automotive manufacturing, a prime location as a transportation route along the Great lakes and a center for technological innovation, the city of Detroit has endured devastating economic changes. The city is under a debt of $18.5 billion. Its population is now half of what it was in the 1950s, as majority of the working population has been forced to leave the city primarily due to lack of employment, among other issues. At the beginning of this year, Detroit’s official unemployment rate was 18 percent
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Community Profile Eth/316 Vera-Ellen Cruz 20 June, 2014 Community Profile The city that I have chosen to complete a community profile on is my hometown Phoenix, Arizona. I was born and raised in phoenix Arizona and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. The weather is great, the people are friendly, and this is one of the largest growing metropolitan cities today’s society. This city is filled with multiple types of nationalities, ethnic groups, cultures, and religions. History Phoenix
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homes can be priced well below the construction cost. In large areas of country, like outside of city or rural areas, the price of purchase will come even closer to construction cost. Cities and suburbs on the other hand is where the prices of homes is much higher than the cost of new construction. Even though they do not represent the norm, this can be construed as pricing certain individuals out of cities and suburbs. Supply and Demand Why do some areas fair better than others when it comes to home
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each other. Cape Town; Grabouw and Stanford are located within the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Cape Town is a very built up area and is a major Metropolitan. Cape Town is also a break of bulk settlement and can be seen as a specialized city that is multi-functional because it serves many functions. Grabouw and Stanford are not as built up as Cape Town. They have fewer high order good and services. This places them both lower on the hierarchy of urban settlements. They can be seen as minor
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ResearchJamey Calvery Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent Behaviors in Urban Communities Jamey Calvery Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent Behaviors in Urban Communities Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent
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Dover, V., Massengale, J. (2014) Street Design: The Secret to Green Cities and Towns. New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Summarize literature: Dover and Massengale’s theory consists of creating and improving streets to suit the need of citizens. They support their statements with evidence through examples of successful streets from around the world and provide new theories as a guideline to enhance existing streets and communities. In addition, the authors support their argument by studying
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SWOT analysis for Sandwich Blitz This is my analysis on the expansion move by Dalman and Lei. The first part of my analysis are the strengths that Sandwich Blitz provides. The strength that sandwich blitz has is that there food is organically grown so, that means that there into selling healthy food. They do give hands on training and as a company they stand by their motto. The weakness that I see is that Dalman and Lei feel as if they don’t have the time and energy to expand the business. If they
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governments regarding urban growth and decline, are ways in which each are involved in addressing the issue. Urban growth and decline are the geographical processes that are constantly shaping Australian cities. Managing these issues within a city is a key role of geographers as they work to make cities desirable, efficient and sustainable areas to live. This response will examine range of decisions made by governments, groups and individuals. Therefore this response will explain how decision making
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE Executive Post Graduate Certificate in Marketing Management (EPGCMM-06) CASE ANALYSIS NOTE CANDY AND CHOCOLATES INDIA: LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL Submitted by: Student Name | Roll No. | Girish Sonawane | EPGCMM-06-020 | Why CCI should invest in rural? What are the opportunities in rural markets for CCI? CCI changed it’s RTM strategy in 2007with objective to increase the availability of its brands and increase customer service. CCI was
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Cooler City.” “From 1878 to 2005, Los Angeles temperatures rose 4 degrees on average, climbing from around 62 degrees to 66 degrees.” Urban areas such as Downtown Los Angeles are likely to rise 4 to 4.5 degrees within the next 10 years. My goal is to cut the cost of electric energy and make the city of Los Angeles a much cooler place. The first challenge I will have is to go to city council and try to get them to back up my project and me. The next step would be to get a budget from the city and start
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