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"The Grameen Bank", 2005.
An analytical review of Yumus Mohammad's "The Grameen Bank", Scientific American. November 1999.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 66.95
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The paper introduces the successful Grameen Bank experiment in Bangladesh, by its founder the economist Professor Yunus Muhammad. The paper discusses methods and results and further discusses Muhammad's model, which makes use of peasant ingenuity and the need for success in very poor economies. The paper examines how the loopholes of macroeconomic or other theoretical approaches are important to the study of geography.
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"This article by the individual to create the now world - famous Grameen Bank project provides a summary of how the Bank came into being. In 1972, Professor Yunus Muhammad had returned from Vanderbilt University where he had completed his Ph.D. to teach economics at Chittagong University. Bangladesh had just gained its independence from Pakistan of which it no longer represented one wing, separated by many miles from the more prosperous West Pakistan. Muhammad was inspired by the potential of his country, now that problems of membership in Pakistan were gone."
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The Spadina District, 2005.
An urban history trail of the Spadina district.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 44.95
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The paper proposes that a "first view" of the Spadina district is an exercise in contradiction. The paper examines how we are used to thinking of residential and industrial/commercial uses as occupying distinct "zones" of our urban spaces, the development of the Spadina district has been defined over time by an intimate and dynamic interrelationship of these two uses of urban space. As this essay reveals, this mixture of uses has continued to define the Spadina district into the present day.
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Urban Sprawl and the Oak Ridges Moraine, 2005.
A discussion on urban sprawl in the greater Toronto area.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 66.95
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This third year environmental planning course assignment discusses urban sprawl in the greater Toronto area. The paper examines urban sprawl, the Oak Ridges moraine, planning problems and planning solutions. The paper further examines the implementation of the greenbelt plan.
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"There are many environmental, social and political issues that can be solved through effective planning. However, some environmental, urban and political problems have been caused by a lack of planning. One of the most potentially disastrous environmental, urban and political issues is urban sprawl. According to William Norton in Human Geography, The term urban sprawl is often used to describe the deconcentration that involves low-density expansion of urban land uses into surrounding rural areas (Norton 418). This rather clinical definition is misleading because it treats urban sprawl as if it is not problematic."
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Central and South America, 2005.
An examination of the cartography in Central and South America and the lasting effects of colonialism in the region.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 32.95
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This paper includes a simple identification of nations from the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Twenty-six nations are listed alongside a map of the region. The paper further discusses some of the lasting effects of Spanish and Portuguese colonialism on this region, including culture, economics, and politics.
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"By the early 1500s, both Spain and Portugal had well-established colonies throughout this area of the world. Spain's influence spread throughout all three sub-regions, while Portugal's influence was localized primarily in Brazil (Kicza, 2003)."
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Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, 2005.
An examination of the impact that Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier have had on urban planning.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 55.95
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The paper discusses Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, urban planners with two distinct models to the design of modern urban space. The paper examines how, while there exist a number of fundamental similarities in the approaches to planning of both designers, ultimately each conceives of the city in radically dissimilar terms. This essay compares and contrasts the works of both men with respect to their influence on urban planning.
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Urban Form, Structure and Growth, 2005.
An examination of two articles on urban form, structure and growth.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 32.95
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This paper examines and critiques two articles that deal with urban space and its primary features. The first of the two articles presents some of the main concepts and ideas by which Urban Spatial Structure can be understood. The second of the two articles presents a review of Canadian urban social geography and what it suggests about the state of the Canadian urban landscape and about our present course in housing and social policy. The paper analyzes the pros and cons of both articles and suggests both are worthwhile additions to the literature.
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Urban Geography, 2005.
A review of "The Changing Face of Toronto: A Study in Urban Geography" by Donald Kerr and Jacob Spelt, and related articles.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 55.95
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The book and the two articles chosen for review were selected as they represent critical "bookends" in the field of Canadian urban geography during the formative period in which immigration transformed physical and social landscapes of Canada's cities. As this review demonstrates, while Donald Kerr's and Jacob Spelt's "The Changing Face of Toronto: A Study in Urban Geography" explores the geography of Toronto as both a "natural" and a human construct, articles by Carlos Teixeira and Gilles Lavigne on how Portuguese immigration has shaped residential neighbourhoods in Montreal and Toronto focus on the human element in the shaping of space.
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50 Years of the Niagara Escarpment Landscape, 2005.
A brief history of the landscape between Mississauga and the Niagara Escarpment.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 44.95
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This brief essay explores the past 50 year history of the landscape between Mississauga and the Niagara Escarpment. Of particular interest is the introduction of land use planning restrictions established to quell the pit quarrying and aggregate operations who by 1962 had begun blasting into the brow of the escarpment; forever scaring the natural environment.
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"The landscape between the University of Toronto Mississauga campus and the Niagara escarpment has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. Much of this change is the result of two distinct elements; progress in the form of growing aggregate companies meeting regulation in the form of the implementation of the "Niagara Escarpment Plan" ("Niagara Escarpment Plan")."
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Urban Geography Proposal, 2005.
A research proposal on gentrification in the Annex.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 32.95
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The following research proposal is for a second year urban geography course. The topic of the proposal is gentrification in the Annex.
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"For this assignment the phenomena of gentrification will be examined in detail. Gentrification is defined as, The Process of neighbourhood upgrading by relatively affluent incomers who move into a poorer neighbourhood in sufficient numbers to displace lower-income groups and transform its social identity (Pacione 670). Gentrification is occurring in many different cities including Toronto. However, gentrification takes different forms and proceeds at different rates in different neighbourhoods. This assignment will examine the Toronto neighbourhood known as the Annex in order to explore the nature of gentrification in this area. Secondary questions will focus on property values in the Annex and displacement issues."
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Community Assessment Paper, 2005.
A look at the predominantly Hispanic population of the Bronx.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 178.95
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This paper provides a community assessment of the New York City borough known as the Bronx, most particularly its predominantly Hispanic population. First, this paper studies the overall demographics of said population. It then reviews the Health Care Status Indicators of the community, such as mortality rates among various age groups, leading causes of death or illness, and tuberculosis infection.
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"For those studying and serving given populations, such as community health care workers and nurses, there must be certain methods to use for identifying and separating the wanted demographic from the general public. One of the most effective methods to do so is to group a community by its geography. This designation is called a geographic community. First of all, community is a very broad concept and term. A good definition of what a community is might be found in Goeppinger and Shuster (2004) when they write of "a social group determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests" (p. 342). Thus, the initial type of community that we are trying to define is their first definition. A geographic community is one defined by the geography, the borders, where its members live."
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Urban Sprawl in the 21st Century, 2005.
A review of the late 20th century phenomenon, the 'Urban Sprawl'.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 66.95
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This paper discusses what is known as the 'urban sprawl'. According to this paper, the urban sprawl is the shifting trend of young adults that were raised in the suburbs by parents who left the city for a more suburban lifestyle, returning to the city to make their home.
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"In the latter half of the 20th century the phenomenon of urban sprawl came to define the urban and suburban landscapes of North America. However, towards the end of the 1990s and in the early 21st century geographers began to take note of shifting trends regarding urban sprawl as formerly suburbanized populations, such as the children of the "baby boom" generation, began returning to the cities."
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The Pros and Cons of Transnational Identities, 2005.
A look at the complexities of transnational identity with specific focus on the American-Canadian issue.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 111.95
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This paper discusses the assertion that transnational identity is replacing national identity and focuses on the Canadian issues of citizenship, immigrants and identity formation. This paper reviews the 'divide and rule' logistics of what is called Multiculturalism, as systematic ghettoization (as per Bissoondath, Granatstein), and also, the construction of social scientific "problems" as seen differently by human beings. According to this paper, gender and ethnicity are obvious markers of transnational identities which may prove to mean very little.
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"In examining national versus transnational identities, this paper pays the most attention to new Canadians, and towards several observations that are intriguing in terms of what is true in relation to theory, and the implications of models that tend to diminish the concept of a strong Canadian national identity. It is clear that contemporary theories tend to focus on the receding power of the nation-state, amid what we are calling globalization. Attached to this model is an idea of fading nationality, or national identity, so that movement from one country to another involves less attempted replacement of a new nationality and identity. "
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Alaska, 2005.
An overview of the geography of Alaska.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 111.95
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This paper examines how Alaska is a very diverse state with an abundance of mineral, wildlife, as well as oil and petroleum resources. The nature of those resources brings them into direct opposition. It also looks at how the economy and urban growth of Alaska has developed through resources and how the state is unique in many ways, with a very different set of problems and challenges from the remaining states.
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The Many Faces of Conflict in Sierra Leone, 2005.
A look at the civil war in Sierra Leone.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 66.95
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This paper discusses the internal conflict still plaguing Sierra Leone. While discussing the civil war and militia problems, the focus is on the diamond industry as the root source of the problem, with the continual threat of militia warfare and a growing disparity between the poor and the rich growing even wider. Also touched on is the effect that the RUF militia force had on the youth at the time of the civil war and how they are now coming into their own in a potentially new militia threat.
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"Sierra Leone is a country of incredible natural wealth, resources and beauty. With the lushness of jungle greens to the sparkle of mined and polished diamonds, one would think it is the perfect backdrop for a movie set. Sierra Leone, however, is anything but that. It is also a place of horrific violence, corruption, political unrest and rapidly fluctuating military regimes. Just as quickly as one party takes power, those waiting in the wings are planning ways to overthrow the new regime and become next in line to be overthrown. "
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Brazil, 2005.
An overview of this South American country.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 32.95
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This paper discusses the country of Brazil. Brazil occupies over half of the Southern American continent. Originally, Germans, Italians, and Japanese immigrated to Brazil. The different ethnic groups in this country are diverse. Most people recognize Brazil for their coffee and the Amazon rain forest. The paper shows that Brazil is a country with a lot of diversity in geography, culture, religion, and economy.
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"When looking at the largest countries in the world, Brazil is the fifth largest county. Brazil occupies over half of the Southern American continent (Brazil Nature and Environment). Originally, Germans, Italians, and Japanese immigrated to Brazil. The different ethnic groups in this country are diverse. Most people recognize Brazil for their coffee and the Amazon rainforest. Brazil is a country with a lot of diversity in geography, culture, religion, and economy. Basic Facts about Brazil While Brazil is the fifth largest country, it is a country that can be divided into four different geographic regions. The population is 176,020,560 (Brazil information). Brazil is considered one of the largest countries with many different ethnic and cultural groups. "The 6275km (3890mi) long Amazon is the world's largest river, and the Amazon forest contains 30% of the world's remaining forest" (Brazil Nature). Five different sub-cultures are found in Brazil."
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Mount Etna, 2005.
This paper offers a brief description of the geological aspects of Mount Etna in Sicily.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 99.95
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The paper informs us of the age and the historical references that a few volcanoes have and how their eruptions were often blamed for many occurrences. The paper explains that even if people had no idea that an eruption had occurred, vast changes in temperature and changes in the atmosphere were often an after effect of such occurrences.
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"The area known as eastern Sicily has been plagued with more volcanic action than has been known in most of the world. In fact, much of the volcanic activity can be traced as far back as a half a million years. This volcanic activity occurred on the ground away from the water and underneath the water as well. This seismic activity has been a contributing factor of why the modern day Sicily, and specifically Mount Etna, look the way they do today. As stated, however, this activity has been ongoing for a half a million years and still continues. This volcano has always been active and never had a recorded dormant state lasting longer than a year or two. This is quite odd for any volcano, especially one of this age."
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