1. An introduction to your agency (including location). I completed my volunteer hours at the African Family Health Organization (AFHO) on 4415 Chestnut St #202, Philadelphia, PA 19104. a) A brief history of the agency and its mission. AFHO is a community-based non-profit organization that provide health services, to the African and Caribbean immigrants in the greater Philadelphia area. AFHO believes that immigrants have a lot to contribute to the development of the community despite the difficulties
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Narraweena 2099 Summary Narraweena is known as a friendly village-like suburb in Sydney. The locals love it here because of its easy access to shopping and the beaches in nearby suburbs and Sydney. The leafy surroundings and northern beaches backdrop makes Narraweena visually appealing to its residents and to those in nearby suburbs. Public transportation, driving, walking, and biking are the primary methods the people of Narraweena get to and fro to neighbouring suburbs and for their work commute
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Re-Urbanism is a new way of thinking. Demolishing a building should be last resort. If we want to shape communities, we have to find what places have meaning in these communities. Chicago is a great cities to start this new way of thinking. Using The Atlas of Re-Urbanism as tool to gather information on addressing some issues to reusing buildings in Chicago. This will present us with barriers to reuse, some recommendations, and how we should go about implementing Re-Urbanism in Chicago. Chicago can
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The Mott Haven community which is located in the South Bronx, is1.181 mi² and is full multiple provisioning services, regulating services, cultural services, and supporting services. However, this site has experienced various unlivable situations because to the way it is being treated. Mott Haven has been polluted for a while and this primarily due to the fact that its population is increasing at a rapid state. Some way that we could prevent this site from becoming unlivable is with city and regional
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In Sunrise, Murnau’s juxtaposition between the city and rural societal mores is aimed far beyond the sanctity of the traditional family structure. By 1920, more Americans lived in urban cities than rural areas for the first time in the country’s history. Rapid urbanization had skyrocketed the production in cities, turning them into centers of culture and community. The attraction to the budding sexual revolution, culture of consumerism, and opportunity for upward mobility made the city life into
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vitality in the city centre. This description speaks to Detroit’s dependence on the automotive industry as the whole city focused solely on its development rather than developing its urban core. This can also be seen by Detroit’s lack of greenspaces in the city-region (Appendix C). Greenspaces increase quality of life for urban dwellers and combined with a lively downtown area can incentivize them to stay in the
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HALİL YILDIRIM 12.01.2012 014001231 REPORT: HELSINKI RAILWAY STATION Before start to introduce my report, it’s useful to define some important terms like public and private space. Public spaces are defined generally common areas where everyone easily access without any restriction. In other words, public space can be defined (…)in the sense of non-claimable’7 In order to keep spaces safe or keeping authority on those spaces, accessibility to public spaces usually is liable to some restrictions
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Planning and Building Regulations * Legislation The principal legislation is the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (‘TCPA 1990’), as amended. Much of the detail of the system, however, is to be found under various statutory instruments brought into force under this Act. * When is planning permission needed? Planning permission required for the carrying out of ‘development’. In basic terms, planning permission is needed in respect of any activity which constitutes ‘development’
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similarities of four babies’ childhood from four different locations. Among these four babies, two babies are from urban area, Mari from Tokoyo, Japan and Hattie from San Francisco. Where other two babies are from rural area, Ponijao is from Opuwo, Namibia and baby boy Bayar is from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia. This assignment will presents below four main differences between rural and urban area babies experiences in their childhood: sanitation and safety, feeding and bathing, toys and play and family
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slow flow rate for consumers. -This product can only be mounted on the kitchen wall and requires electricity of 190 volts or higher.-Overall, the product has the weakest strategic component.- Enormous fixed cost & limited sales efforts to large urban areas. | Opportunities-Market is focused on one or two of India’s 25 states-Reduce Fixed costs.-Well established company with a broad line of products. - 85% of Indian’s population lived in rural areas , where water quality was even lower
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