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From this partial and selective survey of the state of the world's cities, we see that our current urban age is problematic, and rife with urgent challenges, yet also promising, in that it offers the potential to re-think the meanings, functions, capabilities and virtues of different city forms and urban strategies.
(9) The idea that cities should have separate sections for the races helped resolve some of the ideological problems that arose in these debates.
The last half century has seen a steady decline in many of America's cities as manufacturing jobs moved from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt and beyond, and urban blight spread through working-class neighborhoods.
In the postwar period, many large American cities lost population as manufacturing fled overseas and returning soldiers taking advantage of the GI Bill furled the process of suburbanization.
While most of the formal collaboration occurs in cities, the trend has reached suburbs and even the small rural district of Jackson R II in Missouri.
First it's urban renewal as a part of an effort to redevelop cities. Soon it becomes a way for developers to get land on the cheap and well-connected developers to do projects in their particular area."
Paul's--and this reminds us that cities are complex places, composed of different quarters geographically and different times, historically.
The cities of Redding and Chico lie in close proximity to each other, and both cities and police departments have experienced substantial growth over the last 25 years.
WHEN PETE GARCIA TRAVELS TO MID-sized Mexican cities such as Puebla, San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes, governors, state economic and tourism officials and local corporate executives roll out the red carpet for him.
In both cities, the increase in case reports has been mainly among young adults (15-24 years of age) (3,6).
In the atmosphere, sulfur dioxide readily reacts with water to form fine particles called aerosols, which scatter sunlight and produce a milky white haze common in many cities. The sulfur dioxide and sulfate-containing aerosols can cause respiratory problems by triggering asthma attacks and cases of bronchitis, says Douglas W.
In Pittsburgh, Seattle, Fort Worth, and other cities, companies were thriving and audiences were burgeoning: ballet had taken off.
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