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    Los Gatos

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    This cemetery is located in Los Gatos‚ California. I will buy a plot with that can accommodate two stackable caskets‚ so my husband and I can always be together. Los Gatos is where I chose to be buried because it is close to my family and my husband’s family. Los Gatos is a location that is easily accessible for both families to come and visit‚ without it being a strain because of distance. It is a beautiful city and very close to where I grew up. Los Gatos is the perfect location for me

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    Urban Sprawl

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    Urban Sprawl Rapid expansion of our metropolitan areas has been coined the term “urban sprawl”. Urban sprawl is now looked at negatively because of its affect on society. Because of capitalism and the idea of having your home with the white picket fence‚ urban sprawl has taken over the United States of America. The affects of urban sprawl can be seen in our environment‚ our community‚ and in our health. Our community has changed the most due to urban sprawl. “One in two Americans now lives

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    Urban Surveillance

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    particularly in urban areas of the United States and especially within Los Angeles County area. There have been many published articles relating to the use of surveillance and its effects of the public. Research the information regarding Wikileaks and Edward Snowden. In your understanding of space‚ what are the works of these artists providing you with a new view of your relation to personal and public space? Take into consideration the instructor’s lectures regarding contemporary urban culture

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    Urban Legends

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    Summary of: How Urban Myths Reveal Society’s Fears By Neal Gabler Urban Legends; secondhand stories about something horrific‚ iconic‚ or even magical‚ that are told to us in a way that makes them very believable‚ even though the contents of the stories may not truly be backed with any tangible proof. Urban legends tend to capture our imaginations. In his essay‚ which was first published in the Los Angeles Times in 1995‚ Neal Gabler presents the question as to “why are we so willing to believe

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    INTRODUCTION   Brief History of Urban Cooperative Banks in India The term Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs)‚ though not formally defined‚ refers to primary cooperative banks located in urban and semi-urban areas. These banks‚ till 1996‚ were allowed to lend money only for non-agricultural purposes. This distinction does not hold today. These banks were traditionally centred around communities‚ localities work place groups. They essentially lent to small borrowers

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    Urban Planning

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    Sustainable Cities: Building the Future City for the Next 100 Years Songdo International City-S. Korea In his book Urban Geography‚ Michael Pacione‚ discusses the “Future City-Cities of the Future”. In his analysis there are several principles that must be included in the future city in order for it to strive and be successful‚ “by 2025 65 percent of the world’s population will be in urban areas” (Pacione 2005) The need for the city of the next 100 years to be sustainable in all aspects is paramount

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    Urban Gentrification and Urban Morphology The term ‘gentrification’ has myriads of interpretations from different geographers‚ and sociologists. Ever since‚ there has been protracted debate on its methodology‚ consequences and whether it constitutes a dominant or residual urban form. The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by the Marxist urban geographer Ruth Glass (Glass‚ 1964) to describe the influx of wealthier individuals into cities or neighbourhoods who replace working or lower-classes

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    Sociology LO

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    The student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts of sociology and the social environment. 1. Sociology is the scientific study of human activity. also the study of the development‚ organization‚ functioning‚ and classification of human societies. 2. The term sociology was coined by the french philosopher known as Auguste Comte (1798-1857) He gave the name in 1839 because sociology is a science and only the sociologist who follow the scientific method can have a voice

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    Urban legends have long been included in our culture as traditional stories that often provide a moral conclusion cultivated and spread either orally or written on paper. Many of these tales are often misunderstood as a false story‚ however these tales are derived from real life events‚ and are exaggerated and modified as time passes. Urban legends commonly reflect the fears of a society and often include warnings that prevent a certain action or else something unfortunate will happen to the person

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    Urban Transportation

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    The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public‚ personal transportation redefined the city as it was known. It is the automobile and the movement to the suburbs that has public transportation struggling to make money today.<br><br>The very first transportation

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