattillo) Despite positive attempts from political, civic and familial leadership, keeping a kid on the right path in the urban areas is difficult considering the other side is recruiting just as hard as the positive side does. Urban community watch groups are often times the only true police presence and "Graffiti Blaster" programs attempt to keep businesses clean and presentable in spite of juvenile delinquency."
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Urban Education, 2004.
An overview of the challenges facing urban education.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper looks at how urban education can be defined in many ways and how, from a strictly dictionary definition or technical standpoint, urban education is merely education offered to inner city students or students from within an urban setting. It also discusses how a more comprehensive perspective and definition of urban education would be to describe urban education as education directed at the nation's most deserving and wanting population, inner city youth.
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Urban Education: An Overview
Issues Facing K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings
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"Urban education is perhaps the single most challenging sector of education within the United States today do to a variety of different factors unique to urban settings and inner cities. Urban education for decades has faced criticism from the public who often believes it has expert opinion about the manner in which students should be taught, regardless of their background (Goldenberg, et. al, 2003). Much of the public criticizes urban educators for failing to serve students in many ways. Test scores and overall student performance are community based issues in urban education that have oft been addressed by administrators and the public seeking to maximize a student?s potential for success in the future. Many people criticize urban education for failing students, without first addressing the issues facing urban educators."
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The Urbanization Process, 2002.
Looks at global variations in levels of urbanization and the relationship between urbanization, economic development and social conditions.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 106.95
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For people who live in a country such as Canada, most are aware of the prominence of urban centers. In fact, the majority of people live and work in urban areas in most, if not all, industrialized countries. But this only serves to focus attention on topics such as global variations in levels of urbanization as well as the relationship between urbanization, economic development and social conditions. These topics will be covered in the analysis of this paper.
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Classroom Management, 2005.
Examines the process involved in managing a classroom, especially within an urban setting.
2,065 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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Classroom management in the current urban teaching environment must be balanced against external factors such as standardized testing and school accountability measures, as well as against factors studied in class such as social fragmentation and silencing. The classroom management process itself usually takes place in stages in which the student is taught and assessed in their ability to perform specific tasks or display their knowledge of specific subjects, so assessment is also a vital part of urban classroom management. The classroom management process is based on a combination of these external and internal factors. This paper examines the classroom management process in the way in which it progresses through various steps, based on standards that set the bar for student progress and development in urban schools. The essential steps that are a part of the classroom management process, from this perspective, are based on the urban school being either equal to or greater than the national average in producing curricula that are able to meet these standards in terms of
results. The paper examines this issue generally, as well as specifically in terms of certain expectations that are required in the disciplines for students at certain grade levels, which in turn directly affects the classroom management process in urban schools. In each of these steps, as this paper states, the role of the instructional leader is more and more about working with great facility and leadership skills on an effective team, respecting diversity and being able to implement new technologies into the urban classroom. This team develops communication patterns that integrate the curricular needs of all involved parties, including teachers, parents, students and administrators, and at each step of the process this communication is integral to developing a complete classroom management plan.
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"The results of Alvine's study therefore focus on putting technology in the forefront of the consciousness of those individuals who will be
teachers. Alvine's students continued to support the presence of television and other media options in the classroom from the standpoint that these media would be controlled by student choices and also be the focus of discussion and communication rather than the sole classroom activity. "First, they cited the importance of maintaining schools as human communities, as places where human beings interact face to face. Second, they pointed to the value of offering students choices in what media they use to access and share information" (Alvine, 2000, p. 3). Alvine's subjects also reported that close attention would need to be paid to choice in the content of the material supplied through technology in the classroom."
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Urban Tourism in Cardiff, 2008.
This paper provides a review of the work "Cities and Visitors: Regulating People, Market and City Space" by Lily M Hoffman; S. Fainstein and Dennis R. Judd.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the text by Hoffman et al examines the peculiarities of hosting both teeming urban life and a steady stream of visitors within the same context. The writer notes the text's observation that modern cities have designated as tourist destinations only limited enclaves containing some of what are believed to be the most compelling sites and attractions for out-of-towners while isolating them from the more organic experiences offered by a diverse metropolitan area. The writer maintains that the result is that visitors to such minimally utilized urban settings experience a rather sterile and generic interaction with what could otherwise be provocative and eye-opening.
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"In the first chapter of this text, the authors seek to dismiss the negative premonition that our cities are on a path toward blandness and uniformity. Under the supposition that globalization has contributed to a sameness in the philosophy directing urban planning, especially as it effects the options awaiting visitors, many detractors of modern city orientation may site such examples as Baltimore and Las Vegas as indicative of the fundamental misapprehension of tourism desires committed by decision-makers there. By isolating tourists to the heavily manufactured artifices of the inner-harbor and the main casino drag respectively, these cities have failed to utilize the actual scale of space at their disposal in order to engage the average visitor. In doing so, they have both deprived said visitor of an opportunity to truly understand the city and have deprived all but a few of the city's businesses of the economic opportunities represented by a healthy push of tourism. Altogether, there is a problematic pattern for many cities which witnesses them undermining their own potential for success as genuine tourism destinations."
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Morris' "The Tale of Genji", 1991.
This paper reviews Morris' "The Tale of Genji" that describe the basic social features of the Heian period in Japanese history: Culture, court politics and the differences between rural & urban settings.
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"The Heian period in Japanese history covers the end of the eighth century through to the early part of the tenth century. This period is the same as is represented ... In addition, it was a period of both court aristocracy, as ..., and of a culture whose tone was set by women, .... "The Tale of Genji" is described by Morris as the "first psychological novel in the literature of the world"... it is also representative of some social changes taking place at that time, with specific reference to spiritual issues.
The establishment of the Heian period dates from the move of the capital to Kyoto, then known as Heiankyo; the era lasted until the establishment of the military government in Kamakura in 1185."
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Commercial and Literary Fiction, 2007.
This paper examines "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell and "A Municipal Report" by William Sidney Porter as literary fiction and commercial fiction, respectively.
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The paper examines "A Municipal Report", which is an example of "commercial" fiction and "A Jury of Her Peers", which is an example of "literary" fiction. The paper outlines the character developments, plots and themes in order to underscore how "A Municipal Report" is intended as a light-hearted, diversionary romp through a Southern town, while "A Jury of Her Peers" is a troubling look at gendered stereotypes in early twentieth century America.
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"As our course textbook indicates, commercial fiction is written primarily to make money and is designed to take us away from the world of our troubles; it is, in other words, all about giving pleasure to a reader who is seeking distraction ("Chapter One: Reading the Story," 52-53). In "A Municipal Report," the character development of the story clearly reveals the commercial features of the work. For one thing, there really is no character development to speak of. Instead, the reader is confronted with stereotypes: the vain Californians, blustery and stammering Chicagoans, appallingly slow restaurant service somehow managed with the utmost courtesy, the pompous Brit, Wentworth Caswell, and the dilapidated "Negro" nearly as old as Ham. There is also, unfortunately, an element of racism inherent in the story's depiction of the "old negro" insofar as he often finds himself unintentionally humorous - such as on the occasion when he informs the narrator that the seats "is clean" because his hack has just returned from a funeral (Porter, sec.1-6). As a last point, Azalea Adair is the quintessential polite, elegant yet sheltered and impoverished Southern belle one would expect to find in post-Civil War America (Porter, sec.9-10)."
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From the Rural to Urban Areas: China and India, 2004.
This paper discusses the problems of urbanization, industrialization, and housing security in China and India as their populations immigrate from rural to urban areas.
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This paper explains that the spectacular growth and development of the urban habitation over the past 16 years is just the beginning of a gigantic phase of extension. The author points out that China?s ecological problems from the speedy urbanization and industrialization process in the recent decades generate social effects, causing a great deal of harm to human health, instigating economic and welfare suffering, and harming the environment in both urban and rural areas of China. The paper relates that, because of increasing industrialization and urbanization, the majority of the Indian cities have exceedingly compact habitation that results in overcrowding, clogging, obstruction, traffic jams, air pollution, noise pollution, as well as major deficiencies of vital requirements and necessities of life
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Introduction
The Impact of Urbanization, Industrialization And Housing Security on China
Ecological Problems in Urban China
The Problem of Water and Cleanliness in Urban China
The Problem of Clearance of Waste-Water in Urban China
The Problem of Air Pollution in Urban China
The Impact of Urbanization, Industrialization And Housing Security on India
Conclusion
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"The velocity of urbanization and industrialization was extremely slow prior to the late 1970s when contrasted with other developing states. The proportion of urban inhabitants was 11.2 in 1950, and still barely 17.9 by 1978. This low degree of urbanization had been the consequence from purposeful procedures of restraining rural-urban immigration and urban increase. Economic restructurings have since accelerated the industrialization and urbanization procedures. Large numerals of towns, as well as, cities have surfaced, at the same time as old cities are quickly increasing their managerial spheres."
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Urban Planning in Canada, 2008.
This document discusses the need for greater urban planning across Canada.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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The paper relates that if Canada wishes to maintain its advantage in sustainability and environmental leadership, it must continue to implement urban planning as a core strategy of sustainable development. The paper focuses on the greater Toronto area and discusses how urban planners have defined its geographic boundaries by the character of the surrounding geography itself. The paper shows, however, how its overall boundary making strategy may not be as clear as it could be. The paper concludes that without the technology to remap the region for various purposes, assigning requisite resources for specific purposes would be very difficult indeed for the city's urban planners. The paper includes two color maps of Toronto.
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Introduction
Urban Boundaries in Planning
Determining Borders as Urban Planning
Urban Planning Characteristics
Conclusion
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"European settlers, across the breadth of Canada, have long utilized boundary setting and the definition of geographical boundaries for both cartographic and political purposes. This began with the earliest colonization of the Canadian provinces and continues, to one degree or another, today. Harris points out that the expansion of the suburbs following World War II created growing strain on Canada's cities and its natural environment that was quickly recognized as a threat vis-a-vis sustainability (2004). Yet, with the ever expanding population following the war, due both to natural population growth as well as to Canada's ever-more friendly immigration policies, urban planning became not only a benefit to sustainable development but a necessity."
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