Public Disclosure Authorized 62696 Public Disclosure Authorized CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE Responding to an Urgent Agenda Daniel Hoornweg, Mila Freire, Marcus J. Lee, Perinaz Bhada-Tata, and Belinda Yuen, editors blic Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE The Urban Development Series discusses the challenge of urbanization and what it will mean for developing countries in the decades ahead. The series delves substantively into the core
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of Research Projects Funded in 2009 The first phase of the Foundation’s forced labour programme aims to improve the evidence base through research projects exploring the scope and experience of forced labour in the UK. The following four projects have been funded in this phase. The lead project holder and institution are given for each project. Findings from this research will be published during 2011. The scope of forced labour in the UK – Sam Scott, University of Bristol This study will
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KOFORIDUA POLYTECHNIC RENT DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ZONGO COMMUNITIES IN GHANA AND DETERMINANTS OR FACTORS THAT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO STAY OR HIRE AT SUCH PLACES/ AREAS. A CASE STUDY OF KOFORIDUA OLD ESTATES AND KOFORIDUA ZONGO. BY BANAFO BENJAMIN DUODU OBED FEKOW SARPONG ALFRED ANGMOR SOLOMON K.
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Research Plan I. Title: Research plan to an area in UK which has potential to become gentrified. II. Investigators Kaie-Liis Asu III. Introduction and goal of the Project This research will be concentrating on using gentrification indicators as a framework to examine and analyse changes to predict the gentrification within community neighbourhoods, to find a solution for an investment company to find an area, which has a potential to become gentrified. The objectives of this programme is
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is interested in studying. (Brink & Wood 1998; Burns & Grove 2003). The non-probability sampling approach was used within the XXX Metropolitan Province. Furthermore, the researcher used a convenience sampling technique which caused sampling bias. The researcher used the convenience sampling technique which was as a result of the readily available subjects for the study. (Brink, 2006:132). (Cohen, 2000) stated that the researcher simply chooses the sample from those to whom she/he has easy access
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depending on magnitude and severity. In the case of absolute poverty, one cannot meet basic needs like shelter and food. The poverty results from broad issues such as inequality, unemployment and high population density (Raphael, & Tolman, R.1997). Crime, refers to act that is harmful to individual and community or state at large by the individual. Crime exists almost everywhere in the United States, in both rural and urban areas. For this topic, the research proved that poverty indicates a high likelihood
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In Fitting in: Community College Female Executive Leaders Share Their Experiences- A Study in West Texas, Gill and Jones explored the phenomena of leadership in higher education from the perspectives of women who hold leadership positions at community colleges in west Texas. Traditionally, higher education has been a male-dominated field which made it difficult for women to attain administrative positions. However, in today’s community colleges, women hold 50% of the leadership positions at community
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newly-arrived migrants and refugees and increases the social capital and richness to regional communities. Research into the regional settlement of humanitarian entrants indicates that social ties, such as involvement with family and friends, along with a welcoming and accepting community, are key factors for migrants remaining in a regional location. As evidenced in the Limestone Coast study, the lack of these social factors can also contribute to the outmigration of a regional area. It is therefore
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fine art works. In fulfillment of the assignment in this unit HUM 112, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. The main aims of the visit are to identify the major artwork kept in the museum in addition to the influences of the intellectual, religious and socio-political forces on the arts. Moreover, it also recognizes the use of technology and information resources to research issues in the study of cultures. The visit involved recognition of the main artworks stored in the museum
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Job Done? Current research in the field of sports medicine may have found a critical solution to pushing your body to its limits and getting an edge on your competition. Researchers from the “University of Birmingham and Manchester Metropolitan University report in the Journal of Physiology that sugary energy drinks activate reward and pleasure regions in the brain, a boost that can translate to better performance”(Park 1). This report has started to make Sports Medicine research weather rinsing a
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