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Williamsburg, New York., 2005.
A neighborhood analysis of Williamsburg, New York.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 24.95
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The paper looks specifically at the neighborhood of Williamsburg, New York, and analyzes it throughout its history and current make-up. In two separate sections, the paper looks at both the events which led to the creation of the town and the events which are likely to shape its future. The conclusion is that Williamsburg is a community which has altered drastically over the years, and it is likely to continue this trend in the future.
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"Williamsburg was founded in 1810, and named after its surveyor, Colonel Williams. Prior to this founding, however, Williamsburg was a small farming society. One noteworthy fact about Williamsburg is that it had "the highest number of slaves per capita in New York until the abolition of slavery in 1827" (Social History). Data such as this can only suggest that this community was a very wealthy one, as the highest amount of slaves (as personal possessions) can indicate. From the time of its founding, to the middle of the nineteenth century, Williamsburg was a popular area which invited a wealthy crowd. Indeed, by 1850, the village of Williamsburg had a population of 40,000, as compared to only 1,000 in 1827 (Social History). This is likely due to its proximity to the primary New York area at the time. This high and elite population was short-lived, though, as less than a century later..."
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Greenway Project, 2005.
An analysis of bio-regionalism in the Greenway Project.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, £ 73.95
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This paper discusses and characterizes the bio-regionalism evident in the Central Valley Greenway Project. The project is analyzed according to the principles of bio-regionalism, and considered in terms of how successful it is according to the parameters set. According to the paper bio-regionalism can have a major impact on development and should serve to inform new developments so that they are created in a way that nurtures bio-regionalism and sustainability.
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"Bio-regionalism is a new paradigm for living at one with the environment. It is more inclusive than sustainability, though it would include sustainability. The term relates to the idea of life-place, another term that is informed by various disciplines. Bio-regionalism means living a rooted life, which in turn means living within a specific ecological area. The individual lives in a neighborhood, a community, a town, and all of these are included in the bio-region for that person. A bio-region is an area sharing similar topography, plant and animal life, and human culture, and bio-regions are generally organized around watersheds. The boundaries are not normally rigid..."
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A Review of the Readings, 2005.
An examination of Waghorne and Orsi's "A Review of the Readings".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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The paper studies the concept of an urbanization of religions that is suggested by Waghorne and Orsi in their critiques on the changing landscape of religion in the contemporary setting; "A Review of the Readings". The paper reviews and critiques their positions on sacred spaces in urban settings, with special reference to the Hindu religion.
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"The concept of an "urbanization" of religions - perhaps better described as the mainstreaming or the popularization of same - is offered by Waghorne and Orsi in their critiques on the changing landscape of religion in the contemporary setting. Waghorne proposes that the popularization of religions distorts their significance and does so through examining modern Hinduism, particularly in regions that have thus far not traditionally been associated with the Hindu religious practices. He notes that "a consideration and awareness of the interplay between economic change and new cultural formations on a global scale ought to center studies of institutional forms of modern Hinduism" and thus it is impossible to reduce the study of Hinduism to "an intellectual proposition" that is somehow shut away from the forces of the modern world (Waghorne, 328)."
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A History of Urban Development, 2005.
A look at urban development in Spadina District in Toronto.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, £ 36.95
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The paper examines the general shift in land use in Toronto's Spadina District. The land has been both predominately residential and predominately commercial at different times of the city's history. The paper studies how the size of the district and the changes in the range of dominant uses has affected the development of this district.
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"A history of urban development in Toronto's Spadina District is challenged by both the size of the district and the changes in the range of dominant uses in the physical space. As this essay will demonstrate, over the past century and a half the district has experienced a general shift in land use from predominantly residential, to commercial, and more recently back to predominantly residential save for retail stores along the major arteries of Spadina, Queen and King. This shift has reflected both changes in the transportation networks in the district, as well as changes in the demographics of the area's population."
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What's Going on in North American Suburbs?, 2005.
A discussion of gender and suburban consumption.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, £ 49.95
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A theoretical paper discussing gender in relation to spaces of consumption pertaining to urban and suburban trends in North America. There is mention of racialization and class as distinctions, perceptions of urban crime, and also suburban decay and crime; safety in the gated space, and ongoing perceptions of gender difference and prognoses for women.
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"When reading feminist and urban geography addressing North America, one is struck by several directions pursued in relating gender and suburban consumption in both the capitalist sense of the suburb as a female prison-cum-haven, and the suburb as an alleged safety zone. This paper refers to feminist geography as much as urban planning theories, to sociology and anthropology, en route to a mixed conclusion. It seems apparent that no one is terribly sure what is happening in North American suburbs. (Duany et al: 2000)."
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Public Space in the St. Clair West Corridor, 2005.
An urban design paper with emphasis on the importance of the walkability of urban neighbourhoods.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 61.95
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The paper examines the feasibility of the revitalization of St. Clair Avenue. The paper explains the location and its surroundings. The expected results are to provides an opportunity to revitalize the area and linkages between the residents and St. Clair by transforming the area into a pedestrian pocket. The paper analyzes whether the chosen area has the elements required to be a successful neighbourhood, using the set measurements of Michael Southworth.
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"The revitalization of St. Clair Avenue north of the Green/Arts Barn Project along with the redevelopment of the transportation infrastructure along St. Clair Avenue provides an opportunity to revitalize the area and linkages between the residents and St. Clair by transforming the area into a "pedestrian pocket. (Southworth, 1997)" This project is of interest at this time because the area presently has the elements required to be a successful neighbourhood, as described by Michael Southworth in a research article that looks at the importance of the walkability of urban neighbourhoods."
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The Great Ice Storm of 1998, 2005.
Understanding the biological, geographic, and ecosystem problems of the ice storm in Canada in 1998.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 0 sources, £ 49.95
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In this paper the various data related to the Ice Storm of 1998 reveals the problem of ecosystems and the necessary geological positioning of important forest regions to sustain inter-special life. The paper analyzes the significance of the overall landfall of the ice in relation to the forest area that was damaged, especially to a Canadian economy, that depends on forestry as an important economic import export product.
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"In this study, the Great Ice Storm of 1998 will be analyzed in regards to the nature of damage that the storm had caused. In this manner, the government reports and special information that is related in the aftermath of the storm will be presented. Also, the issue of other disturbances in the region of Southern Quebec can be integrated to help understand why the Ice Storm was so catastrophic to wildlife and farming. In essence, the Ice Storm of 1998 will be examined to bring forth scientific data and government information relating to the aftermath of this natural disaster and how environmental communities, and ecosystems were affected. One of the major problems that related to the Ice Storm of 1998 revolve around the problem of cattle and livestock...."
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Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area, 2005.
A look at earthquake activity in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 30.95
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An analysis of how both minor and major faults can lead to earthquakes. The paper includes a summary of the background of the Bay Area and explains how not all the earthquakes are found in the regions where the major faults lie and notes there are also unmapped faults. The paper discusses how the area not only demonstrates historical significance with regard to earthquake activity, but it is a region of the nation that has recurring earthquakes on a daily basis, though small in scale.
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"There are seven major faults in the San Francisco Bay Area. These faults become active through the "strike slip motion" of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates ("Working"). Research contends that, Although most of the present-day seismicity in Bay Area generally follows the major faults (San Andreas, Hayward-Mission Creek, Concord-Calaveras, and Antioch faults), a significant fraction occurs in the large (8 km) right-step-over region between the Calaveras and Concord faults and along the Mt. Lewis seismic zone. In addition, numerous earthquakes locate in the regions between the major faults and seismic zones and appear to lie on either the minor faults or on unmapped faults ("Bay Area"). Although these major faults have historically played a role in the major earthquakes that have affected the San Francisco Bay Area, scientists now conclude that at any time minor faults could create..."
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HOT and HOV Lanes, 2005.
A report on private motor vehicles use and traffic.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 123.95
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The paper considers the issue of private motor vehicle use in the environmental, economic, political, social and political sense. The paper discusses the strong interest that cities should have in reducing the number of road vehicles on its roads and thus examines the need for the HOV system and HOT lanes. Both the terms HOV and HOT are analyzed.
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Private motor vehicle use is one of the worst environmental, economic, political, social and political problems facing the world. For example in Weaning Canadians from their Love of the Automobile Will Be an Uphill Slog Michael Kieran states, Road vehicles account for 72% of transport energy consumption and 81% of petroleum fuel usage; in other words, road usage is responsible for two-thirds of the transportation emissions of greenhouse gases (Kieran 2003:www. Cabe.ca). This means that cities should have a strong interest in reducing the number of road vehicles on its roads.
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The Gendered Geography of Fear, 2005.
How gender identities are determined by the fear of public urban spaces.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, £ 42.95
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The subject of the paper is gender and geography. The paper argues that gender identities are determined by the fear of public urban spaces. In order to maintain the patriarchy women are convinced that there is something to be afraid of. Men on the other hand build identities as aggressors or protectors. The paper examines how it is not just the physical environment that determines spaces within cities, but also social, political, ideological, economic and cultural factors.
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"Spaces within cities are not just determined by the physical environment. Social, political, ideological, economic and cultural factors are just as important. This is what Tracey Skillington is saying in The City as Text when she uses the term "the city as text". Skillington argues, It was by way of a complex system of symbolic interaction that meaning was socially constructed and politically mobilized, that certain cultural codes of interpretation were mediated through the symbolic features of discourse on the city to justify the system of cultural and political authority as it is (Skillington, 1998:458)."
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The Softwood Lumber Dispute, 2005.
A discussion of the Softwood Lumber dispute in Canada.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, £ 49.95
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The paper is an economic geography discussion of the regional effects of the softwood lumber dispute in Canada. The paper argues that British Colombia is the biggest loser economically of this resource, with the current level of taxes and tariffs. The paper notes how as British Colombia's industry declines, the industries in other provinces improve.
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"The economic development of Canada has largely been dependent on the extraction or harvesting of natural resources. Economies based on the extraction or harvesting are generally known as staples economies. In Resources Dean M. Hanink states, "Staple production, consisting of direct exploitation and initial processing of natural resources, or staples, began with the Atlantic Fisheries in the late fifteenth centuries and early sixteenth centuries, and progressed to the interior with the growth of European demand for fur. Expansion into Canada's interior occurred in response to the development of the timber industries of lumber and pulp" (Hanink 235)."
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Creation Myths from Ancient Egypt, 2005.
A discussion of the creation of myths from ancient Egypt and how close geography of cities affected this.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, £ 49.95
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This essay explores the similarities and differences between the creation myths of three cosmological systems from Heliopolis, Hermopolis and Memphis.The paper discusses the close approximation of the Egyptians cities and their location along the Nile and the way in which this facilitated communication and the spread of knowledge in addition to the migration of people and the way in which individual cities would have also developed their own unique myths.
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"Creation myths from Heliopolis, Hermopolis, and Memphis In ancient Egypt: the Three Cosmological Systems In the studying of ancient creation myths of Egypt it is important to note that many are both contradictory yet were apparently accepted at the time ("Egyptian Religion" para. 1). Gods and goddesses across the religions have been identifies as being fairly identical and having had existed side by side ("Egyptian Religion" para. 1) This phenomena likely has a number of explanations, not the least of which is that in ancient times, there was no collective questioning of the duplication and overlap of myths and gods, no established theological or ruling order that prevented this ("Egyptian Religion" para 4)."
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Globalization and 'Homelessness' in Toronto., 2005.
An analysis of the implication of globalization and homelessness in Toronto.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 9 sources, £ 111.95
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This paper discusses the jargon of "globalization" and what we are to call "homelessness" in relation to topics of urban geography, medical geography, and implications for planners. The paper discusses long term implications of a permanent under-class, as predictable symptom of the modernization theory that is part and parcel of globalization's neo-liberal growth model.
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"Globalization and 'Homelessness' in Central Toronto. Introductory Discussion The euphemism of 'Globalization' that is used to refer to neo-liberal economic planning involves the removal of safety net spending in developed economies. A second euphemism is found in globalization's unwanted by-product of severe unwanted poverty among those we are accustomed to discussing, now, as "the homeless", a phenomenon that is a side-effect of the economic model that now prevails. By examining the example of central Toronto's vagrant destitution, one sees duplicated a phenomenon known in most Western cities, of the present, and with increasing homeless also reported in the notoriously strong economy of Japan. (Hasegawa: 2005)"
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Roman Expansion, 2005.
An analysis of political, military and economic motives that led to the expansion and ultimately to imperial domination of Rome.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, £ 86.95
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This fourteen page paper analyzes Roman expansion. It discusses the political, military, geographical and economic factors that led to the expansion of Rome. The paper also discusses the Roman view that they fought only just wars and their claim that it was only Rome's need to defend itself from threats on all sides that led to expansion and ultimately to imperial domination.
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"Roman Expansion: An Analysis of Political, Military, and Economic Motives Beginning with the founding of Rome around 758 BCE, the expansion of Roman power was due to a variety of political, military, geographical, and economic factors. Polybius believed that after their defeat of Hannibal and Carthage, the Romans resolved to assert their domination throughout the Mediterranean. This identified motive for Roman expansion conflicts with the Roman view that they fought only just wars, and claim that it was only Rome's need to defend itself from threats on all sides that led to expansion and ultimately to imperial domination. Many historians have offered other causes and motives for Roman expansion, such as a desire to profit from conquest, an interest in commercial expansion, imperial ambition, martial prestige, and the economics of slavery."
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