English 102, 10:00 a.m. 5 December 2010 Midwest Meltdown Dear Mr. President, we are writing you today with great concern regarding the situation in the Midwest region of the United States. As the up 2012 presidential election quickly approaches we would recommend that your focus be directed to the Detroit, Michigan; Flint, Michigan and Youngstown, Ohio regions. Ohio and Michigan have lost anywhere from fifty –to-sixty percent of their population due to the reduction of available work, resulting in an influx of blight. Mr. President, there is much for you to gain by addressing the blight and lack of employment in the “Rust Belt” cities. Please address your attention to combating this through land banks, urban farmland, urban forest and
Overpopulation is a current environmental issue “where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth.” IT is causing deforestation and starvations but we have to grow. Our population growth rate is increasing at a steady rate. We cant really lower the growth rate but we can build more cities where many people can live. 26.
The roaring 1920’s was the era of change, from increased wealth to the leading of consumerism. By this time most of America lived in cities rather than the rural areas. It clashed with the rural Americans and then Americans living in cities were seen as “un-American”. The passing of the 18th amendment outlawing alcohol, causing problems with urban wanting to enjoy themselves, a uprising with the mafia like al-Pacino and the incorporating of illegal bars aka speakeasies. 800,000 southern & Eastern European immigrants arrived each year in the 20’s.
Exam Question 1 Deprivation is the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society. A key statistic that stands out in the data is that Liverpool has 50% of very high levels of household deprivation. This shows that the biggest need for regeneration is in Liverpool by far. The deprivation in Liverpool could be due to the industrial decline suffered in Merseyside during the 1980’s. When a city suffers an industrial decline, there is often a rise in unemployment, and there will also be a lot of derelict and unused land left behind.
However, by this taking place there has been a huge increase in transport congestion, as seen on 16th of February 1980. Due to poor weather and the huge numbers of cars on the French Auto route, the jam spread from Lyon to Paris, it stretched 109 miles. This is highly unsustainable as stationary cars, increase chances on photochemical smog’s, such that in London a smog event occurred in December, 1952
6). With all the waste produced by industrialization, air pollution has also become a major issue. Statistics show that “China has the world’s highest number of annual deaths triggered by air pollution” (Doc. 10). Due to this hazard, growing crops became more difficult.
Compared to the rest of the country, Detroit had 4.8 times the number of foreclosures (2007 in Detroit was brutal, more than 113,889 homes had filed or were about to file for foreclose. (3). During this time period, more arsons have been reported. Click the link below to find out why arsons and foreclosures go hand in hand. Bibliography 2.Martelle, Scott (March 27th, 2011).
Underage Drinking and the its Effects on the Economy In America underage drinking has many negative effects on the United States economy. Underage drinking cost the United States economy because of injuries, and or deaths resulting from drinking. Other incidents that cost the United States economy money are traffic accidents, school failures, or even unwanted pregnancies. In total underage drinking coast the United States 4.7 million every hour, 105 million every day, and above 53 billion dollars annually. With underage drinkers starting at thirteen to fourteen, the United States has seen an impact form underage drinkers at colleges all across the nation.
A Hundred Lives, Billions of Dollars Chinese state media reports that over a hundred workers died during the lengthy construction project. Economic costs also ran high. Official reports place the price tag in the 24-billion-U.S.-dollar range. Critics say that actual costs could be several times the stated amount. Over a Million People Displaced The dam's 410-mile-long (660-kilometer-long) reservoir will flood about 244 square miles (632 square kilometers) of land—including well over a thousand towns and villages.
Introduction Pfizer-Pharmacia Merger describes the merger between drug companies Pfizer and Pharmacia in 2002/2003. In Michigan, they city of Kalamazoo were extremely concerned regarding possible job losses due to the news of merging. With approximately 2000 employees estimated to become unemployed, the city was worried about losing talented scientists, and the increase of tax due to the reduction of consumer spending as well as reduction of business activity since Pfizer was the largest employer in the area. Business actions done by Hank Mckinnell (CEO of Pfizer) and Kalamazoo’s leaders were explained regarding job losses. Analysis questions 1.