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    freedom of religion‚ due process of law‚ and other constitutional guarantees.” Cases of gentrification indicate that takings have negatively impacted low income and minority communities. Moreover‚ the particular makeup and character of those communities sometimes drastically change through the social and economic process of

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    Philadelphia’s Fair Housing Laws: Post World War II To the citizens of Levittown Pennsylvania‚ Tuesday‚ August 13‚ 19572 seemed like any other day. The sun rose in the east on the suburban town just outside of Philadelphia. Husbands ate their breakfast cooked by their wives‚ children got ready for school‚ and the mailman made his rounds delivering the mail. However‚ as the mailman made his rounds that day‚ something caught his attention‚ something he thought he should immediately inform to the

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    reform‚ having a Justice Department more amenable to Civil rights issues‚ and many more shows that he was a great leader. Juxtaposed with the overall conditions of the Black community is where he falls short‚ as the crime‚ housing unemployment‚ and gentrification policies have increased against Blacks. Although the official numbers of unemployment have subsided those numbers do not adequately express those who have been with jobs for extended periods that are not recognized in those

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    governance. These favela eradication programs compulsorily removed over 100‚000 citizens and placed them in public housing projects or made them return to the rural areas that many emigrated from. Another effort to handle urban poverty came by way of gentrification. The government wanted to enhance the favelas and mix them into the inner city with the newly urbanized upper-middle class. While these "upgraded favelas" became steadier‚ they began to attract members of the lower-middle class‚ pushing the past

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    With reference to examples‚ assess the degree to which the level of economic development of a country affects planning and management in urban areas. The economic development of a country can be defined as the growth of industry‚ wealth‚ employment and the level of urbanisation. The planning and management issues that are linked to economic development‚ are those associated with processes such as urbanisation‚ suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation of cities. These may include pollution of water

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    The Street: 1. Morgan Avenue has construction going on when this data was collected. It has fitness centers‚ residential buildings‚ and graffiti on the walls. There were no law enforcement officers located on Morgan Avenue. The sidewalks and alleys were kept clean. 2. Wilson Avenue consisted of organic store‚ diner‚ bar‚ pizza shop‚ sushi restaurant‚ traditional American restaurants‚ hookah shop‚ barber shop‚ salon‚ liquor store‚ traditional New York City bodega. There were old residential

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    Ernst Luly ART 1012 FMWA Agitprop! Assignment LABEL TEXT: Julius Block (American‚ born Germany‚ 1888-1966) The Lynching‚ 1932 Oil on Canvas Whitney Museum of American Art‚ New York According to the Brooklyn Museum’s website‚ Agitprop! is a combination of the terms agitate and propaganda. Based on my own observations‚ I was able to deduce the overall theme of Agitprop! as art that was used as a means of protest against various social and cultural issues. A wide range of issues is addressed

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    Key three and four of chapter thirteen Key three: Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Urban expansion has been mainly focused on suburbs that surround older cities. Suburban Expansion Cities use to expand by adding peripheral land as they grew. A city now is a legally incorporated entity that encompasses the older portion of the urban area. THE PERIPHERAL MODEL North Americans follow the peripheral model where it is implicated that an urban area includes the city and built-up suburbs. DEFINING URBAN

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    The continued gentrification of urban centers‚ though providing a larger tax base and improved funding for cities‚ has come at the cost of increased housing prices. Housing costs have increased in cities across the U.S.‚ and the percentage of income required to pay for housing has increased as well. The force of gentrification (for neighborhoods that have yet to experience it fully) can also lead to increased concentrations

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    The Women’s Movement in Brazil Exhibiting courage and determination the women living in the Brazilian community of Gamboa de Baixo located in the city of Salvador‚ and in the state of Bahia‚ have accomplished significant changes in their fight for land ownership‚ clean water‚ gender and human rights. In the book Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil‚ Keisha-Khan Perry details the victories and sacrifices with passion and with a kindred spirit projecting her sisterhood

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