an urban center targeted for development of key economic and social infrastructure to promote regional economic development ( roads, electric grids, schools, markets, and medical facilities)…
prosperous and thriving, but now a community that is overlooked by many. There is still much…
Just like it is easy to judge others for what wrong doings they’ve done, it’s easy for us to look at our cities and notice the flaws they have. Transportation and other infrastructures are often first to take the blame for the failure of our cities here in the U.S. Gently winding freeways that cut through impoverished neighborhoods, and bus stops with only a stick with a sign that says “Bus Stop” on it are good examples of ways that our current infrastructure can take the blame. What happens when we look at our cities from another perspective; the positive one. What have we done as residents and politicians to better our cities and help them flourish instead of decay?…
The theme of relationships is shown greatly in the book Night. One relationship that stands out the most is the relationship between the main character, Eliezer, and his father. Between fighting for their lives, struggling to receive food and water, and trying to maintain their health, their bond for one another grew strongly over the heartbreaking obstacles they encountered. Another father and son relationship throughout the book was between a Polish rabbi named Eliahou and his son who had been separated during the march. Both of these relationships allow the reader to encounter two different situations the fathers and sons went through. One father and son stayed together through all the hardships while the other one did not. If the…
There are a lot of social problems in my community. The most current social issue is that Newark, NJ has laid off 167 police officials on November 30th of 2010. This was 14% of the police working for Newark. They were discharged from several precincts within Newark. Jen Chung from Gothamist stated "crime has increased there have been numerous carjacking’s—victims include a staffer in the NJ Attorney General's office and a Newark school principal—and shootings (since Thursday, four people have been shot dead and six have been wounded)." Since the layoff of police, residents have feared whether or not they will be safe in this high crime city they reside in. According to David Giambusso and Alexi Friedman from the Star Ledger (”Newark finalizes 167 police layoffs after union refuses Booker's plea to return to negotiating table”), “The layoffs are projected to save $9.5 million in annual expense, part of the Booker administration’s effort to close a $83 million hole in the 2011 city budget.” This social problem can be dealt with by bringing in state troopers to replace the laid off officers, assigning more officers to be on patrol instead of doing desk work, and by starting neighborhood watch programs.…
Many of the residents couldn’t vote, so they didn’t have that avenue to enact change. Yes, they could have tried to talk to city officials or gone through some sort of chain of command but considering the high taxes and utility fees, I’m not sure the majority of the residence could have afforded to go through that process. Could they take off work? Could they find childcare? Could they even find the energy considering how hard they likely had to work to make ends meet? If any of these questions are answered with a “no” then a resident couldn’t really do a lot, and they would have likely been fed misinformation, or given no information at all (Johnson, 2012, p. 266).…
As you wait to cross the street, a blind man is standing in front of you. Without warning, he begins to cross the street even though the light has not changed in his favor. He seems to be in no danger until you see a car about a half mile away speeding towards him. Totally unaware of the situation, the man continues walking across the street. As you and many others watch in horror he is struck by the car. Although every single one of you had plenty of time to rescue him, you just watched, hoping that someone else would do it. After all, you don't know him so it's really none of your business. This is what is referred to as "bystander apathy". People close enough to see, hear and possibly touch one another are socially distant and totally indifferent to the fact that another human being may be dying, in immediate danger, or asking for help. This extremely sad urban problem is just that- a problem of cities. The likelihood of this occurring increases with the number of people present and it is probable that there will be many people to witness an event when it happens in high density cities. Urban sociologists, social psychologists, and criminologists have argued for years that the size of cities is directly related to the amount of "social pathology" they contain. The legal consequences are not severe. Unless an individual is a certified medical doctor, they have no obligation in Alberta to help anyone in need. So generally, they don't. The personal consequences may be more severe. Feelings of guilt and regret may follow an event, especially if it ends fatally or if the individual feels that they could have done something significant. Because of this, people attempt to convince themselves and others that they were justified in their inaction because "it wasn't their place", "I didn't want to do it alone", or "I didn't want to get involved." Excuses like this often stem from fears of being seen as abnormal, possible physical harm, public embarrassment, possible…
opportunities. And developed a new lifestyle in the city and leisure for everyone to enjoy from besides the employment available in the city.…
The national crime data from 2011 showed that Kansas City had the 10th highest rate of violent crime of 72 US cities with more than 250,000 people. Our murder rates were seventh highest of the 72 large cities, and second highest of its midwestern peers. These figures show that supporters of state control have few facts on their side when arguing that the current arrangement does much to keep the crimes in Kansas City low. Boosters of local control point out that a change could lead to more innovative approaches to battling crime. Elected officials and the entire city hall staff must have more responsibility and accountability for reducing crime in the future.…
Even though, I will be helping to fund the city’s construction the rest of the city still needs to help. Property tax is the way we need to solve this problem. Property tax is a tax which an owner of property has to pay for their property monthly. This will satisfy us since it will help rebuild the great walls. Thy will protect us from Sparta and any other invaders. In addition, the walls will connect us with Piraeus or other city-states. This is good for trade with our fellow colonies. Lastly, we should have property tax because the will help us regain our mighty naval power. Our Navy was one that was highly fear and respected, we can obtain that power once again.…
For many years there has been many different cities and countries who have been struggling with limited access to health care. There has been many strategies proposed to keep the cost of health care low and reduce spending. Based on the video, Dr. Jeffery Brenner discovers a model that may solve America’s problem of lowering the cost of health care, this strategy is to lower crime rates. In Camen, New York, it is one of the poorest cities in the country as well as being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Based on Frontline, it states that “It ‘s just recently laid off half of its police department.”(Frontline). When recording the data, they can find where the crime rates are very high and try to figure out a way to lower the rates.…
Goals: (1) Accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and (2) Promote…
The center of CBD has a higher crime rate, but the community come up with a solution to reach out and help people with housing, people’s needs, and with the low income families that do not have the money to send children to fun events. The areas like this have negative aspects to them like less high paying job availability, more bad behavior that hurts other people, and population increase.…
The answer lies in finding ape right balance. We want o feel pride in our town, but we also want our citizens to have comfortable homes. It is hard to please…
We have already set up primary schools and primary healthcare Centre in the area .This will help in changing the mindset of the community and also help in raising the standard of living in long term…