Bading Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Familiarization with an issue of urban crime: the mafia 4 3. Cinematic representation of a mafia life I 6 3.2 “It ’s business‚ not personal.” 7 4. Cinematic representation of mafia life II 8 4.1 Gomorrah analysis 8 5. Godfather and Gomorrah: a comparison 9 6. Conclusion 10 7. Bibliography 11 “Crime is largely an urban phenomenon‚ but the specifically urban and area dimensions of the social processes that are connected with crime have
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developments. The density is increased at a node to maximize opportunities to be able to reach the transit without the need to travel. This is a central part of the strategy to combat the adverse financial‚ quality-of-life‚ and environmental consequences of urban sprawl. These form employment centers‚ shopping centers‚ entertainment centers‚ or multi-function activity centers. Where living‚ working‚ and entertainment activities come together. The major nodes in the plan are the islands‚ destinations in their
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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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10 URBAN ENVIRONMENT Suneel Pandey‚ Shaleen Singhal‚ Pragya Jaswal‚ and Manraj Guliani Great cities are planned and grow without any regard for the fact that they are parasites on the countryside‚ which must somehow supply food‚ water‚ air‚ and degrade huge quantities of wastes. —Eugene Odum Six to seven million people are added annually to urban India. At the beginning of this millennium‚ 285 million Indians lived in its nearly 4400 towns and cities (Census 2001)
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URBAN GROWTH URBAN • It is derived from the Latin ’Urbs’ a term used by the Romans to a city. • spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non- agricultural activities. • Placed-based characteristic that incorporates elements of population density‚ social and economic organization‚ and the transformation of the natural environment into a built environment. • GROWTH • An increase‚ as in size‚ number‚ value‚ or strength; extension or expansion.
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Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process
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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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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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This report will introduce three main urban planning issues: 1. Overcrowding. 2. Transportation. 3. Safety. Overcrowding: Population rate is different from a city to another due many factors‚ however; its growth continues to increase day by day which creates overcrowding. According to the urban planner Le Corbusier‚ in his dream city that mainly contains skyscrapers created a population density and increased the issue of overcrowding‚ on the other hand these high buildings occupy only 12%
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The Future of Food in Vancouver: Small-scale Urban Farming In today’s modern world Canadians are facing daunting challenges with regards to health and the environment. The NASA website on climate change reports that temperature‚ carbon dioxide levels‚ and sea levels are all on the rise while land and arctic ice are steadily declining (”Vital Signs of the Planet”). Not only is the environment degrading at a rapid rate our health is also declining. In 2012 it was reported that almost 13.5 million
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