If AP were to relocate to a region with less regulatory interest in the environment, it is highly likely that the air quality would be tremendously degraded. That being said, the move would also be a great benefit to the area in terms of their local economy. AP’s creation of jobs would positively impact this living in and around the plant. AP Customers/Partners: Those in business with AP have a direct
Give examples of uneven development from an area where you live. Henri Lefebvre is a major theoretical figure in the development of urban political economy. What was his contributions to recent work in the new urban Sociology? Discuss his four ideas and explain how they are used in urban Sociology. 3) In “The Cultures of Cities” Sharon Zukin explores the importance of cultures on cities.
Post-Study Reaction to Barlett & Steele’s, Empire of Pigs 1. A summary of the article In this article the conglomerate Seabound and its practices are profiled in their effects on the small towns in which Seabound operates. Writers Bartlett and Steele present the article to bring awareness of the harsh realities of government incentive programs effect on local economies of Albert Lea and Guymon. In Alberta Lea these realities included the sweetheart deals Seabound courted from local government to fund hog processing plant development and the like, the shirking of responsibilities to the municipality for it waste in such ways like deals provided by Albert Lea to fund a new waste treatment plant to hasten the opening of Seabound’s operation and changing town infrastructure to accommodate the company. Thus it capitalized on known wastes issues by shifting responsibility onto the taxpayer to the tune of millions in costs laden on the town after receiving benefit of a free waste facility and over-taxing the public waste management in not bothering to updated it’s gifted sewage plant.
Assignment 3: Environmental Issues and the Industrial Revolution * Identify three of the most environmentally negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution and justify your choices. Air Pollution: According to the reading Hiwarale, 2015, said, “The pollution that has resulted from factories involves not only airborne emissions but land and water pollution as well. The primary issue resulting from pollution and carbon emissions is that of global warming. As the temperature rises, the glaciers are melting and oceans are rising. More animal species are becoming endangered or extinct as a result of global warming.” “The carbon emissions, pollution and human health problems that have resulted directly from the Industrial Revolution’s accomplishments have only been disastrous for the world environment.
Language Analysis Solar Sellout by: Bob Walsh The article ‘Solar Sellout’ written by Bob Walsh, is an opinion piece which focusses on the decision made by the Mayor of Greenville to charge a ‘greenhouse levy’ on all premises of the town that don’t have solar hot water systems. Walsh’s contention is that the tax is not fair on the poorer individuals of the community who can’t afford solar systems and therefore will be made to pay. He also contends that the Mayor is putting the tax forward purely for his and his colleagues own benefit. The intended audience for this article would be the working class population who are the ones going to suffer from the tax and essentially become out of pocket. The article is accompanied by a medium sized image which reinforces Walsh’s contention that the Mayor is an all powerful yet selfish leader of the community.
Yufei Hua 1000067205 GGR124 Assignment 1 Professor: Deborah Cowen TA: Madeleine Cahuas TUT 5301 Word Count:393 Engage the City Institutional racism, as one of the causes of urban inequality, is slowing down urban gentrification. Institutional racism is “discrimination based on both formal rules and common practices that are so widespread and so well established that they are taken for granted” as defined in the book “Starting Points: A Sociological Journey” (Tepperman, 2011, p.266). Thus, people sometimes are being racist without realizing it. Similarly, collateral damage might be already happening in the city before people’s awareness, urban inequality, for example. In Professor Hulchanski ’s work “Three cities within Toronto”, the existence of urban inequality and a trend of polarization are apparently admitted as
Chapter 1 of Savage Inequalities By: Jonathon Kozol Summary This chapter details the living conditions of East St. Louis and explains how segregation still exists in our society. Kozol uses insider and outsider views as well as statistics to support his thesis, which follows. Thesis Sustained racial tensions have caused the economic and social degradation of East St. Louis. Supporting Arguments, Quotes & Facts Within the Chapter Kozol’s overall tone in the essay conveys this thought. His descriptions of the living conditions in the town and general location of the town, between large polluting factories, lends to his thesis.
This quote is the best interpretation of the Special Economic Zone’s features. Deng pointed out several cities in the southern coastal line on the map, which means Special Economic Zones are opening their doors and taking opportunities from the flow of globalization. For Example, Hong Kong used to be a small fishing village. However, after the Reunification, it performs less manufacturing and builds Service-related industries due to the environmental issues. Hong Kong became an international city that can handle a large number of capital and goods from all over the world.
I believe... Development of Lake Mead is a result of political pressure from California and need for power in greater Los Angeles. An example of a hypothesis with regard to social characteristics. I believe... New Urbanist communities are a direct response to urban sprawl and its lack of a sense of community. 15) Form a hypothesis about the physical characteristics of your selected site: I believe that the physical characteristics of this site are the main reasons why people decide to live in this town. 16) Form a hypothesis about the economic/political setting of your selected site: I believe that the development of this street was for moneymaking purposes and the aesthetic appeal that the citizens of this town were looking for.
The methodology of their studies was based on the comparisons of cities with high and low levels of segregation and the effects on the society based on the changes in those levels of segregation. study gives credence to the argument that the isolation of the black community was a driving force for the concentrations of poverty within black urban neighborhoods. Economic dislocation is held responsible for the many of the societal problems that these communities grapple with. It is concisely argued that the withdraw of economic resources within the black urban communities were instrumental in the creation of what they call the “underclass.” It was through this economic restructuring, of the cities in which the majority of African-Americans lived, that the opportunities for a large demographic effectively disappeared. The trends of isolation of poor communities demonstrate the negative effects of a downward spiral of poverty that continually worsens its